SAGE launches OA journal Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine - January 16, 2015
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of a new peer-reviewed, 'gold' open access journal, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine (GGM). An interdisciplinary journal sponsored by the Southern Gerontology Society (SGS), GGM will publish original research, review articles, and will serve as an interactive forum for the… Read More
ProQuest Dialog adds new features to its patents product - January 16, 2015
ProQuest Dialog, ProQuest’s professional search service for researchers in the pharma, engineering and patents industries, recently added two new features to its patents product. ProQuest Dialog now features hyperlinks to non-patent literature and patents cited throughout its patent content collections. All patent and application numbers… Read More
Professor Benjamin List appointed new Editor in Chief for Thieme Chemistry journal SYNLETT - January 16, 2015
Professor Benjamin List, director at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim an der Ruhr, has been appointed head of the SYNLETT editorial board, effective immediately. Professor List takes over the position of editor-in-chief from Professor Peter Vollhardt of UC Berkeley, who will continue his work for the English-language journal for… Read More
California Digital Library, UC Libraries, and Internet Archive’s Archive-It Service announce new partnership - January 16, 2015
The California Digital Library (CDL) and the UC Libraries are partnering with Internet Archive’s Archive-It Service. In the coming year, CDL’s Web Archiving Service (WAS) collections and all core infrastructure activities, i.e., crawling, indexing, search, display, and storage, will be transferred to Archive-It. This new partnership… Read More
PPF names Elizabeth Just Business Development Manager - January 16, 2015
Publisher Promotion & Fulfillment (PPF) has named Elizabeth Just to the position of Business Development Manager, responsible for identifying opportunities related to the outsourcing of order fulfillment, distribution, customer service, and marketing for publishers. Just is a 17-year veteran of the publishing industry. She previously… Read More
National Agricultural Library unveils PubAg, a new search engine for published USDA research - January 16, 2015
The National Agricultural Library (NAL) has unveiled PubAg, a user-friendly search engine that gives the public enhanced access to research published by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists. NAL is part of USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS). PubAg, which can be found at PubAg.nal.usda.gov,… Read More