ASTM International appoints Joannie Chin to its Board of Directors - October 2, 2017
ASTM International, a global standards organisation, has appointed Joannie Chin, a materials scientist and the deputy director of the Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), to its board of directors. Chin will complete the term of her former colleague, Laurie Locascio,… Read More
American Mathematical Society to acquire Mathematical Association of America’s book program - October 2, 2017
The American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America have recently announced an agreement for the AMS to acquire the MAA’s book publishing program. The high-quality mathematics titles and textbooks developed and edited by MAA Press will now be published as an imprint of the… Read More
Macmillan Learning names Susan Winslow as General Manager - October 2, 2017
Macmillan Learning, an educational solutions company, has named Susan Winslow as General Manager of their academic business. Winslow will oversee the higher education and AP high school division including the content, digital product development, custom services, marketing, communications, training and professional development teams. Winslow will report… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - October 2, 2017
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Naiveté Scene - Open Source vs. Scale in Scholarly Publishing); Josh Clark (Tools and tips to manage your online reputation); Enrique Orduna-Malea, Alberto Martín-Martín, Mike Thelwall, and Emilio Delgado López-Cózar (The ResearchGate Score rewards academics’ active participation on… Read More
PLOS reaches 200,000 research articles milestone - September 29, 2017
PLOS has announced that it has now published more than 200,000 research articles across its seven Open Access journals. PLOS was incorporated in 2001 as an Open Access advocacy organisation and became a publisher to prove the value of Open Access, beginning with PLOS Biology… Read More
SAGE Publishing and American String Teachers Association partner to publish two journals - September 29, 2017
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has partnered with the American String Teachers Association (ASTA) to publish the music journals American String Teacher (AST) and String Research Journal (SRJ). Founded in 1946, ASTA is dedicated to helping string and orchestra teachers and players. Its members include K-12 school… Read More
