HathiTrust Digital Library announces 2015 Board of Governors election - July 31, 2015
HathiTrust Digital Library has announced its 2015 Board of Governors election cycle. Beginning August 3, the Nominating Committee will receive nominees for an election to be held in the fall. Nominations are due no later than August 24. These will be the first Board elections held… Read More
Dr. Daniele Piomelli appointed Editor-in-Chief of Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research - July 31, 2015
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers has announced that Dr. Daniele Piomelli has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. Dr. Piomelli serves as Louise Turner Arnold Chair in Neurosciences and Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Pharmacology, and Biological Chemistry at University of California, Irvine. He… Read More
SPARC applauds Senate Committee action on public access legislation - July 30, 2015
The Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) has passed S. 779, the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research (FASTR) Act, unanimously by voice vote and moved it to the full Senate for consideration. This marks the first time the Senate has acted on… Read More
Springer and Tsinghua University Press present the second Nano Research Award - July 30, 2015
Paul Alivisatos, Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California (UC) Berkeley's Samsung Distinguished Professor of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, has received the second Tsinghua University Press – Springer Nano Research Award. The award ceremony took place at the 2015 Sino-US Nano Forum, held from June 25-28… Read More
Pensoft journals, MycoKeys and Nature Conservation, indexed by Scopus - July 30, 2015
Academic publishing company Pensoft has announced that two of its open access journals - MycoKeys and Nature Conservation - are now accepted for indexing by one of the largest abstract and citation databases of peer-reviewed literature Scopus. By joining the vast Scopus family of reputed peer-reviewed… Read More
HealthStream unveils Compensation Planner app for healthcare organisations - July 30, 2015
Healthcare solutions provider HealthStream has announced the launch of the HealthStream Compensation Planner™, a full-featured, SaaS-based application for compensation management in healthcare organisations. With the Compensation Planner’s flexible and easy-to-customise design, healthcare organisations can automate time-consuming workflows, eliminate spreadsheets, make the best possible recommendations for salary… Read More
