Kenneth Blum named Editor-in-Chief of OMICS Group’s OA medical journal Addiction Research & Therapy - August 19, 2013
OMICS Group Incorporation, a scientific organisation that drives the progress of research through scholarly open access journals, has announced the appointment of Dr. Kenneth Blum from Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, USA as Editor-in-Chief for the scholarly open-access Journal of Addiction Research and Therapy (JART).… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - August 19, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Have We Forgotten Readers in Our Worries Over Access?); Paul Kirby (On Rejecting Journals: A soft boycott of closed-access journals may be a more effective way to re-align resources); Ellen Collins (Why open access isn't enough in itself);… Read More
Springer ownership change completed - August 16, 2013
The closing of the sale of Springer Science+Business Media (Springer) by funds advised by EQT and GIC to funds advised by BC Partners, which was announced on 19 June 2013, has now been finalised. Competition authorities in the US and in Europe have approved the transaction… Read More
EBSCO acquires British Education Index - August 16, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced the acquisition of the British Education Index (BEI) from the University of Leeds Library. For nearly 40 years, the BEI has been an independent subject and author index to the contents of significant education journals published in… Read More
ProQuest’ Pivot service enhances ‘recommender service’ to make winning university research grants more efficient - August 16, 2013
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has announced that its innovative Pivot service, a web-based resource that identifies active sources of funding and matches them with researchers in one step, has enhanced its "recommender service" to make it easier for users to zero in on… Read More
New SAGE report focuses on Library Value in the Developing World - August 16, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE recently released a report on Library Value in the Developing World. According to the report, raising awareness of how the library supports teaching and research staff is key to demonstrating librarian value in developing countries. The findings are the result of a six-month… Read More
