World Scientific to publish Stevens Institute of Technology journal and book series - December 21, 2009
Scientific publisher World Scientific Publishing Company (WSPC), Singapore, has announced that it has been selected by the Stevens Institute of Technology as publisher for the journal Systems Research Forum and the Systems Research Book Series. The publisher also announced that premier research institution Tata Institute of… Read More
Library Associations raise Google Book Search pricing concerns to DOJ - December 21, 2009
The American Library Association (ALA), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) recently sent a letter to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) asking for ongoing judicial oversight of the… Read More
APA seek nominations for 2010 APA Excellence in Librarianship Award - December 21, 2009
The American Psychological Association has announced that it is accepting nominations for the 2010 APA Excellence in Librarianship Award. The award will be presented at the Educational & Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS) Research Forum at the June 2010 American Library Association Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.… Read More
Latest edition of blogspeak now online - December 21, 2009
The latest edition of blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Academia and STM Publishing Have Gone Electronic); Richard Poynder (Open Access in 2009: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly); RePEc Blog (Why Journals?); and Philip Davis (Do Medical Editors Discriminate Against Poor Authors?) . A service of… Read More
Emerald and Knovel sign partnership agreement - December 18, 2009
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, has announced an agreement with Knovel, an online resource that helps engineers find reliable technical information. Under the deal, 11 titles from Emerald’s Transport portfolio will be accessible through Knovel’s online database.… Read More
OUP and CCC in deal to provide university customers with expanded reuse rights - December 18, 2009
Copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), US, has announced that Oxford University Press, Inc. (OUP-USA) has signed an agreement to license the reuse of about 100,000 books and journals from the US and Oxford University Press in the UK (OUP… Read More
