Forum on open access mandates - March 18, 2008
A public forum on the impact of recent developments in scholarly publishing is scheduled to take place on March 26 in Konover Auditorium at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center. The event, titled, 'Mandatory Open Access: Friend or Foe? Coming to Terms with National Institutes of Health and Federal Research… Read More
SNM launches new publication –A Patient’s Guide to Nuclear Medicine Procedures: English-Spanish - March 18, 2008
Scientific and professional organisation SNM has announced a new publication - A Patient's Guide to Nuclear Medicine Procedures: English-Spanish. Written by Juan C. Más, RT (R,N,CT), CNMT, the new book is projected as an essential resource for physicians, patients and technologists. Available in both English and… Read More
University of Zurich seeks to boost deposits at institutional repository - March 18, 2008
The University of Zurich (UZH) is reportedly taking steps to boost the rate of deposits to its institutional repository, Zurich Open Repository and Archive (ZORA). The growth rate of deposits has been slow despite the open access mandate it adopted in July 2005. According to a… Read More
Springer to sponsor guest professorship at Munich’s Ludwig Maximilians University - March 18, 2008
Scientific publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that it will be sponsoring a guest professorship at Munich's Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU) in 2008. The internationally leading expert Michael Cusumano from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will take up his post at the Institute for Information Systems… Read More
David Gilbertson resigns as Informa’ Chief Executive - March 18, 2008
Specialist information provider Informa plc, UK, parent of Taylor & Francis, has announced that David Gilbertson has resigned as Chief Executive and from the Company's Board. He is leaving the company to take up the role of Chief Executive at EMAP. Peter Rigby, previously Chairman, has… Read More
Dear Subscribers - March 18, 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
