Inaugural issue of Nature Arabic Edition published - October 18, 2012
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group, UK, has announced the first issue of Nature Arabic Edition. The new publication's website is live at arabicedition.nature.com and the October print issue has been delivered to over 10,000 readers worldwide. Print issues are freely available to qualified subscribers, and the… Read More
IOP Publishing and the Sinopec Geophysical Research Institute renew publishing partnership - October 18, 2012
Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, and the Sinopec Geophysical Research Institute (SGRI), Nanjing, China, have announced the renewal of their publishing partnership. Building on nine years of collaboration, the partnership will ensure that the Journal of Geophysics and Engineering continues to be… Read More
Metapress announces addition of Practical Action Publishing - October 18, 2012
MetaPress, a hosting service for academic content, has announced the addition of Practical Action Publishing, a subsidiary company of Practical Action, to the list of publishers who have recently signed agreements for services from Metapress. Practical Action Publishing publishes both journals and books and is… Read More
ARL announces 2012–2013 Board of Directors - October 18, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that Wendy Pradt Lougee, University Librarian and McKnight Presidential Professor, University of Minnesota, began a one-year term as President of the Association on October 11, 2012, during the ARL Membership Meeting in Washington, DC. She succeeds Winston Tabb,… Read More
OSA elects Philip Russell as 2013 Vice President, three directors at large also elected - October 18, 2012
The Optical Society (OSA) has announced that its members have elected Philip Russell of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany as its 2013 vice president. Three directors at large were also chosen during this year's election:… Read More
Elsevier, Nature Publishing Group join ORCID in launching ORCID Registry - October 17, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, joined with ORCID, the Open Researcher and Contributor ID, to announce the official launch of the ORCID Registry. Elsevier, a founding sponsor and launch partner of ORCID, expects to integrate ORCID with many of its products and services. ORCID seeks to remedy… Read More
