Sarah Porter to step down as Head of innovation at Jisc - May 24, 2013
Sarah Porter, head of innovation at Jisc, has chosen to leave the organisation in order to pursue her research innovation interests in higher education and work with higher education institutions on developing their digital strategies. Sarah has brought tremendous commitment and passion to Jisc over… Read More
British Library publishes updated economic evaluation - May 24, 2013
The British Library has published an updated evaluation of its economic contribution to the UK, looking at how the British Library creates economic value for its users and society as a whole. The Library last undertook a study of this kind in 2003. The report… Read More
The Geological Society of London extends representation in MENA with ACCUCOMS - May 24, 2013
The UK based Geological Society of London has announced a collaboration with ACCUCOMS by extending representation in Middle East and North Africa in addition to Europe and UK. The Geological Society of London (GSL) has agreed with ACCUCOMS on extending representation in the MENA region,… Read More
Holiday Notice - May 24, 2013
This is to inform our esteemed subscribers that there will be no newsletter dispatch on May 27, 2013, on account of Memorial Day. We will resume our newsletter service on Tuesday, May 28, 2013. The newsletter will contain all the headlines that have appeared after the May 23rd issue. Read More
Scope to participate at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Scholarly Publishing - May 23, 2013
Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, has announced that Rich Kobel, Associate Vice President of Business Development at Scope, will moderate a session titled "Enhancing Discoverability of Book Content" at the Annual Meeting of the Society… Read More
Plastics Engineering e-book collection now available on ScienceDirect - May 23, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and Hanser Publishers, the premier publisher of plastics technology and applied materials titles, have announced that the companies will offer plastics researchers and engineers a new plastics e-book collection on ScienceDirect. Plastics Engineering from Hanser on ScienceDirect includes more than 55… Read More
