APA to deposit Wellcome-Trust funded articles into PubMed Central - May 1, 2009
The American Psychological Association (APA), publisher of titles such as Journal of Abnormal Psychology and Psychological Bulletin, has developed a Wellcome-Trust compliant author-pays model. In return for paying an OA fee ($4000), APA will now deposit on behalf of the author, the final, published version directly… Read More
Aries Systems announce general release of Editorial Manager and Preprint Manager Version 7.0 - May 1, 2009
SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) developer Aries Systems, US, has announced the general release of Editorial Manager and Preprint Manager Version 7.0. Workflow solutions from Aries Systems are used by more than 3,200 scholarly publications to process over a million scholarly manuscripts, abstracts and book chapters each year. The… Read More
Thomson Reuters announces top 20 ranking of Japanese research institutions for all fields - May 1, 2009
The Healthcare and Science business of Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the annual Top 20 ranking of Japanese research institutions for all fields based on citation data of academic papers published from January 1998 to December 2008. Among world research institution rankings, only the Japanese institutions… Read More
Bookshare partners with publishers to provide digital content for individuals with print disabilities - May 1, 2009
Bookshare, US, an online accessible library for individuals with print disabilities, has announced partnerships with leading publishers in the US. Two dozen publishers have signed agreements with Bookshare to provide digital content, which over time will add tens of thousands of books in accessible formats to… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - May 1, 2009
The sixth edition of blogspeak is now online. Featured are Charles Bailey (Blended Research and Learning Object Repository: JISC Final Report-CIRCLE); Richard Poynder (Intellectual Property, Open Access, and the Developing World); Charlotte Abbott (Publisher Outreach to Bloggers: New Models); Joe Wikert (Amazon vs. Google); and Peter Jacso (ticTocs Table of… Read More
SLACK Incorporated names Graziani VP, Sales - April 30, 2009
Healthcare information provider SLACK Incorporated, US, has announced that Mike Graziani has been promoted to Vice President, Sales. He previously held the position of Senior Director of Sales and Marketing for the Specialty Medicine Division, where he supervised advertising and e-publishing sales, developed special project sales,… Read More
