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
EBSCO releases Communication Source, continues to expand coverage in the field of communication - January 27, 2014
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) continues to expand coverage in the field of communication with the release of Communication Source™. Communication Source claims to be the most comprehensive resource for communication research available today. The resource was developed from a merger of high-quality EBSCO… Read More
ProQuest joins Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association - January 27, 2014
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has joined the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), which represents the interests of Open Access (OA) journal publishers globally in all scientific, technical, and scholarly disciplines. ProQuest is renowned for innovative content and technology solutions that increase… Read More
Margaret Reich to serve as new Program Director of Society for Scholarly Publishing - January 27, 2014
The Society for Scholarly Publishing has announced that Margaret Reich, of Margaret Reich Consulting, will serve as its new Program Director starting immediately. In this new role, Reich will be responsible for taking SSP's already strong programs for librarians, publishers, vendors, and others involved in… Read More
Society for General Microbiology launches new OA journal, JMM Case Reports - January 24, 2014
The Society for General Microbiology (SGM) has announced the launch of JMM Case Reports, its first new journal in almost 50 years. The new journal is open access and online-only, publishing original case reports on medical, dental and veterinary microbiology and infectious diseases. JMM Case… Read More
