Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - June 17, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (Are University Presses Better off Now than They Were Four Years Ago?); Casey Luskin (Peer-Reviewed Pro-Intelligent Design Articles and the "Insurrection" Against Journal Impact Factors); Alice Meadows (Open Access – Keeping It Real); Simon Chaplin (Making the case… Read More
IEEE-SA approves IEEE 1904.1 Standard for Service Interoperability in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks - June 17, 2013
Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced that the IEEE 1904.1 Standard for Service Interoperability in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (SIEPON) was approved by the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) at the Standards Board meeting. The IEEE 1904.1 standard provides open, international, system-level specifications enabling multi-vendor, ‘plug-and-play’ interoperability… Read More
2014 SPARC Open Access to focus on ‘Convergence’ - June 17, 2013
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced that the next SPARC Open Access Meeting, themed ‘Convergence,’ will convene March 3–4, 2014, in Kansas City. The past year has seen growing momentum in the areas of open access, open data, and open educational… Read More
LBF, UK PA and British Council boost LBF Korea Market Focus 2014’s profile at Seoul Book Fair - June 17, 2013
The London Book Fair, British Council and the UK Publishers Association are participating in Seoul Book Fair 2013 in advance of Korea being the Market Focus country at the LBF 2014, scheduled for April 8-10. During Seoul Book Fair, the LBF Market Focus team, in association… Read More
Elsevier to pair educational content with ClaimGear, CollaborateMD’s online medical billing and coding solutions - June 14, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it is pairing its educational content with ClaimGear, CollaborateMD's online solution for medical billing and coding education. CollaborateMD, a provider of online medical practice management and medical billing solutions, has been providing ClaimGear to the academic arena since 2007.… Read More
EBSCO and Al Manhal in deal to add Arabic content to EBSCO Discovery Service - June 14, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), US, has announced that collections from Al Manhal, the largest provider of electronic resources in the Arab world, will now be searchable via EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). The agreement between EBSCO and Al Manhal will allow metadata for their… Read More
