Stephen Carter to succeed Peter Rigby as Group Chief Executive of Informa Plc - July 12, 2013
Informa Plc, an international publishing, business information and events company, has announced that Peter Rigby will retire as Group Chief Executive at the end of 2013. Stephen A. Carter, currently a non-executive board director, will succeed him on January 1, 2014. Peter first joined Informa… Read More
SAGE announces winners of SAGE sponsored ARL attendance grant for IFLA Congress 2013 - July 9, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the three recipients of the co-sponsored Academic and Research Libraries Section (ARL) attendance grant for the annual IFLA World Library and Information Congress (IFLA WLIC). Joseph A. Semugabi, Librarian at the Law Development Centre, Uganda; Sasekea Harris, Academic Librarian at… Read More
MRS Communications receives first impact factor - July 8, 2013
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press and Materials Research Society have announced that MRS Communications received its first impact factor (IF) of 1.250, based on just one issue. Also notable - the journal achieved this ranking in its first year of eligibility and within two years of… Read More
SAGE announces winner of 2013 ALPSP travel grant - July 5, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the recipient of their 2013 library travel grant for the ALPSP International Conference. Penny Andrews, Library Graduate Trainee at Leeds Metropolitan University won by answering 'what would be your top tip to give students about conducting research.' Penny was chosen… Read More
Elsevier announces launch of new journal – Water Resources and Economics - July 5, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of a new journal - Water Resources and Economics. The journal is published in association with the International Water Association (IWA) and the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE). The first issue of the journal is a… Read More
BioMed Central launches new OA journal, Movement Ecology - July 5, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of a new open access journal Movement Ecology, marking a significant milestone in this field of research as the first journal of its kind. The journal is associated with the new movement ecology institute The Minerva… Read More
