AAP statement on BISG withdrawal from Bookstats joint venture - June 24, 2014
On June 19, the Book Industry Study Group Board voted not to renew its joint agreement with the Association of American Publishers to continue as co-producers of the annual BookStats survey capturing the estimated size and scope of the publishing industry. … Read More
Five IOP journals to switch to electronic only - June 24, 2014
Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP), UK, has announced that five of the company's research journals will become electronic only and will no longer print paper editions. This transition will take effect with the 2015 subscription year and affects Biofabrication, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Biomedical Materials, Journal… Read More
Semantic Web Journal celebrates Web at 25 with Linked Data installation - June 24, 2014
All around the world people are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the invention of the Web. The Semantic Web Journal, published by IOS Press, is participating in these festivities by launching its new Linked Data-powered digital installation. The installation takes bibliographic data from Read More
Stanley Katz and Sandra Hirsh join Credo advisory board - June 24, 2014
Information skills solutions provider Credo has announced that Sandra Hirsh, Director of San José State University's School of Library & Information Science, and Stanley Katz, Director of the Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies of the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, have joined the… Read More
Comparable academic institutions pay different prices for journal access, says PNAS report - June 23, 2014
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) recently published an analysis, according to which, comparable academic institutions pay different prices for journal access. A report published in ScienceInsider states that some universities are paying… Read More
SAGE to publish Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities journal in association with TASH - June 23, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE and TASH, an international leader in disability advocacy, have announced that SAGE will begin publishing the journal Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), beginning June 2014. Published quarterly, RPSD is an internationally acclaimed journal that… Read More
