SAGE partners with online education applications - April 16, 2009
Academic publisher SAGE recently announced a partnership with two industry-leading, online education applications - Blackboard and CourseSmart. The synergy created from this partnership provides both students and education professionals with an innovative new mode of education. Blackboard/WebCT claims to be the most used course management system… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 16, 2009
The Fourth edition of blogspeak is now online. Featured are Colin Smith (Concern about accepted manuscripts and the possibility of open access publishing); Gavin Baker (NIH Open-Access Policy Turns 1 Year Old); Kent Anderson (Are e-Books Already Mainstream?); David Clover (Online Research Papers Database - ORO); and Roddy MacLeod (Top… Read More
Manuscript Central now available in Simplified Chinese - April 15, 2009
The Healthcare and Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced that Manuscript Central, the flagship application of its ScholarOne product line, is now available in Simplified Chinese globally. Manuscript Central is a peer review and online submission application chosen by leading publishers and societies worldwide. The… Read More
ProQuest extends freeze on Continuing Service Fees through 2011 - April 15, 2009
ProQuest, part of Cambridge Information Group, US, has announced that it is extending its freeze on Continuing Service Fees, ongoing product support and access fees for perpetual archive agreements, through 2011. In addition, ProQuest is offering discounts on Continuing Service Fees to libraries that make new… Read More
Lexi-Comp and RPS Publishing partner to integrate Martindale into Lexi-Comp ONLINE - April 15, 2009
Medical information and clinical content solutions provider Lexi-Comp, Inc., US, has partnered with RPS Publishing to deliver the international pharmacology data found in Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference within Lexi-Comp ONLINE, Lexi-Comp's web-based application for hospitals and health-systems. RPS Publishing is the… Read More
Emerald to present eBook series collections at CONSAL XIV General Conference - April 15, 2009
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced that it is presenting its eBook series collections - the Business, Management and Economics collection and the Social Sciences Collection - at the forthcoming CONSAL XIV General Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam, April 20-24. Both these… Read More
