NISO-BISG 8th annual ALA forum: The Changing Standards Landscape - April 22, 2014
The Changing Standards Landscape, an annual program organised jointly by the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) and the National Information Standards Organization (NISO), will be held at the ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas, NV. The 2014 program will explore how… Read More
Wageningen Academic Publishers to publish first scientific journal focussing on insects as food and feed - April 22, 2014
Independent publishing company Wageningen Academic Publishers has announced the publication of the 'Journal of Insects as Food and Feed'. The journal is the first scientific journal with a multidisciplinary approach on the use of insects as feed and food ingredient. Dr. Alan L. Yen, an entomologist… Read More
Sheridan continues to expand functionality of print management platform, Sheridan Select - April 22, 2014
Sheridan, a provider of print, publishing services and technology solutions to publishers, associations, university presses, and cataloguers, continues to expand functionality of their print management platform Sheridan Select™. With this newest release, publishers gain the ability to have incoming orders processed automatically upon upload. Sheridan Select… Read More
Prague Consortium researchers secure access for SciFinder - April 21, 2014
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the world's authority for chemical information, has announced a five-year agreement for SciFinder®, the choice for chemistry research, with the Prague Consortium, a consortium of schools in Prague, and the Czech Academy of Science institutes. The long-term agreement guarantees that faculty, staff,… Read More
Research and Markets adds Global Scientific and Technical Publishing 2013-2014 report to their offering - April 21, 2014
Market research and data services provider Research and Markets, Ireland, has announced the addition of the "Global Scientific and Technical Publishing 2013-2014" report to their offering. The Global Scientific and Technical Publishing 2013-2014 report provides detailed market information for scientific and… Read More
ARL, SPARC and other organisations oppose FIRST Act - April 21, 2014
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), SPARC, and 14 other organisations have sent a letter to Chairman Smith (R-TX) and Representative Johnson (D-TX) urging them to modify the Frontiers in Innovation Research, Science, and Technology (FIRST) Act of 2014 (H.R. 4186), which… Read More
