Gale and Portico extend partnership to preserve remaining digital collections - January 27, 2014
Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, and Portico, a not-for-profit digital preservation service, have announced an extension of their relationship to preserve the majority of Gale's remaining digital archives. The organisations have previously… Read More
Edge Initiative for public library technology assessment launches - January 27, 2014
The Edge Initiative, a new leadership and management tool for libraries that want to improve their public technology services, invites participation by public libraries across the United States. As of January 22, interested public libraries may sign up via the Edge website. Participating libraries will… Read More
SPIE’s Journal of Nanophotonics names Ali Adibi as editor-in-chief - January 27, 2014
Ali Adibi, Joseph M. Pettit Professor of electronics, photonics, and bioengineering in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, has been named editor-in-chief of the Journal of Nanophotonics (JNP), effective this month. The journal is published by SPIE, the international society… Read More
ASM Press titles now available to order via Swets’ online content management and procurement platform, SwetsWise - January 27, 2014
Information services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced that the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Press has agreed to make its titles available to order via SwetsWise, Swets' online content management and procurement platform. The American Society for Microbiology is the oldest… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - January 27, 2014
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Robert Harington (Now What? Society Strategic Planning and Publishing Sustainability); Mike Peacey (Improving peer review: Allowing more subjective and objective reviewer insights may help to curb ‘herding’ mentality); Joseph Esposito (Who Can Rival Amazon?); and Mike Shatzkin (The future of… Read More
The Charlesworth Group and the American Medical Association renew agency agreement covering sales in China - January 27, 2014
The Charlesworth Group has announced that it has renewed the agency agreement with the American Medical Association covering sales in China. The Charlesworth Group has a longstanding relationship with the AMA, and has supported its activities in China since 2006. The AMA is responsible for… Read More
