ProQuest seeks applications for 2013 Roger K. Summit Scholarship - February 18, 2013
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, is seeking applicants for its 2013 Roger K. Summit Scholarship. Celebrating its 20th anniversary and open to applicants from around the world, the US$5,000 award is given annually to a promising graduate student in library and information sciences. The… Read More
‘Genome Medicine’ invites papers for special issue on single cell analysis - February 18, 2013
Genome Medicine, published by open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, will publish a special issue on the topic of "Single cell analysis: into the clinic", later this year. The issue will reportedly highlight the rapid advances that have been made in the separation, detection and analysis… Read More
Higher education institutions in Brazil and Saudi Arabia gain access to Gale’s National Geographic Virtual Library - February 18, 2013
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, has announced the signing of license agreements that will enable higher education institutions throughout Brazil and Saudi Arabia to access Gale’s National Geographic Virtual Library. Developed in partnership with the National Geographic Society, the National Geographic Virtual Library comprises National… Read More
Aviation Week announces new appointments, expands editorial team - February 18, 2013
Aviation Week, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, US, has announced that veteran aviation journalists Tony Osborne and Cathy Buyck are the latest members of the international team of editors at Aviation Week, while Frankfurt-based Jens Flottau has been promoted to lead… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - February 18, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Validation vs. Filtration and Designation — Are We Mismarketing the Core Strengths of Peer Review?); Curt Rice (Science research: three problems that point to a communications crisis); David Crotty (Licensing Controversy — Balancing Author Rights with Societal Good);… Read More
ACS Catalysis awarded the AAP’s PROSE Award for ‘Best New Journal in Science, Technology & Medicine’ - February 15, 2013
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced that its journal ACS Catalysis has been awarded the Association of American Publishers' (AAP) prestigious PROSE Award for "Best New Journal in Science, Technology & Medicine." Launched in January 2011, the journal has already had a tremendous impact on… Read More
