Ex Libris’ Rosetta to ensure permanent access to research data, web sites and digital collections of the Bavarian Library Network - December 3, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the Bavarian Library Network (BVB) has selected Ex Libris Rosetta to provide long-term preservation services to all the academic libraries in the state. This decision extends the existing Rosetta implementation at the Bavarian State Library (BSB)… Read More
Elsevier launches new open access journal – Current Plant Biology - December 3, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new open access journal - Current Plant Biology. Dr. Steven P. Briggs from the University of California San Diego, will serve as the Editor-in-Chief. The field of fundamental plant science is increasingly becoming an interdisciplinary domain… Read More
Dr. Howard E. Michel elected 2014 IEEE President-elect - December 3, 2013
Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced that Dr. Howard E. Michel, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UMass-Dartmouth and engineering consultant, has been elected 2014 IEEE President-elect. Nominated by the IEEE Board of Directors, Michel will begin serving his one-year term on January 1,… Read More
Techstreet Standards Publishers Innovation Forum addresses how innovation can drive success for standards organisations - December 3, 2013
Leaders from the standards publishing industry gathered on November 14 in Alexandria, Virginia, for the bi-annual Standards Publishers Innovation Forum (SPIF) presented by Techstreet, part of the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters and a provider of industry codes and standards. The fall forum,… Read More
EBSCO Information Services named to 2013 EContent 100 list - December 3, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services has announced that it has been named to the 2013 EContent 100 List of Companies that Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry. Selection of the companies for the EContent 100 List falls to a team of judges including… Read More
American Meteorological Society becomes AIP’s latest member society - December 3, 2013
The American Institute of Physics has announced that the Boston-based American Meteorological Society (AMS) has become the institute's newest member society. AMS will now receive all the benefits conferred by full membership, including free subscriptions to AIP's flagship magazine, Physics Today, for all AMS members… Read More