HighWire Press to host British Journal of General Practice - May 2, 2013
HighWire Press, a not-for-profit division of Stanford University Libraries, and the Royal College of General Practitioners have announced a strategic agreement to develop and host the British Journal of General Practice (BJGP) on the HighWire Open Platform. A highly respected peer-reviewed journal, the BJGP claims… Read More
ARL joins PLOS, Wellcome Trust and Google to launch Accelerating Science Award Program - May 2, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has joined major sponsors Public Library of Science (PLOS), Wellcome Trust and Google to launch the Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP), which recognises the use of scientific research, published through open access, which has led to innovations in any field… Read More
Ingram’s Vital Source unit bags two Telly Awards for educational video work - May 2, 2013
Ingram Content Group Inc., a US-based provider of physical and digital services to the book industry, has announced that Vital Source Technologies, Inc., one of its operating units, has been awarded two Telly Awards for innovative work in educational video production. The Telly Award seeks to… Read More
AWS launches certification programme for cloud computing professionals - May 2, 2013
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company, has announced the launch of the new AWS Certification Program with the first of several exams that will be made available in 2013. It has been observed that with the accelerating adoption of cloud computing and the… Read More
Bioscientifica and Semantico in deal to develop new OA publication, EDM Case Reports - May 2, 2013
Online publishing services provider Semantico Ltd., UK, has announced a new working partnership with Bioscientifica, the commercial subsidiary of the Society for Endocrinology. After an open pitch Bioscientifica awarded Semantico the contract to develop Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism (EDM) Case Reports, a new open access publication.… Read More
Six Elsevier book titles win awards from text and academic authors association - May 1, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that six of its books will receive awards from the Text and Academic Authors Association. Four titles will receive the Textbook Excellence Award, better known as a ‘Texty,’ and two titles will receive the Most Promising New Textbook Award. The… Read More
