ebrary offers two new subscription products in Employee Development and Human Resources - July 10, 2012
ebrary, a ProQuest business, has announced that it now offers two new subscription products in Employee Development and Human Resources, hand-selected by its on-staff librarians, to assist corporate libraries with strategic e-book acquisition. The new databases - and over 20 others - enable corporate libraries to… Read More
The Institution of Engineering and Technology announces OA initiatives - July 10, 2012
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced the launch of a comprehensive, online-only open access journal. With this move, IET is set to become the first engineering, not-for-profit publisher to adopt an open access model. Open access options will also be added to… Read More
PreK-12 publishing market experiencing strong growth in digital courseware while other key segments prepare for major shift - July 10, 2012
Publishing forecast firm Simba Information, US, has released a report according to which, the PreK-12 market will post a strong compound annual growth rate of 8.8 percent through 2015 for digital courseware, while textbooks prepare for a major shift. The report, Publishing for the PreK-12 Market… Read More
Proceedings of the IEEE journal launches Future Technology Predictions Competition - July 10, 2012
Proceedings of the IEEE, a highly-cited general-interest journal in electrical engineering and computer science, has called for entries for a Future Technology Predictions Competition to identify breakthrough technology ideas for the future. The initiative is in honor of the journal’s centennial celebration. Entrants have an… Read More
NIH, Lasker Foundation announce Clinical Research Scholar under new initiative - July 10, 2012
Dr. Nehal N. Mehta has been named the inaugural Lasker Clinical Research Scholar, through a joint initiative of the US’ National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation. Mehta, who was an instructor of cardiovascular medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine… Read More
Nature Publishing Group wins 3-year El Naschie libel trial - July 9, 2012
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group, UK, has announced that it has won a case brought against it by theoretical physicist Mohamed El Naschie. In 2008, Nature published an article by journalist Quirin Schiermeier, questioning the lack of peer review at the journal Chaos, Solitons and Fractals,… Read More
