JBJS Reviews App for iPad and iPhone now available - January 15, 2014
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc., and HighWire Press have announced the availability of the JBJS Reviews app for iPad and iPhone, now available in the app store. An Android version is expected to be available shortly as well. To… Read More
Portico and Knowledge Unlatched announce preservation agreement - January 13, 2014
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced an agreement with Knowledge Unlatched to preserve the latter’s Pilot Collection of Open Access e-books in the Portico Archive. The Knowledge Unlatched Pilot Collection includes 28 new books from 13 recognised scholarly publishers: Amsterdam University Press, Bloomsbury Academic, Brill,… Read More
Research spending in SSH subjects is one-tenth of what governments and private foundations dedicate to STM discovery, says Simba report - January 13, 2014
Media industry forecast and analysis firm Simba Information has announced the publication of its latest report - Global Social Science and Humanities Publishing 2013-2014. According to the report, playing second fiddle to scientific, technical and medical (STM) research is hurting social science and humanities (SSH) fields… Read More
Allen Press to hold annual event on emerging trends in scholarly publishing in April - January 10, 2014
Publishing services provider Allen Press, Inc., US, will present its annual Emerging Trends in Scholarly Publishing Seminar on April 24, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. The 2014 seminar is titled A Matter of Perspective. Leaders in the field of scholarly and… Read More
2014 IFLA Public Libraries Satellite Conference to focus on Public Library Futures in a global digital world - January 10, 2014
Public Library Futures in a global digital world is the theme for the 2014 IFLA Public Libraries Satellite Conference. Organised by the Public Libraries Section of ILFA, in collaboration with CILIP and the Society of Chief Librarians in England, this satellite conference will be hosted… Read More
ProQuest unveils new service to preserve and enhance discovery of University multimedia collections - January 9, 2014
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has announced that libraries and universities with proprietary audio and video collections can now preserve and provide access to these information resources through a new service. ProQuest Video Preservation and Discovery Service (VPDS) is a continuum of services designed… Read More
