Kuansan Wang, Director of the Internet Service Research Centre at Microsoft Research, to give keynote at ALPSP Conference - August 5, 2015
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has announced that Kuansan Wang, Director of the Internet Service Research Centre at Microsoft Research, is now confirmed as a keynote speaker at next month's ALPSP Conference. Kuansan will consider how we are on a journey,… Read More
SPARC joins broad coalition in urging Administration to open up access to federally funded educational resources - August 5, 2015
The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), along with a broad coalition of more than 85 education, library, technology, public interest, and legal organisations, called on the White House to take administrative action to ensure federally funded educational materials are made available as Open Educational… Read More
Springer Media set to acquire Dutch health portfolio from Reed Business Netherlands - August 5, 2015
The board of Springer Media has announced the intended acquisition of the Dutch healthcare publishing activities of Reed Business Netherlands. The portfolio consists of Dutch language books, events and magazines for healthcare professionals. Springer Media, part of Springer Nature, publishes Dutch language professional and educational… Read More
Elsevier launches new open access journal covering all areas of surgery - August 5, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of the International Journal of Surgery Open (IJS Open), a new open access journal covering all areas of surgery. This peer-reviewed, online-only journal will make significant contributions to knowledge in clinical surgery, experimental surgery, and surgical education and history… Read More
Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers launches 2016 prices for journals, collections and packages - August 5, 2015
Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers has launched the 2016 prices for journals, collections and packages. The journal program for the next year comprises 103 biomedical titles, most of them in English. It includes 20 Open Access journals and 3 new titles. The Price List 2016… Read More
Ringgold releases over 400,000 ISNI numbers for institutions in the Identify Database - August 5, 2015
Ringgold has announced that over 400,000 ISNI numbers for organisations are now available in the Identify Database, representing 99 percent coverage. Ringgold became the first ISNI Registration Agency for institutions in May 2012 and has participated in the standardization of institutional identifiers since 2005. Ringgold… Read More
