ARL calls for proposals for SPEC survey topics 2015 - June 10, 2014
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is seeking proposals for 2015 SPEC survey topics. For 40 years ARL has gathered and disseminated data through the SPEC survey program to assist libraries in the continuous improvement of their management systems. Each year, ARL works with librarians in… Read More
Nature Publishing Group and JAAM announce 2015 launch of open access journal – npj Aging and Mechanisms of Disease - June 9, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the Japanese Society of Anti-Aging Medicine (JAAM) have announced the 2015 launch of npj Aging and Mechanisms of Disease. The online open access journal will go live on nature.com in Q1 2015, and will begin accepting submissions in September… Read More
PLOS ONE witnesses 25 percent fall in submissions - June 9, 2014
The number of papers published by one of the world's largest open-access journal, PLOS ONE, has plunged over the past few months after rising fairly steadily for years, notes Phil Davis, a scholarly publishing blogger. According to Davis, PLOS ONE may have become a less attractive… Read More
Reed Business Information acquires agricultural software and workflow solutions business, Farmade - June 9, 2014
Reed Business Information (RBI), a division of Reed Elsevier, recently announced that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of agricultural software and workflow solutions business Farmade. Farmade will join RBI's agricultural information, software and marketing solutions business, Farmers Weekly Group. Farmade provides widely… Read More
Co-Action Publishing launches European Clinical Respiratory Journal in cooperation with Nordic Respiratory Academy - June 9, 2014
Open access scholarly publisher Co-Action Publishing, Sweden, has announced the launch of European Clinical Respiratory Journal (ECRJ), in cooperation with the Nordic Respiratory Academy (NORA), including the Swedish Society of Respiratory Medicine, Danish Society of Respiratory Medicine, Norwegian Respiratory Society and Finnish Respiratory Society. European… Read More
New Zealand’s Lincoln University selects Ex Libris Alma and Primo - June 9, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Lincoln University has opted for the Ex Libris Alma library management service and the Primo discovery and delivery solution. Deployed in the cloud, Alma and Primo will provide the University's students and academic staff with access… Read More
