NISO publishes fifth edition of Metrics Data Dictionary for Libraries and Information Providers - July 30, 2013
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the publication of the fifth edition of the standard ANSI/NISO Z39.7, Information Services and Use: Metrics and Statistics for Libraries and Information Providers – Data Dictionary. The purpose of the Z39.7 Data Dictionary is to assist the… Read More
Elsevier announces winner of the first Netter Atlas Medical Illustration Contest - July 29, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the winner of the first Netter Atlas Medical Illustration Contest. Paul J. Kim, a professional medical illustrator based in Montclair, N.J., was selected by a distinguished panel of judges who chose 10 finalists, with Kim as the grand prize winner.… Read More
BMJ announces new international appointments - July 29, 2013
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has announced that the company has created two new Managing Director posts in India and the US, ahead of planned growth in these two important territories. Anand Ekambaram joins as MD, India, from Educomp (one of the country's largest education business)… Read More
Oxford University Press to publish AIBS journal, BioScience, from 2014 - July 29, 2013
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, has announced that beginning in January 2014 it will be publishing the journal BioScience, from the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS). Since 1964, BioScience has presented readers with timely and authoritative overviews of current research in biology,… Read More
SAGE set to publish The Annals of Pharmacotherapy and The Journal of Pharmacy Technology - July 29, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE recently purchased two journals long published by Harvey Whitney Books Company - The Annals of Pharmacotherapy and The Journal of Pharmacy Technology. SAGE will begin publishing the journals in September 2013. Since its launch more than 45 years ago, The Annals of… Read More
LCA submits statement on the role of copyright in innovation to the House Committee - July 29, 2013
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) recently submitted a statement on the role of copyright in innovation to the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary. The committee has been conducting a series of hearings on copyright issues as a way to educate members and prepare… Read More
