Caroline Kennedy named Honorary Chair, National Library Week 2013 - November 27, 2012
The American Library Association has named Caroline Kennedy as the 2013 Honorary Chair of National Library Week (April 14-20, 2013). During National Library Week and throughout the month of April, libraries of all types - public, school, academic and special - hold special events to… Read More
Journals JMR, MRS Communications offer new open access option for authors - November 27, 2012
The Materials Research Society (MRS) and Cambridge University Press (CUP) are jointly offering a new open access (OA) option for authors. The initiative allows authors the choice to publish in the Journal of Materials Research (JMR) and MRS Communications under a new model ensuring broad dissemination… Read More
Four organisations recognised as India’s most innovative, named recipients of Thomson Reuters India Innovation Awards 2012 - November 26, 2012
Thomson Reuters, a leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has announced that four organisations have been recognised as India's most innovative and named as the recipients of the Thomson Reuters India Innovation Awards 2012. First established in 2007, the Awards recognise the most… Read More
COAR and euroCRIS announce strategic partnership - November 26, 2012
The World Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and euroCRIS recently announced a strategic partnership. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed at the euroCRIS members meeting in Madrid/Spain on November 6, 2012. The partnership will be based on the mutual understanding of the importance of… Read More
Thomson Reuters hosts inaugural Techstreet Standards Publishers Innovation Forum - November 21, 2012
Leaders from the standards publishing industry convened November 9th in Alexandria, Virginia, for the inaugural Standards Publishers Innovation Forum (SPIF), presented by Techstreet, part of the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters. Representatives from ASTM International, American Petroleum Institute, IEEE Standards Association and elsewhere… Read More
Manchester University Press to preserve e-journals with Portico - November 21, 2012
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced that Manchester University Press (MUP) has entered into an agreement with Portico to preserve its e-journals. Through this agreement, MUP seeks to ensure that its e-journals will be preserved and available for future scholars, researchers, and students.… Read More
