Brill acquires scholarly publishing activities of HES & DE GRAAF Publishers - December 30, 2013
Scholarly publisher Koninklijke Brill N.V. has reached an agreement for the acquisition of all scholarly publishing activities of HES & DE GRAAF Publishers B.V (Houten, NL). The take-over will take effect on 1 January 2014. Under the deal, Brill will acquire an English language list… Read More
Elsevier launches new OA journal – Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery: Advanced Techniques and Case Management - December 27, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of open access journal, Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery: Advanced Techniques and Case Management. Petra Klinge, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, will serve as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal. Neurosurgery has recently seen a… Read More
Arizona University Library Consortium joins Alexander Street’s pilot program for evidence-based acquisition of video resources - December 23, 2013
The Arizona University Library Consortium has become the first library group in North America to join Alexander Street's pilot program for evidence-based acquisition (EBA) of video resources. The Arizona University Library Consortium comprises the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, and Northern Arizona State University.… Read More
Jo Lendle to succeed Michael Krüger as new publisher at Hanser - December 23, 2013
German publishing house Carl Hanser Verlag is pleased to announce the appointment of Jo Lendle, who will succeed Michael Krüger as the company's literary publisher. Krüger, who will be stepping down at the end of 2013, will hand over the reins as Managing Director to Lendle.… Read More
Two of the oldest German journals in Zoology opt for ‘platinum’ open access - December 23, 2013
Two of the oldest German journals in Zoology – Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift and Zoosystematics and Evolution – will join the journal publishing platform of Pensoft Publishers and adopt "platinum" open access beginning January 1, 2014. For Pensoft, "platinum" open access means not just that the articles… Read More
Brill and Semantico launch BrillOnline Discovery - December 20, 2013
Academic publisher Brill and UK-based online publishing services provider Semantico have announced the launch of BrillOnline Discovery, which offers users the option to search across all of Brill's online resources from one central place. BrillOnline Discovery uses the Scolaris Linking Hub technology developed by Semantico. This… Read More
