ProQuest announces appointment of John Law as VP, Discovery Services - May 2, 2008
ProQuest, part of Cambridge Information Group, has announced the appointment of John Law to the newly created position of Vice President of Discovery Services. In his new position, Law will oversee business, technical, and project leadership for building information solutions aimed at getting librarians and end-users… Read More
WVU engineering professor named president of SAE International - May 2, 2008
Professor James E. Smith of the West Virginia University (WVU) has been named the next president of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International, US. A faculty member of the WVU College of Engineering and Mineral Resources since 1984, Smith will be the fourth president to… Read More
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ALPSP report on author-perceived quality characteristics of STM Journals now available - May 1, 2008
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), US, has announced the availability of a new research report by John J. Regazzi and Selanay Aytac from the Scholarly Communications Lab at Long Island University. The research study seeks to explore the author-perceived quality characteristics of… Read More
Springer and Nanoethics Group release anthology on urgent and near-term issues facing Nanotechnology - May 1, 2008
STM publisher Springer, Germany, and The Nanoethics Group have released a collection of important papers addressing a range of near-term issues related to nanotechnology's ethical and social implications. The Nanoethics Group is a non-partisan research organisation formed to study nanotechnology's impact on society and related ethical… Read More
EBSCO Publishing expands Shibboleth authentication service to Germany - May 1, 2008
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO publishing (EBSCO), a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., US, has announced that it has expanded its Shibboleth authentication service to Germany. German institutions will now be able to use Shibboleth via the DFN-AAI (Authentication Authorizing Infrastructure). EBSCO worked with the German… Read More
