Richard Mollet to step down as Publishers Association chief executive in 2016 - September 28, 2015
The Publishers Association (PA) has announced that its chief executive, Richard Mollet, will step down in 2016 to become head of European Government Affairs at RELX Group (formerly known as Reed Elsevier). Mollet succeeded Simon Juden at the PA in 2010. He has been a… Read More
ESMO appoints Prof. Christoph Zielinski as Editor-in-Chief of new OA journal, ESMO Open - September 28, 2015
The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), the leading professional organisation for medical oncology, has announced that Professor Christoph Zielinski will be the Editor-in-Chief of ESMO Open, ESMO's new, peer reviewed, open access, online only journal. ESMO Open is dedicated to publishing high-quality medical research and… Read More
Nominations sought for ALCTS 2016 HARRASSOWITZ Award for Leadership in Library Acquisitions - September 28, 2015
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2016 Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) awards for professional achievement, including the HARRASSOWITZ Award for Leadership in Library Acquisitions. The deadline for nominations and supporting materials is December 1, 2015. Presented… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - September 28, 2015
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Ann Michael (How Has The Move To Distributed Networks Impacted Scholarly Publishing?); David Matthews ('Overflow' of Scientific Papers); Mathew Ingram (No, e-book sales are not falling, despite what publishers say); Ben McLeod (Bringing together academics and businesses can be a… Read More
Adaptive learning solutions have great potential but face barriers to adoption in the slow-moving world of education, notes Outsell report - September 25, 2015
Outsell, Inc., a research and advisory firm focused on media, information, and technology, has announced publication of a new report, Adaptive Learning: Best Practice Review and Future Outlook. The report shows that adaptive learning is rapidly becoming a central pillar of digital educational publishing, but that… Read More
Thomson Reuters predicts Nobel Laureates for 2015 - September 25, 2015
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced its 2015 Citation Laureates. Having accurately forecast 37 Nobel Prize winners since 2002, the annual study mines scientific research citations within the Web of Science —the premier global search and discovery platform for the sciences,… Read More
