Emerald offers free access to a special journal issue highlighting library innovation - April 7, 2014
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing, UK, is offering free access to a special issue from its LIS journal, Library High Tech: 'Smart space technology innovations' until April 19th as part of the National Library Week celebration. As the physical space of the library continues to… Read More
Accelrys speeds life science decisions with next-generation Insight - April 7, 2014
Accelrys, Inc., a provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software and solutions, has announced the latest releases of Accelrys Insight and Accelrys Insight for Excel. The new release of Accelrys Insight for Excel enhances scientific data analysis with important new capabilities including the ability to run… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 7, 2014
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Christopher Meyers (The lack of reward mechanisms for public scholarship severely limits the future of public engagement in the academy); Maria Kowalczuk (Are journals ready to abolish peer review?); Kent Anderson (Bitcoin and Flash Traders — Leveraging Scarcity Within the… Read More
Two OA journals from Chile join BioMed Central and SpringerOpen portfolio - April 4, 2014
Open access publisher BioMed Central and SpringerOpen have announced the publication of two open access journals from Chile, covering biodiversity and conservation. Biological Research and Revista Chilena de Historia Natural are the official journals of Sociedad de Biología de Chile. Biological… Read More
EBSCO Information Services and Boopsie partner to provide a seamless research experience for mobile users - April 4, 2014
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and Boopsie, Inc. have announced a partnership establishing Boopsie as an official Mobile Technology Partner. Boopsie will now be able to provide a more seamless research workflow within the Boopsie platform for the thousands of… Read More
Three SAGE Reference titles honoured by Library Journal in their annual Best Reference feature - April 4, 2014
SAGE Reference resources continue to receive recognition for excellence, most recently by Library Journal in their annual Best Reference feature. Library Journal has selected three key SAGE/CQ Press titles to be included in its 2013 list. The annual Library Journal Best Reference list recognises the… Read More
