Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - September 15, 2014
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Glyn Moody (Open Access definitions vary but authors must be reminded that giving up copyright is just folly); Kent Anderson (Exhibition Prohibition — Why Shouldn’t Publishers Celebrate an Improved Impact Factor?); Joe Wikert (How book publishers can build a compelling… Read More
2014 ALPSP Award winners announced - September 12, 2014
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has announced the winners of the 2014 ALPSP Awards. The winners were announced at the ALPSP International Conference dinner on September 11 at the Park Inn Heathrow Hotel and Conference Centre, London, UK. The Council of… Read More
Elsevier and SEEI launch Elsevier-SEEI Center of Academic Research Evaluation - September 12, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Shanghai Education Evaluation Institute (SEEI) have announced the launch of the Elsevier-SEEI Center of Academic Research Evaluation (CARE). The announcement was made during an opening ceremony held at in Xuhui, Shanghai, within the Centre for Higher Education Development and Assessment.… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health partners with Visible Body to offer 3D anatomy educational solutions - September 12, 2014
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced a partnership with Visible Body, producer of an award-winning suite of 3D anatomy education solutions, to distribute their web-based and mobile products via its Ovid medical research platform for institutions globally. Visible Body is an entity of Argosy… Read More
IEEE announces call for authors for IEEE Life Sciences Letters - September 12, 2014
Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced a call for authors for IEEE Life Sciences Letters (LSL), a peer reviewed open-access digital journal planned for publication Q1 2015. IEEE LSL will serve the global life sciences community as a forum for rigorous yet rapid review and publication… Read More
IMLS awards $9.2 million to improve library services in the US - September 12, 2014
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced grants for 51 library projects, totalling $9,291,441, that will advance library and archives practice by addressing challenges in the field and by testing and evaluating innovations. The projects were selected from 212 applications through the… Read More
