NFAIS launches Lunch & Learn Virtual Education Series - June 29, 2015
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS™), a global, nonprofit membership organisation serving the information community, has announced the launch of a virtual program called the NFAIS Lunch & Learn Education Series. As part of this program, NFAIS invites information experts and professionals to submit… Read More
EBSCO and the H. W. Wilson Foundation expand partnership to build an open dissertations database - June 29, 2015
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and the H.W. Wilson Foundation are expanding their partnership with the goal of making searching for electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) easier and more open. In 2014, the two organisations created American Doctoral Dissertations™ which contains indexing from the H.W. Wilson… Read More
SAGE set to publish the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism - June 29, 2015
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it will begin publishing the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism (JCBFM) in partnership with the International Society for Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism (ISCBFM) from January 2016. JCBFM was previously published by Nature Publishing Group. JCBFM stands… Read More
ProQuest names John “JG” Chirapurath as its new Senior VP and General Manager of ProQuest Workflow Solutions - June 29, 2015
ProQuest has named John "JG" Chirapurath as its new Senior Vice President and General Manager of ProQuest Workflow Solutions. In his new role, Chirapurath will lead strategic development of the company's technology business that focuses on empowering academic researchers with solutions that improve research outcomes, and… Read More
Dr. Erik R. Swenson to succeed Dr. John B. West as Editor-in-Chief of the journal High Altitude Medicine & Biology - June 29, 2015
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers has announced that Dr. Erik R. Swenson will assume the role of Editor-in-Chief of the journal High Altitude Medicine & Biology in 2016. Dr. Swenson will succeed Dr. John B. West, who has provided extraordinary leadership for the journal over… Read More
NISO elects new leadership for 2015-2016 - June 29, 2015
The membership of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has elected new leadership for the 2015-2016 term that begins on July 1, 2015. Mike Teets, Executive Director, Strategy, Governance & Architecture at OCLC, who was elected last year and has served as Vice Chair during the… Read More
