App Internet, not cloud, will drive web growth, says Forrester Chairman - May 30, 2011
The app Internet will dramatically alter the web, force today's leading technology vendors to adapt to a new business environment, and affect every job function in the business technology (BT) organisation. This was stated by George F. Colony, Forrester Research CEO and Chairman, while addressing more… Read More
Niko Pfund named president of Oxford University Press USA - May 30, 2011
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced the appointment of Niko Pfund as president of OUP USA. He has been acting president of OUP USA since December 2010. In his new position, Pfund will continue as academic publisher of OUP USA. He will also… Read More
New SPARC open access Journal Publishing Resource Index helps streamline launch and operation of OA journals - May 30, 2011
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has released a free online Open Access Journal Publishing Resource Index (http://www.arl.org/sparc/partnering) with information and documents to support the launch and operation of an open-access journal. Materials in the index will help libraries, presses,… Read More
EMpact Sales to provide sales representation service for Cambridge University Press - May 30, 2011
EMpact Sales (EMpact), the publisher representation group of EBSCO, has announced that it has been chosen as sales agent for Cambridge University Press (CUP). The new partnership will allow EMpact to represent the latter's electronic and print content in the UK, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Lebanon, Kuwait,… Read More
ICE Publishing launches civil engineering ebook collection - May 30, 2011
ICE Publishing, the publishing division of the Institution of Civil Engineers, has announced the launch of a civil engineering ebook collection. The 2012 Complete ebook Collection includes 1,500 ebooks and features ICE Publishing's new 2011 and 2012 titles, as well as previously inaccessible material from the… Read More
ARL affirms international interlibrary loan activities for North American libraries - May 30, 2011
Nonprofit organisation Association of Research Libraries (ARL), US, has announced that its board has affirmed that it is the right of North American research libraries to participate in international interlibrary loan (ILL) and document delivery activities. The decision was taken at ARL's spring 2011 meeting. … Read More
