James Walker named new Group IT Director for Institute of Physics and IOP Publishing - August 6, 2009
Institute of Physics and non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing, UK, has announced the appointment of James Walker as Group IT Director for the Institute of Physics and IOP Publishing. Having previously worked for ACNielsen, Blackwell’s Information Services, Elsevier Science and most recently the European Aeronautic Defence… Read More
Dear Subscribers - August 6, 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
Reed Business Information looking to sell US trade magazines - August 5, 2009
B2B publisher Reed Business Information (RBI) is putting Library Journal and its affiliated publications, School Library Journal and Publishers Weekly, up for sale. The transaction is part of RBI’s strategy to divest most of its trade magazines in the US. A few, including Variety, will not… Read More
CRKN in deal with SAGE to provide member libraries access to SAGE Premier - August 5, 2009
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) has signed an agreement with academic publisher SAGE. Under the deal, CRKN will gain access to SAGE Premier, with content focusing on business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology and medicine. Participating members of CRKN, an… Read More
CambridgeSoft, Imaginatik launch visual collaboration tool for life science scientists - August 5, 2009
Life sciences software provider CambridgeSoft, US, and Imaginatik have announced the launch of ChemBioConnect, a new tool for collaborating online in large groups. The tool is projected to allow scientists to draw, view, edit, archive and search chemical structures and biological systems in a secure, robust… Read More
Transaction Publishers to distribute eBooks through ebrary - August 5, 2009
Digital content products and technologies provider ebrary, US, has announced that hundreds of recently published, multi-disciplinary eBooks from Transaction Publishers will soon be available for purchase through ebrary. Transaction Publishers is an independent publisher of social scientific books, and serials. The new selection from Transaction, which… Read More
