International Union of Crystallography launches new open-access data publication, IUCrData - February 22, 2016
The International Union of Crystallography has announced the launch of a new open-access data publication, IUCrData. This innovative publication aims to provide short descriptions of crystallographic datasets and datasets from related scientific disciplines, as well as facilitating access to the data. The first phase of… Read More
Nominations for PW’s 2016 Star Watch now open - February 22, 2016
Publishers Weekly, in association with the Frankfurt Book Fair, is currently accepting nominations for the PW Star Watch program, now in its second year. The program celebrates up-and-coming members of the U.S. publishing community and offers them recognition on a global stage. The panel of… Read More
Library Assessment Conference 2014 Proceedings now available online - February 22, 2016
The Proceedings of the 2014 Library Assessment Conference: Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment are now available on the conference website. The fifth biennial Library Assessment Conference, held in Seattle, Washington, brought together 600 participants from 47 US states, 8 Canadian provinces, and 14 countries outside… Read More
UBM plc appoints John Petevinos as Group Strategy Director - February 22, 2016
B2B event organiser UBM plc has announced that John Petevinos will join as Group Strategy Director on April 18, 2016, reporting directly to Tim Cobbold, the Chief Executive. He will also join the UBM Executive Committee. John, or JP as he is also known, joins… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - February 22, 2016
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Jon Tennant (Breaking the traditional mould of peer review: Why we need a more transparent process of research evaluation.); Joseph Esposito (Revisiting: When Is a Feature a Product, and a Product a Business?); The Charlesworth Group (Open Peer Review: What… Read More
SAGE publishes The SAGE Handbook of Early Childhood Research - February 19, 2016
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced the publication of The SAGE Handbook of Early Childhood Research, providing an overview of the rapidly developing field of early childhood research. The text, which includes 31 chapters provided by internationally recognised experts in early childhood research, also sets an… Read More
