Springer journal Quantum Information Processing presents first Howard E. Brandt Best Paper Award - April 22, 2016
Publisher Springer has announced that its journal Quantum Information Processing has awarded the first annual Howard E. Brandt Best Paper Award to the most outstanding paper published in the journal during the previous year. The winning paper is 'Ultrastrong coupling in a scalable design for circuit… Read More
ARL’s Research Library Issues 288 highlights how research libraries are using data visualisation to improve services - April 22, 2016
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Research Library Issues (RLI) no. 288, an issue focusing on how research libraries are using data visualisation to improve their services and to communicate their value. The two articles in this issue were presented at the Library Assessment… Read More
Emerald Group Publishing appoints Caitlin Cornish as Head of Books Publishing - April 22, 2016
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has announced that Caitlin Cornish, former Publishing Director for Palgrave Macmillan, has joined Emerald as Head of Books Publishing. This significant strategic appointment of an industry big-hitter forms part of Emerald’s investment in a major new programme of academic and… Read More
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg and the Oldenburg Regional Library select Ex Libris Alma - April 22, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest® company, has announced that following an EU-wide tender, the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg's Library and Information System (BIS) and the Oldenburg Regional Library (Landesbibliothek Oldenburg) have signed agreements to license the Ex Libris Alma® resource management service. This service will… Read More
Kudos appoints Jason De Boer as Publisher Sales Manager - April 22, 2016
Kudos, a service for maximizing the reach and impact of research publications, has announced the appointment of Jason De Boer in the role of Publisher Sales Manager. Jason brings a range of valuable experience from past roles with publishers including McGraw Hill, Harcourt Academic and, most… Read More
Society for Scholarly Publishing Annual Meeting crosses boundaries, borders and aims to break down barriers - April 21, 2016
The 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) will be held at the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver, BC, June 1-3, 2016. Although its membership includes professionals from around the world, this is the first time SSP is meeting outside of the US. The… Read More
