Journals published by Portland Press to move to HighWire Open Platform - April 8, 2014
Portland Press Limited has signed an agreement to move its sector-leading journals, including the Biochemical Journal, Clinical Science and Bioscience Reports, to the HighWire Open Platform. The new journal sites will see more than 10,000 pages of research published annually and a catalogue of… Read More
Applications for 2014 Research Fund Award for Latin America now open - April 8, 2014
Global academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing and The Latin American Council of Management Schools, CLADEA, have opened the 2014 Research Fund Award for Latin America. The winner will receive a £2,000 (approximately US$3000) research grant to fund a Latin American research project in the field… Read More
Brill Publishers selects Scope’s ConSCIseTM platform for book chapter abstracts - April 7, 2014
Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, has announced that Brill, the international publishing house head-quartered in Leiden, The Netherlands, has selected Scope to support its goal of increasing the discoverability of books chapters on its Brill… Read More
The London Book Fair’s Author HQ – a stellar line up of events for aspiring authors - April 7, 2014
Author HQ is the place at The London Book Fair for established and aspiring authors and there is plenty on offer at this year’s Fair, to be held from April 8 – 10, 2014, Earls Court, London. Launched as a response to increasing interest from the… Read More
ACRL releases second part of draft Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education - April 7, 2014
ACRL’s Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education Task Force has released the second part of their initial draft of the association’s Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. The Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, adopted by ACRL in 2000, has become an… Read More
DCMS re-appoints Baroness Blackstone as Chairman of British Library - April 7, 2014
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Rt. Hon Maria Miller MP, has re-appointed Baroness Blackstone as Chairman of the British Library for a further four year term. Tessa Blackstone has served as British Library Chairman since September 2010. Key achievements during her… Read More
