Cambridge University Press announces major restructure of academic business - June 10, 2013
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press has reportedly announced the first major restructure of its academic business for more than 20 years. The initiative will see the Press combine its books and journals departments and also create a new 'global' board. According… Read More
MLIS student at McGill University bags 2013 Roger K. Summit Scholarship award - June 10, 2013
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has awarded the 2013 Roger K. Summit Scholarship to Allana Mayer, an MLIS student at McGill University in Montreal. The scholarship – named in honour of Dialog founder Roger K. Summit, a pioneer in developing online information retrieval services… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - June 10, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Joining a CHORUS, Publishers Offer the OSTP a Proactive, Modern, and Cost-Saving Public Access Solution); Larry M. Elkin (What Do Publishers Offer Today’s Authors?); Bonnie Swoger (Pragmatism, Idealism and DeepDyve’s Five Minutes in Heaven);and social sciences (Making research… Read More
Elsevier and People’s Medical Publishing House in China sign strategic collaboration agreement - June 7, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with People's Medical Publishing House (PMPH), China. The announcement expands on Elsevier's current publishing collaboration with the largest Chinese medical publisher in China. Elsevier's collaboration with PMPH goes back to the 1990s. Since then PMPH has… Read More
Springer welcomes discussion around the Clearing House for the Open Research of the United States - June 7, 2013
STM publisher Springer has welcomed discussion around the Clearing House for the Open Research of the United States (CHORUS) and the involvement of publishers in debates around access to academic research. The US Government is taking steps towards an efficient infrastructure for open access to publicly… Read More
SAGE begins publishing official journal of the International Transactional Analysis Association - June 7, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE has been chosen by the International Transactional Analysis Association to publish its journal, the Transactional Analysis Journal (TAJ), beginning in January 2013. A quarterly publication, The TAJ is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal focusing on transactional analysis theory, principles, and application in a… Read More
