Latest edition of blogspeak now online - December 14, 2009
The latest edition of blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (ScienceBlogs and “National Geographic” — A Partnership of Online Strengths); Nathan Bransford (Should Publishers Delay E-book Releases?); Michael Hyatt (The End of Book Publishing As We Know It); Philip Davis (Does Reviewing Your Peers Create Better Results Than… Read More
EQT V and GICSI to acquire Springer Science+Business Media - December 11, 2009
Swedish private equity firm EQT V and GIC Special Investments (GICSI), the private equity arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, have announced that they have agreed to acquire 100 percent of Springer Science+Business Media (Springer). EQT intends to buy 82… Read More
Thieme launches comprehensive pocket sized guide to over 600 eye disorders - December 11, 2009
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced the second edition of the Color Atlas of Ophthalmology: The Manhattan Eye Ear & Throat Hospital Pocket Guide. Renowned specialists from around the world have come together to contribute to the book, now subtitled The Quick-Reference Manual for… Read More
‘New Journal of Physics’ research analyses authors’ literary ‘fingerprint’ - December 11, 2009
The New Journal of Physics, a publication co-owned by the Institute of Physics and German Physical Society, has published a research which describes a new concept from a group of Swedish physicists from the Umeå University. Called the meta book, the concept uses the frequency with… Read More
US government launches interactive public forum on Public Access Policy - December 11, 2009
The US’ Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has launched a public consultation on its Public Access Policy. The Administration is seeking public input on access to publicly-funded research results, such as those that appear in academic and scholarly journal articles. Currently, the National Institutes… Read More
PSP Consultancy to publish Scholarly Communications Report - December 11, 2009
Publishing services provider PSP Consultancy, UK, has announced that it will publish Scholarly Communications Report (SCR), the monthly digest of all that is new and influential in scholarly publishing. The move follows an announcement, earlier this year, to close SCR. SCR will now be published under… Read More
