ARL, ACRL, ALA form joint advisory task force to clarify Academic Library Definitions in IPEDS Survey - May 27, 2015
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) have formed a joint advisory task force to suggest changes to the current definitions and instructions accompanying the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) Academic Libraries Component for FY 2015. The… Read More
ACCUCOMS announces new agreements with University of California Press, ICE Publishing and Aviation Week - May 27, 2015
ACCUCOMS, a provider of sales and marketing services for publishers, has announced several new agreements representing prestigious publishing clients and their online publications into a number of key territories. ACCUCOMS announced a new representation agreement with the University of California Press. As of April 1,… Read More
Springer and IMISCOE partner on open access journal and book series on migration - May 26, 2015
STM publisher Springer has announced a partnership with IMISCOE, the largest network of excellence on migration and diversity in the world, for the publication of their open access journal Comparative Migration Studies and their book series IMISCOE Research Series. Comparative Migration Studies is an international,… Read More
Wiley celebrates partnership with China at BookExpo America 2015 - May 26, 2015
Publisher John Wiley and Sons, Inc. welcomes BookExpo America (BEA) 2015 guests of honour, the delegation of China, on May 26-29, 2015. As a longstanding partner with China, Wiley will join the three-day New York City conference in highlighting the country's market growth and influence in… Read More
AIP names applied physicist Robert G.W. Brown as CEO - May 26, 2015
The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has selected applied physicist Robert G.W. Brown as its new Chief Executive Officer. Selected by an AIP Executive Search Committee and unanimously approved by AIP's Board of Directors, Brown previously served as the chief sensor scientist at the Advanced Technology… Read More
Open-access publisher Frontiers dismisses 31 editors amid fierce row over independence - May 26, 2015
Swiss open-access publisher Frontiers has reportedly dismissed almost the entire leadership of two medical journals amid a heated argument over editorial independence. 31 editors of Frontiers in Medicine and Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine were dismissed on May 7 after the editors complained that company staff were… Read More
