Kathleen Shearer joins ARL board as partnership consultant - November 13, 2014
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has brought Kathleen Shearer on board as a partnership consultant, effective November 6, 2014. Shearer's work for ARL will include developing an ARL policy on partnerships and collaborations, establishing and nurturing relationships internationally, and updating ARL on global trends in… Read More
Springer and Förderkreis Gründungs-Forschung e.V. sign book series deal - November 12, 2014
STM publisher Springer has signed a deal with the Förderkreis Gründungs-Forschung e.V (FGF), the foremost organisation of professors of entrepreneurship and small business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, to publish a new series entitled 'FGF Studies in Small Business and Entrepreneurship.' The series strengthens both Springer's… Read More
Elsevier launches new Open Access journal – JPRAS Open - November 12, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new, online-only open access journal, JPRAS Open. As a sister journal of Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, JPRAS Open is similarly dedicated to publishing case reports, short communications, and full-length research papers on… Read More
Royal College of General Practitioners accredits DynaMed from EBSCO Health - November 12, 2014
General Practitioners in the United Kingdom now have an additional source for learning credits as the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has accredited the clinical reference tool DynaMed™ from EBSCO Health. RCGP, the professional body of… Read More
SAGE set to publish Chinese Journal of Sociology from March 2015 - November 12, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE and Shanghai University have announced a new partnership to publish an English language version of the leading Chinese Journal of Sociology (CJS). Established in 1981 as the first sociological journal after the restoration of the sociology discipline in… Read More
CABI upgrades to COUNTER4 for product usage statistics - November 12, 2014
CABI has announced that it has upgraded to COUNTER version 4 (COUNTER4) for its product usage statistics. Reports are now available for CABI products hosted on CAB Direct and the CABI platform. By moving to the latest version of COUNTER usage statistics, CABI remains COUNTER compliant,… Read More
