IU Libraries and partners receive two grants totalling $931,000 from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - March 16, 2015
Indiana University has received two grants totalling $931,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support further development of the Avalon Media System and a study of new business models for scholarly publishing. The first of these grants provides $750,000 to the IU Libraries and… Read More
Article explores disruptive potential of new research retrieval tool ‘Article Galaxy Widget’ for researchers - March 16, 2015
Reprints Desk, Inc., a Research Solutions company and document delivery supplier for scientific, technical and medical (STM) information, has announced the immediate full-text availability of the article 'The Ultimate Sophistication: Reprints Desk Launches its Article Galaxy Widget,' created by independent research and advisory firm Outsell, Inc.… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - March 16, 2015
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (What We Got Wrong About Books); Andrew Whitehouse (The scientific publishing culture is broken - can it be rescued?); Phil Davis (Knockoffs Erode Trust in Metrics Market); Pete Etchells and Chris Chambers (The games we play: A troubling… Read More
The London Book Fair and the Publishers Association announce leaders in social & viral content as new speakers for Publishing for Digital Minds Conference - March 13, 2015
The London Book Fair, in association with the Publishers Association, has confirmed a raft of new speakers for the Publishing for Digital Minds Conference (pDMC), including leading publishers and content professionals from Gleam Futures, Mashable, Lonely Planet and Cambridge University Press. The latest additions to pDMC… Read More
Elsevier publishes seven new neuroscience book titles - March 13, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of the comprehensive new title, Brain Mapping: An Encyclopedic Reference, edited by Dr. Arthur Toga. In addition, six neuroscience books on subjects ranging from cognitive enhancement and the human auditory system to epilepsy and brain tumours are also newly… Read More
IET and CIE sign co-publishing agreement for global online publication of the Chinese Journal of Electronics - March 13, 2015
The Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) has signed a co-publishing agreement with the Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE) for global online publication of the Chinese Journal of Electronics (CJE). The agreement, which excludes mainland China, runs for a five year period, starting this year. … Read More
