Springer’s 150 years of publishing history now online - May 11, 2009
Specialist publishing group Springer Science+Business Media, Germany, is making the print version of Springer's 150 years of publishing history freely available on the internet. The two-volume work Springer-Verlag: History of a Scientific Publishing House was published in 1992 to mark the publishing company's 150th anniversary. The… Read More
LWW selects CCC’ Rightslink service for easy ordering of permissions online - May 11, 2009
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has teamed up with the Copyright Clearance Center's (CCC) Rightslink system to automate online ordering of copyright permissions. Rightslink claims to be the most widely used web-based licensing application,… Read More
EMC Corporation and John Wiley & Sons partner to produce information storage technology reference - May 11, 2009
Storage and management services provider EMC Corporation, US, has announced a partnership with publisher John Wiley & Sons, US, to produce Information Storage and Management: Storing, Managing and Protecting Digital Information. Information Storage and Management (ISM) is projected as the definitive reference… Read More
MedPage Today named best online healthcare publication - May 11, 2009
Medical news service MedPage Today, US, has announced that it has been named the Best Overall Web Publication by the American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors (ASHPE) in ASHPE's 2009 annual awards competition. MedPage Today provides 24/7 real-time coverage and continuing medical education credit to physicians… Read More
Nigel Wilson resigns as Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer of UBM - May 11, 2009
Niche information services provider United Business Media Limited, UK, has announced that Nigel Wilson has tendered his resignation as Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer. Also, he has stepped down as a member of UBM's Board. The move follows his decision to join Legal and… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - May 11, 2009
The eighth edition of blogspeak is now online. Featured are Janet D. Stemwedel (When big pharma pays a publisher to publish a fake journal...); Ben Parr (Is Real-time the Future of the Web?); Stevan Harnad (The Freedom to Publish and the protection of Copyright); and Colin Smith (Open Access and… Read More
