Reed Elsevier to eliminate 68 IT jobs in Dayton - May 30, 2008
Publisher Reed Elsevier, Netherlands, is reportedly drawing up plans to cut down more jobs as it moves work overseas. According to an internal memo recently sent to employees, 68 Elsevier Dayton IT jobs will be eliminated by the end of the year. The job cuts are… Read More
Portico, Equinox Publishing sign digital preservation deal - May 30, 2008
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Equinox Publishing to preserve its entire digital journals collection of 28 titles. Equinox Publishing publishes books and journals on a variety of subjects for an academic audience. Through this… Read More
BioMed Central launches new journal on hematology and oncology - May 30, 2008
Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced the launch of a new journal - Journal of Hematology & Oncology. Delong Liu of the New York Medical College will be the Editor-in-Chief of the journal. He will be supported by an expert editorial board that will… Read More
Serials Solutions announces SUSHI support through the 360 Counter e-resource assessment service - May 30, 2008
Serials Solutions, a business unit of ProQuest, US, has successfully tested and deployed the Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI), with its 360 Counter e-resource assessment service. Support for SUSHI in 360 Counter will allow librarians to bypass time-consuming, manual data aggregation of usage statistics and… Read More
TechInsights launches three new DesignLine resource sites - May 30, 2008
Business and technical information provider TechInsights, a division of United Business Media, has announced the formal launch of three DesignLines to directly support European designers working in the power management, industrial control and automotive application spaces. DesignLines, part of the TechOnline family of products, provide online… Read More
Dear Subscribers - May 30, 2008
STM Publishers can now add their Company to the Knowledgespeak Directory list. You can also update our events calendar, if you are organising an event which may be of interest to the STM publishing community. Also, you can send your company Read More