Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - November 11, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: David Wojick (Open Access on the Sea of Confusion); Mark Lorch (Accusations of fraud spur a revolution in scientific publishing); Mark Bell and Nicholas Miller (A replicated study on nuclear proliferation shows the critical necessity of reviewing accepted scientific results);… Read More
Elsevier and the Neuroscience Information Framework collaborate to improve reporting of research in neuroscience literature - November 8, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced its collaboration with the Neuroscience Information Framework (NIF), by incorporating the Minimal Data Standards across four of its neuroscience journals. Minimal Data Standards are a set of recommendations developed by NIF, the most comprehensive portal of available web-based resources in… Read More
Springer and the Mathematical Biosciences Institute announce publishing agreement - November 8, 2013
STM publisher Springer and the Mathematical Biosciences Institute (MBI) in the US have signed a publishing agreement to collaborate on the Mathematical Biosciences Institute Graduate Lecture Series. The lecture series consists of readable, up-to-date collections of authored volumes that are tutorial in nature and are inspired… Read More
ProQuest automates ebrary and EBL Holdings in its Summon and 360 services - November 8, 2013
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, is streamlining librarian workflows by automating holdings updates for its ebooks businesses, ebrary and EBL - Ebook Library in the knowledgebase supporting the Summon service as well as its 360 discovery and management services. The process, which is currently… Read More
The IET partners with Publishers Communication Group for sales representation in Europe - November 8, 2013
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Europe's largest multidisciplinary professional engineering institution, has selected Publishers Communication Group (PCG) for a new sales representation agreement in Europe. With this arrangement, PCG will support institutional sales of the IET's collection of digital resources, including the IET Inspec… Read More
New Delhi to host first Macmillan Science Communication scientific writing and publishing workshop - November 8, 2013
Macmillan Science Communication (MSC), an exclusive partner of Nature Publishing Group (NPG), has announced its first workshop in New Delhi on November 29, 2013. Sponsored by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), the intensive workshop will help one hundred researchers from across India improve… Read More
