Earthscan announces price freeze for 2010 - June 22, 2009
Independent publisher Earthscan, UK, has announced that it is freezing journal prices for 2010. The move is in response to the current recession and library budget difficulties, and with recognition of the growing importance wide dissemination of research on sustainability. The price freeze applies globally, and… Read More
Emerald signs new consortium agreement with Biblioteca do Conhecimento Online - June 22, 2009
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced a new consortium agreement in Portugal. Lisbon-based Biblioteca do Conhecimento Online (B-ON) has signed a deal with the publisher, giving B-ON's 78 members the opportunity to subscribe to Emerald Management Xtra or Emerald Subject… Read More
Special Libraries Association honours Elsevier as ‘The Most Influential Publisher of the Last 100 Years in BioMedicine and the Life Sciences’ - June 22, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has been awarded the 'The Most Influential Publisher of the Last 100 Years in BioMedicine and the Life Sciences' at the Special Library Association's (SLA) Centennial conference. Established in 1909 to serve librarians specialised in business, government, social agencies, and academia, the… Read More
The latest edition of blogspeak is now online - June 22, 2009
The latest edition of blogspeak is now online. Featured are Kent Anderson (Two-Up Publishing & the Erosion of Print); Andy Oram (Four roles for publishers: staying relevant when you are no longer a gatekeeper); Stuart Shieber ("Don't ask, don't tell" rights retention for scholarly articles); Philip Davis (Physics Papers and… Read More
Unbound Medicine and AAP launch mobile version of Red Book - June 19, 2009
Healthcare knowledge management solutions provider Unbound Medicine, US, and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have announced the launch of Red Book for Mobile + Web. The latest findings and clinical guidelines contained in the new 28th edition of Red Book is now available on any… Read More
Harvard Graduate School of Education faculty votes for open access policy - June 19, 2009
At its latest meeting, the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) voted for allowing the university to make all faculty members' scholarly articles publicly available online. The resolution makes HGSE the fourth of Harvard's 10 schools to endorse open access to faculty research… Read More
