JISC, SCONUL, UCISA report on impact of recession on library and IT services - October 6, 2009
The UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) and Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association (UCISA) have commissioned a report on academic library and IT services. The report shows how academic library and IT services are budgeting for today’s… Read More
ARL brings out E-book Collections, SPEC Kit 313 - October 6, 2009
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced the publication of the E-book Collections, SPEC Kit 313. The kit examines the current use of e-books in ARL member libraries; their plans for implementing, increasing, or decreasing access to e-books; purchasing, cataloging and collection management issues; and… Read More
World Scientific and China’s Chemical Industry Press set to launch new publication - October 6, 2009
Scientific publisher World Scientific Publishing Company (WSPC), Singapore, and Chemical Industry Press will jointly launch Bioinspired Intelligent Nanostructured Interfacial Materials at the forthcoming Frankfurt Book Fair. Written by Lei Jiang from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Lin Feng from Tsinghua University and a Visiting Scholar… Read More
Research and Markets adds Professional Engineering Publishing’s new subscription journal to their offering - October 6, 2009
Market research and data services provider Research and Markets, Ireland, has announced the addition of Professional Engineering Publishing's new subscription journal ‘Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part N: Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems’ to their offering. The journal publishes particular aspects of nanoscale engineering,… Read More
TechTarget launches 3 websites targeting Indian IT market - October 6, 2009
Information technology (IT) media company TechTarget, Inc., US, has announced the launch of three new websites - SearchCIO.in, SearchDataCenter.in and SearchSecurity.in. The sites are designed to meet the needs of technology companies looking to… Read More
Mary Rose Muccie joins JSTOR as new Current Journals Director - October 6, 2009
JSTOR, a service of the not-for-profit organisation ITHAKA, has announced the appointment of Mary Rose Muccie as Current Journals Director, effective October 26, 2009. In her new position, Rose will lead efforts to cultivate and deepen relationships with university presses and scholarly associations, building their participation… Read More
