Emerald extends deadline for 2009 Emerald/EMRBI Business Research Award for Young Researchers - April 29, 2009
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, has announced that the deadline for the 2008/2009 Emerald/EMRBI Business Research Award for Young Researchers has been extended to July 1, 2009. In partnership with the EuroMed Research Business Institute, Emerald will award a cash prize… Read More
Dr James Milne named new Editorial Director for RSC Publishing - April 29, 2009
Scientific publisher RSC Publishing, UK, the publishing arm of the Royal Society of Chemistry, has announced the appointment of Dr James Milne as the new editorial director for the Royal Society of Chemistry's Publishing Division. Dr Milne will take up the role, based at the RSC's… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 29, 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
RCUK publishes report on open access study - April 28, 2009
Research Councils UK (RCUK) has published an independent study commissioned by the Research Councils to identify the effects and assess the impact of open access to research outputs on pay-to-publish and self-archiving publishing models. The purpose of the study was to identify the effects and impacts… Read More
E-books usage has no impact on print sales, says UK report - April 28, 2009
The UK's JISC has announced that, according to a panel at the London Book Fair, a key myth has been shattered by early results from JISC Collections' recently concluded e-books observatory project. During the two-year project, JISC provided free access to 36 core e-textbooks in science,… Read More
Reed Construction Data and CADworks partner to deliver BIM content to AEC industry - April 28, 2009
Construction information solutions provider Reed Construction Data (RCD), US, and CADworks have announced an agreement to partner to extend the delivery of high-quality content to building product manufacturers (BPM's) and help accelerate the adoption of building information modeling (BIM). The partnership will… Read More
