CLIR presents report on Digging into Data Challenge project - June 13, 2012
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) issued the first public appraisal of the Digging into Data Challenge, an international grant programme first funded by JISC, the US National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the US National Science Foundation and the… Read More
eLife selects HighWire platform for new OA journal - June 13, 2012
HighWire Press, a not-for-profit division of Stanford University Libraries, has announced that it has been selected by eLife, the new funder-researcher collaboration in science communication, as the platform for the latter’s new open access journal for life and biomedical science. First announced in summer 2011,… Read More
Dr Henry Heng named co-Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Cytogenetics journal - June 13, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the appointment of Dr Henry Heng as co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Molecular Cytogenetics. He succeeds Dr Lisa Shaffer of Signature Genomic Laboratories who is stepping down as co-Editor-in-Chief. Dr Heng is an Associate Professor at the Wayne… Read More
CQ Press in deal with Credo Reference to include 40 titles in Credo Publisher and Subject Collections - June 13, 2012
Reference databases provider Credo Reference, US, has announced that CQ Press is the latest publisher to join Credo Reference with an agreement to include 40 of their most sought-after titles in Credo Publisher and Subject Collections. According to the company, apart from attracting new publishers… Read More
Google ends legal dispute with French authors over book scanning project - June 12, 2012
Internet search services provider Google Inc., US, has reportedly ended legal disputes with a French publishing trade group and a French authors’ association over the company’s scanning of books. The Syndicat National de l’Edition and the SGDL Society of Authors agreed with Google to end litigation… Read More
Springer and Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences announce publishing partnership - June 12, 2012
STM publisher Springer has announced a partnership with the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences. Under the deal, Springer will publish two book series, Fields Institute Communications (FIC) and Fields Institute Monographs (FIM). FIC focuses primarily on publishing proceedings and outgrowths of research presented… Read More
