Dr. Courtney Aldrich to head new web-only journal ACS Infectious Diseases - July 14, 2014
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced that Dr. Courtney Aldrich will head the brand-new, web-only journal ACS Infectious Diseases as editor-in-chief. With the first issue slated for publication in January 2015, the pioneering journal will meet a growing demand for a place to publish top-notch… Read More
Cell Press set to publish China-based journal Molecular Plant - July 14, 2014
Cell Press, an imprint of STM publisher Elsevier, will take over from Oxford University Press as publisher of Molecular Plant, an international society journal that publishes important advances in plant biology, in January 2015. The journal is led by a global team… Read More
Coalition opposes copyright term extension in Trans-Pacific partnership agreement - July 14, 2014
On July 9, 2014, ARL joined 34 other organisations in sending a letter to ministers of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiating parties, expressing opposition to the copyright term of life plus 70 years proposed by the United States. These organisations - representing libraries, archives, authors, educators,… Read More
Bookbuilders of Boston announces new awards event to honour excellence in the new publishing and information economy - July 14, 2014
Bookbuilders of Boston, a non-profit professional group that serves the needs of New Englanders working in the publishing industry, has announced a new awards event to honour excellence in the new publishing and information economy. Based on an embrace of disruption and the need to… Read More
Mandy Hill appointed as new Managing Director, Academic Publishing for Cambridge University Press - July 14, 2014
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press has announced the appointment of Mandy Hill as the new Managing Director of Academic Publishing. She will take up the new post in September. She succeeds Richard Fisher, who will be leaving in December after 30 years at the Press. … Read More
OCLC Research awarded ALCTS Presidential Citation for ‘Understanding the Collective Collection’ - July 14, 2014
OCLC Research has been awarded the Presidential Citation of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services for outstanding service to ALCTS in the report, 'Understanding the Collective Collection: Towards a System-wide Perspective on Library Print Collections.' OCLC Vice President, Research,… Read More
