Content agreement allows mutual customers easier access to Gale database and e-book content via EBSCO Discovery Service - May 29, 2013
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and Gale, part of Cengage Learning, have agreed to make Gale databases and archives discoverable through EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). The agreement allows EBSCO to index Gale metadata and make it discoverable for mutual customers through EBSCO Discovery Service. EBSCO Information… Read More
Jisc annual conference scheduled for March 2014 - May 29, 2013
Jisc has announced that its annual conference will be held at the ICC in Birmingham on March 11-12, 2014. After a two-year break the conference is taking a new guise as the Jisc Digital Festival. The event will again bring together expertise and knowledge to… Read More
Elsevier launches new OA journal – Translational Proteomics - May 28, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of an online-only, open access journal - Translational Proteomics. The journal is devoted to transferring fundamental discoveries in the field of proteomics to clinical applications, accelerating understanding and treatment of human diseases. Jean-Charles Sanchez, Associate Professor at the… Read More
IEEE-owned peer-reviewed journals now offer OA publishing options - May 28, 2013
Technical professional organisation IEEE recently announced that all IEEE-owned peer-reviewed journals now offer open-access (OA) publishing options, the latest sign of OA's growth as it continues to transform the scholarly research publishing industry. Open access allows all technologists and the general public to access research… Read More
Office of Fair Trading clears Oxford University Press’s acquisition of Nelson Thornes - May 28, 2013
The Office of Fair Trading has cleared Oxford University Press (OUP)'s acquisition of Nelson Thornes. OUP, which is a department of the University of Oxford, acquired the educational publisher from Infinitas Learning in January 2013 for an undisclosed sum. Following a four month review, the… Read More
Giorgio Benedek appointed as new Editor-in-Chief for EPL - May 28, 2013
IOP Publishing, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Institute of Physics, has announced that Professor Giorgio Benedek has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of EPL (Europhysics Letters), a journal publishing original, high-quality letters in all areas of physics. Prof. Benedek succeeds Prof. Michael Schreiber who… Read More
