IT firms drop out of the race for Springer arm - December 10, 2007
Major IT firms Wipro and Infosys Technologies have reportedly dropped out of the race to acquire Scientific Publishing Services (SPS), the Indian arm of the Europe-based publishing group Springer. The two companies have cited high valuation expectations from SPS owners. A leading premedia and typesetting services provider for STM publishers,… Read More
PLEFA to be the official publication of the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids - December 10, 2007
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that fatty-acid research journal - Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes & Essential Fatty Acids (PLEFA) - is set to become the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL), in 2008. The year also marks the… Read More
BioMed Central to launch new OA journal for conference publications - December 10, 2007
Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced that it will be launching BMC Proceedings, a companion journal to the BMC-series, later this month. Dr. Melissa Norton will serve as Editor-in-Chief of the journal. A peer-reviewed online journal, BMC Proceedings will publish proceedings from academic conferences,… Read More
Thieme releases Teaching Atlas book on vascular, nonvascular interventional radiology - December 10, 2007
Thieme Publishers, part of STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced the release of the Teaching Atlas of Vascular and Nonvascular Interventional Radiology. The new addition to the Teaching Atlas series is seen as an invaluable resource for residents and fellows as well as experienced… Read More
Larry Alford elected Chair of OCLC Board of Trustees - December 10, 2007
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center Inc. (OCLC), US, has named Larry Alford, Dean of University Libraries, Temple University, as Chair of the OCLC Board of Trustees. He replaces Betsy Wilson, who served four consecutive one-year terms as Board Chair. The 15-member OCLC Board of… Read More
Sir Michael Rake joins The McGraw-Hill Companies’ Board of Directors - December 10, 2007
Information services provider McGraw-Hill Companies, US, has announced that it has named Sir Michael Rake to its Board of Directors. Sir Michael is Chairman of British Telecom (BT), one of the largest communications companies in the world, serving customers in more than 170 countries. Also, he… Read More
