John Wiley & Sons appoints Dr. James Milne as Publishing Director, Physical Sciences - July 10, 2013
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced that Dr. James Milne has been appointed to the position of Publishing Director, Physical Sciences. Dr. Milne will join the leadership team of the Research Communications group, part of Wiley's Global Research business from September 1. Dr.… Read More
Elsevier articles on ScienceDirect and datasets in the ORNL DAAC data repository now reciprocally linked - July 9, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier has announced its implementation of reciprocal linking between Earth Science content on ScienceDirect and related data sets of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory Tennessee (ORNL). The ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC), which is funded by the National Aeronautics… 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
PLoS journals now optimised for tablets - July 8, 2013
PLoS has announced that its journals are now optimised for tablets. In December 2012, PLoS redesigned its journals, and although these journals have always worked on tablets, they are now tailored to suit these devices as part of a continued roll-out of site enhancements to meet… Read More
Elsevier launches Quiz for Science series for universities and institutions in Pakistan - July 8, 2013
STM Publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of the Quiz for Science series for 30 leading universities and institutions in Pakistan, recognising local research efforts from across the country. Quiz for Science is based on content and information available through ScienceDirect, Elsevier's database of scientific,… Read More
International Neuroethics in Medicine calls for papers - July 8, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced a cross-journal thematic series which addresses 'International Neuroethics in Clinical Practice: From Bench to Bedside and Beyond'. The series Editors are James Giordano, Editor-in-Chief of Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, and Dan Stein, guest Editor. The expanding… Read More
