ISPG selects USACO Corporation as exclusive sales agent in Japan for consortia and library sales - September 13, 2013
The Independent Scholarly Publishers Group (ISPG) has chosen USACO Corporation as its exclusive sales agent in Japan for consortia and library sales. USACO Corporation has already been able to attain the endorsement for the ISPG Collection from the Japanese Medical Library Association and the Japanese Pharmaceutical… Read More
CAB International provides free access to 77 recently published CABI books through Research4Life - September 11, 2013
CAB International (Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International) has announced that they will be providing free access to 77 recently published CABI books through Research4Life, a global UN-publisher initiative providing free and low cost access to researchers in developing countries. The recent editions… Read More
CONTEC Frankfurt attracts top-level names from across the entire publishing ecosystem - September 9, 2013
CONTEC Frankfurt, a pre-Frankfurt event organised by the Frankfurt Academy, will premiere on October 8, 2013, with a programme featuring over 60 speakers and 25 interactive sessions that will address the complexity of needs of the entire international publishing industry – trade and STM publishers, agents,… Read More
ARL Membership Meeting scheduled for October 9–10 - September 3, 2013
ARL President Wendy Lougee, university librarian at University of Minnesota, will convene the 163rd ARL Membership Meeting in Arlington, Virginia, on the afternoon of October 9. Several programmes that build on recent discussions about strategic thinking and the future framework for ARL are in development. The… Read More
The Optical Society implements industry-based tracking system for Government-funded research - August 21, 2013
The Optical Society (OSA) has implemented a new service that enables easy reporting of funding sources for scholarly research articles published in its portfolio of peer-reviewed journals. The newly launched FundRef service from CrossRef enables authors to specify the funding agency that their research was supported… Read More
National Geographic Society names Gary E. Knell as President and CEO - August 21, 2013
The board of trustees of the National Geographic Society has announced that Gary E. Knell has been selected to succeed John M. Fahey as president and chief executive officer. Fahey will continue to serve as chairman of the board. Knell's appointment will occur later this year,… Read More
