Cambridge University Press’s William Bowes appointed new Chair of the PA’s Academic and Professional Division Board - October 28, 2013
The Publishers Association (PA) has announced that William Bowes, General Counsel and Company Secretary at Cambridge University Press will become Chair of The PA's Academic and Professional Division Board (APD). William Bowes will chair the upcoming Annual General Meeting and APD Board in November 2013. … Read More
University of Bucharest partners with Versita to publish Acta Horti Botanici Bucurestiensis - October 28, 2013
Academic publisher Versita has announced a new partnership with the University of Bucharest to publish Acta Horti Botanici Bucurestiensis. Acta Horti Botanici Bucurestiensis is an international scientific journal, published annually since the late 1950's. It covers research on all aspects of vegetation, plant, algae and… Read More
ARL membership elects ARL Board of Directors 2013–2014 - October 28, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that Carol Pitts Diedrichs, vice provost and director of university libraries, the Ohio State University, began a one-year term as president of the ARL on October 10, during the ARL Membership Meeting in Arlington, Virginia. She succeeds Wendy… Read More
Palgrave Pivot celebrates first anniversary by making 100 titles free to download for 100 hours - October 28, 2013
Palgrave Pivot, the mid-length digital-first research format from Palgrave Macmillan, is celebrating its first anniversary by making 100 Palgrave Pivots free to download for 100 hours. Publishing across the humanities, the social sciences and business, Palgrave Pivot offers an innovative new way to publish academic research.… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - October 28, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Roxanne Missingham (The death of the academic book and the path to Open Access); Richard Price (Peer review needs to expand so that more scientists are reviewing papers); Ernesto Priego (Hard Evidence: is open access working?); and Social Sciences (Top-down… Read More
ACS Publications announces large-scale digitisation and open availability of data coupled to ACS Legacy Archives Journals - October 25, 2013
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced the completion of a comprehensive undertaking to digitally convert and conserve the Supporting Information for its broadly subscribed ACS Legacy Archives journals collection. This initiative was part of the Society's commitment to broaden the online… Read More
