New journals ‘Green Materials’ and ‘Surface Innovations’ added to ICE Science series - October 16, 2012
ICE Publishing, the publishing division of the Institution of Civil Engineers, has announced the expansion of its ICE Science series with the launch of two new journals - Green Materials and Surface Innovations. The official launch will be held in March 2013 but the print articles… Read More
Texas Southmost College partners with Pearson for all-digital content programmes - October 16, 2012
Texas Southmost College (TSC) has partnered with Pearson, a US-based provider of educational content and services, to provide digital content, services and technology in support of its transition to an independent, two-year public community college in fall 2013. The new institution will feature digital delivery of… Read More
Metapress unveils the Essential platform to support small publishers - October 15, 2012
MetaPress, a hosting service for academic content, has announced the Metapress Essential platform to support smaller publishers. This new platform allows small publishers to receive the same features that enable large publishers to launch an online presence and manage content. The Essential platform is part… Read More
Thomson Reuters and Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan honour country’s leading scientific researchers and journals - October 15, 2012
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters joined the Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan to honour the country's leading scientific researchers and journals, across a variety of disciplines. The 'Perspectives of Science and Development in Azerbaijan' award ceremony… Read More
Frankfurt Book Fair witnesses ten percent growth in participation/networking of international content industries - October 15, 2012
The Frankfurt Book Fair ended October 14, 2012, with a small increase in visitor numbers on last year, while demonstrating the 'courage and innovative power of Europe, and of the international publishing industry'. The conference and seminar programme of the Frankfurt Academy recorded a ten percent… Read More
LCA welcomes court decision in favour of HathiTrust library using digitised works - October 15, 2012
The US' Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) has welcomed Judge Harold Baer's decision saying that the HathiTrust Digital Library's (HDL) use of digitised works is a fair use permitted under the Copyright Act. Baer's ruling not only allows HathiTrust to continue serving scholars and the print disabled,… Read More
