New organisation Rubriq offers standardised peer review scorecard process - December 21, 2012
Rubriq, a new for-benefit organisation, has been formed to address the challenges of the peer review system for scientific publishing, and to recover lost hours from redundant reviews so they can be put back into research. In the current journal submission process, rejection is common, yet… Read More
EU BON project to build European gateway for integrated biodiversity information - December 21, 2012
EU BON – 'Building the European Biodiversity Observation Network' – a EU-funded research project, has been started by 30 research institutions from 15 European countries, Brazil, Israel and the Philippines, and more than 30 associated partners on December 1. The €9 million project aims to… Read More
American Library Association accepting submissions for John Cotton Dana Award - December 21, 2012
The American Library Association (ALA) is now accepting submissions for the John Cotton Dana Award (JCD). The award, which is managed by the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) division of ALA, honours outstanding library public relations. Eight $10,000 grants are awarded each year by the… Read More
Association of Research Libraries releases second report in the New Roles for New Times series - December 21, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released Research Library Services for Graduate Students (PDF), the second report in the New Roles for New Times series. This series highlights the transformation of the library workforce to address new challenges for research libraries in serving 21st-century students,… Read More
Credo’s Literati Public named SIIA Content CODiE Award finalist for Best General Reference Service - December 21, 2012
Credo, a provider of information and digital literacy solutions for libraries, has announced that Literati Public has been named a finalist for the 2013 SIIA Content CODiE Awards for Best General Reference Service. Serving as the pre-eminent awards programme for the software and information industries,… Read More
Elsevier set to publish The Journal of Economic Asymmetries - December 20, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that they have entered into an agreement with the Athenian Policy Forum (APF) represented by Professor Anastasios G. Malliaris to publish The Journal of Economic Asymmetries (JEA). JEA is the official journal of APF. The journal publishes scholarly articles on… Read More
