Nominations sought for ALCTS 2018 HARRASSOWITZ Award for Leadership in Library Acquisitions - September 26, 2017
Nominations are being accepted for the 2018 Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) awards for professional achievement, including the HARRASSOWITZ Award for Leadership in Library Acquisitions. The deadline for nominations and supporting materials is December 1, 2017. Presented by the Acquisitions Section for… Read More
Scope leverages Synaptica® to deliver a specialized thesaurus on nanotechnology for a global STM publisher - September 25, 2017
Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, has announced that it has successfully completed an ANSI/NISO standards compliant nanotechnology Knowledge Model (KM) for a global scientific, technical and medical (STM) publishing company. Additionally, the hierarchies in the… Read More
Scientific & technical publishing market flat in 2016, says new Simba report - September 25, 2017
Media and publishing intelligence firm Simba Information has released a report titled 'Global Scientific & Technical Publishing 2017-2021.' The report notes that once a fast growing, predictable and inflation-proof market, scientific and technical publishing is now mostly flat and increasingly subject to… Read More
Zynx Health introduces Zynx CME for point-of-care CME credit - September 22, 2017
Evidence- and experience-based clinical improvement solutions provider Zynx Health has announced that beginning September 15, 2017, physician users will be able to earn point-of-care continuing medical education (CME) credit from ZynxEvidence pages. Zynx has partnered with the accrediting organisation Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower… Read More
American Geophysical Union and Atypon announce joint initiative to develop Earth and Space Science Open Archive - September 22, 2017
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) and Atypon have announced a joint initiative to develop Earth and Space Science Open Archive (ESSOAr), a community server for the open dissemination of Earth and space science preprints and rich conference presentations. Development of the server,… Read More
Springer and Graz University Press announce new co-publishing agreement - September 22, 2017
STM publisher Springer and Graz University Press (Grazer Universitätsverlag) have signed a new co-publishing agreement to publish co-branded books in English. Through this cooperation, the University of Graz Press will be able to provide its authors with international distribution via SpringerLink, where all content is made… Read More