Thomson Reuters appoints Shawn Malhotra VP, Toronto Technology Centre - February 20, 2017
Thomson Reuters has announced that Shawn Malhotra has been appointed Vice President of the new Thomson Reuters Toronto Technology Centre. In this role, Shawn will help drive the centre's focus on emerging skills such as cognitive computing, visualization, user experience and cloud development. Located in… Read More
Thieme appoints Caroline Birkle as Managing Director of Thieme Chemistry - February 20, 2017
Medical and scientific publisher Thieme has announced that effective April 1, 2017, Caroline Birkle will assume full responsibility for Thieme Chemistry as Managing Director. Under her direction Thieme Chemistry will continue to expand its publishing program that provides chemists in research, science and industry with highly… Read More
FH Münster now live with OCLC’s cloud-based WorldShare Management Services - February 20, 2017
OCLC and the library of Münster University of Applied Sciences have announced that FH Münster is now live with OCLC's cloud-based WorldShare Management Services (WMS). FH Münster's decision last March to adopt WMS as its library management system was followed by a period of preparation… Read More
New Cochrane Scientific Committee to strengthen scientific integrity and oversight of methodological practice within Cochrane - February 20, 2017
Cochrane has announced the launch of the inaugural Cochrane Scientific Committee which will strengthen the scientific integrity and oversight of methodological practice within Cochrane. This important Committee will support the Editor in Chief and the work of Methods and Cochrane Review Groups, as well as… Read More
Prof. Samuel B. Adeloju named Editor-in-Chief of the Applied Chemistry Section - February 20, 2017
Academic open-access publisher Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) has announced the appointment of Prof. Samuel B. Adeloju as Editor-in-Chief of the Applied Chemistry Section of the Applied Sciences journal. His appointment started in January 2017. Sam Adeloju is a Professor of Chemistry at the Monash… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - February 20, 2017
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (Monograph Output of American University Presses, 2009-2013); Matthew Guest (Increasing REF’s impact weighting could offer incentive for institutions to address societal, economic and global challenges); Angelina Giordano (The academic journal detectives behind Retraction Watch); Phill Jones (Why Hindawi… Read More
