Royal Society of Chemistry renews cooperation agreement with SAFEA – a division of the Chinese Government - June 13, 2014
The Royal Society of Chemistry celebrated the renewal of a cooperation agreement with the State Administration for Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA) - a division of the Chinese Government - with an event at Burlington House in London. As part of a wider Chinese governmental initiative… Read More
Anne Campbell to join EBSCO - June 13, 2014
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced the appointment of Anne Campbell who most recently served as E-Processing Manager at Swets is joining EBSCO. Starting her library career at Blackwell North America, Campbell brings more than 20 years of experience in publishing and libraries… Read More
University of Delaware becomes first ARL and 200th library to go live with OCLC WorldShare Management Services - June 13, 2014
The University of Delaware is the first member of the Association of Research Libraries and the 200th library to go live with OCLC WorldShare Management Services as its library management system. WorldShare Management Services provide cloud-based library management… Read More
Brill completes acquisition of Editions Rodopi - June 13, 2014
Scholarly publisher Koninklijke Brill N.V. has closed the acquisition of all shares of Editions Rodopi B.V., Amsterdam. The acquisition includes highly esteemed book series and journals in history, philosophy, theology, social sciences, linguistics, literature, and cultural studies. In total, the publishing list comprises 3,000 book titles,… Read More
SAGE set to publish Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics - June 12, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE will begin publishing the Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics (JERHRE), beginning July 2014. JERHRE claims to be the only journal in the field of human research ethics dedicated exclusively to publishing empirical research. With a focus on a wide variety… Read More
ORCID appoints Andy Mabbett as Wikipedian-in Residence - June 12, 2014
ORCID, a non-profit organisation that provides an open registry of unique identifiers for researchers, has appointed Andy Mabbett as Wikipedian-in Residence. In this pro-bono role, Andy will extend his work as an ORCID Ambassador and act as liaison with the Wikimedia community to integrate ORCID into… Read More
