ICIS to produce NACD’s Chemical Distributor magazine - February 12, 2013
The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) and petrochemical market information provider ICIS have announced a new partnership. Under the deal, ICIS will produce NACD's Chemical Distributor magazine, beginning February 2013. To be distributed to the NACD membership on a quarterly basis, ICIS will enhance… Read More
Robert Lanza named Editor-in-Chief of BioResearch Open Access journal - February 12, 2013
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. has announced the appointment of Dr. Robert Lanza as Editor-in-Chief of BioResearch Open Access, effective immediately. Dr. Jane Taylor, of the MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh, will continue in her role as Editor. The Journal, in its… Read More
Over 12,000 Wiley Online Books to be made available in developing countries via the Research4Life initiative - February 11, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that its 12,200 Online Books would be made available through the Research4Life initiatives of HINARI, AGORA and OARE, benefitting research and academic communities in 80 low- and middle-income countries including Malawi, Cambodia, and Bolivia. Research4Life provides 6,000… Read More
Marinda Li Wu becomes 2013 President of the American Chemical Society - February 11, 2013
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced the appointment of Marinda Li Wu as the 2013 president of the society. She is the first Asian American and the eighth woman to serve as president in the Society's 137-year history. As part of her presidential theme,… Read More
ARL to be one of ten host institutions for the inaugural National Digital Stewardship Residency programme - February 11, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that it has been selected as one of ten host institutions for the inaugural National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR) programme, launched by the Library of Congress and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The NDSR programme… Read More
ALPSP submits response to BIS Select Committee inquiry on open access publishing - February 11, 2013
The UK's Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) is conducting a Select Committee inquiry into the government's open access (OA) policy. The ALPSP has submitted a response to the inquiry, which closed on February 7, 2013. The inquiry focuses on four main topics. The… Read More
