SLACK Inc. appoints Michael Burton as Director, Sales and Business Development - July 10, 2014
SLACK Incorporated, publisher of O&P Business News, has announced the appointment of Michael Burton, a recognised leader in the orthotics and prosthetics industry, as Director, Sales and Business Development for the company. An active member of O&P Business News' Industry Advisory Council since 2005, Michael… Read More
ICSTI 2014 Annual Conference to focus on Information and Infrastructure for Innovation – New Approaches for Knowledge Platforms - July 10, 2014
The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) will convene in Tokyo, October 20-21, 2014 for its Annual Conference hosted by the Japanese Science and Technology Agency – JST. Renowned experts from Japan and abroad will explore themes such as Open Platforms for Data Sharing,… Read More
QScience.com’s Qatar Medical Journal now indexed in PUBMED Central - July 10, 2014
QScience.com has announced that Qatar Medical Journal (QMJ) is now indexed in PubMed Central (PMC), the world's largest and most-used biomedical literature database. PubMed Central is a freely-available database of full-text articles on life sciences and biomedical topics. Citations and abstracts of all QMJ articles will… Read More
Rick Anderson to chair plenary session at the ALPSP Conference - July 9, 2014
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has announced that Rick Anderson, Associate Dean for Scholarly Resources & Collections, Marriott Library, University of Utah, will chair a plenary session - Customers as Competitors – at the forthcoming ALPSP International Conference… Read More
COAR responds to STM Publishing Association’s statement on embargo periods - July 9, 2014
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) has published a reply to STM Publishing Association's statement on embargo periods (May 28, 2014). In May 2014, the Confederation of Open Access Repositories and several international organisations published a statement supporting the… Read More
Elsevier launches new OA journal – New Negatives in Plant Science - July 9, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of an open access, online-only journal - New Negatives in Plant Science. The journal will publish research focusing on negative, unexpected or controversial results in fundamental plant sciences. Published work will include research articles and short communications, as… Read More
