SPARC unveils centralised web resource and group of experts to advise on OA policy - August 7, 2009
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced that it has introduced a new suite of web-based tools to facilitate fact-based campus policy discussions on open access (OA). This includes key topics such as copyright, journal sustainability, disciplinary differences and author rights. With these… Read More
Portico signs digital preservation deal with Rockefeller University Press - August 7, 2009
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced an agreement with Rockefeller University Press to preserve its online collection of three e-journals. Rockefeller University established a publications department in 1910 and has been publishing scholarly journals in the sciences since 1917. Through this agreement with… Read More
American College of Veterinary Pathologists announces publishing partnership with SAGE - August 7, 2009
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it will begin publishing Veterinary Pathology, a key international journal of natural and experimental disease, beginning in 2010. A bimonthly publication, Veterinary Pathology is the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP), the European College of Veterinary… Read More
ARL releases new guide on outreach to scholarly society leaders, editors and members - August 7, 2009
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released a new guide on outreach to scholarly society leaders to assist libraries in developing positive, supportive relationships with leaders, editors, and members of academic scholarly societies affiliated with their institutions. It will support development of faculty outreach programmes… Read More
Atypon Systems launches integrated content platform for Institutional Investor Journals - August 7, 2009
Information services provider Atypon Systems, Inc., US, and B2B publisher Institutional Investor Journals (IIJ) have announced the recent launch of a new, integrated online publishing and e-commerce site for the IIJ journals, guide series and backfile article collections. The new IIJ e-publishing site Read More
Dear Subscribers - August 7, 2009
STM Publishers and other print/publishing Services and Support Tools providers can now use the all new K-Store platform to post information across three sections – a Jobs section, a virtual storefronts directory and a print/publishing Read More
