RSC welcomes additional funding for research, but calls for long-term investment - October 9, 2012
Prof. Lesley Yellowlees, the President of the UK's Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has welcomed the government's announcement of a £200 million extra investment for the Research Partnership Investment Fund. However, RSC has called for the ruling Conservative party to commit to long-term investment in science… Read More
Cyprus becomes a CERN Associate Member State - October 9, 2012
The CERN Director-General, Rolf Heuer, and the Cyprus Minister of Education and Culture, George Demosthenous, have signed an agreement under which Cyprus will become an Associate Member State in the pre-stage to Membership. The agreement will have to be ratified by the Parliament of Cyprus before… Read More
Baker & Taylor upgrades digital media platform to include EPUB and PDF formats - October 9, 2012
Baker & Taylor, a distributor of digital and physical books, has released an upgrade to its popular Axis 360 digital media platform. New options allow library patrons to check out ebooks on e-readers compatible with EPUB and PDF formats, such as NOOK, Sony Reader and Kobo… Read More
ACCUCOMS and RINGGOLD sign representation deal - October 9, 2012
ACCUCOMS, a Netherlands-based provider of sales and marketing services to scholarly and society publishers, has signed a contract with RINGGOLD for exclusive representation for territories outside the UK and North America. This is the first such partnership between ACCUCOMS and another provider of publisher services. … Read More
IET President moots open access for SMEs to IP created by UK universities - October 8, 2012
Professor Andy Hopper, an academic, innovator and serial entrepreneur, has called on the UK government to give small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) open access to the intellectual property (IP) created in UK universities. He has been named the new President of Europe's largest professional society for engineers and technicians,… Read More
University of Florida and the University of Miami libraries sign MoU to create a shared collection - October 8, 2012
The University of Florida and the University of Miami have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create the Collaborative Academic Library Collection. The Collaborative Academic Library Collection is a shared collection that will be housed in Gainesville for long-term preservation and retention of low use… Read More
