Systems Link International makes access to academic journals easy - August 12, 2013
Academic journals provider Systems Link International has recently gained immense recognition for its provision of high quality publications of various academic disciplines. Their extensive online database and virtual libraries has made researching more efficient for numerous students and professors. The company, which was founded in 2005,… Read More
Penton’s Urgent Communications to focus solely on digital content - August 12, 2013
Penton, a privately held business information company, has announced that Urgent Communications (UC), a media outlet that covers communications technology for the government, public safety, utility, transportation and enterprise sectors, will focus solely on digital content, effective immediately. The August 2013 issue is the last print… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - August 12, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (For Libraries the Future Is a Foreign Country); Barbara Fister (Making Open the Default Position | Peer to Peer Review); Limor Peer (Data repositories are expanding their role to ensure quality of reproducible research); David Crotty (Is Access… Read More
Elsevier acquires certain book assets of Gulf Publishing Company - August 9, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has acquired certain book assets of Gulf Publishing Company (GPC). The portfolio of 32 books includes petroleum engineering titles in drilling, pipeline, oil and gas, and safety. The GPC titles are for professionals in upstream oil and gas engineering and cover drilling,… Read More
Publishers in e-book antitrust case object to DOJ’s proposed punishment for Apple - August 9, 2013
The five publishers who settled with the federal government in the ebook pricing case have objected to the government's proposed injunction for Apple in a joint court filing Wednesday. They argue that the injunction modifies the settlements that they already reached with… Read More
Pearson to co-host workshop on digital publishing for education - August 9, 2013
Pearson, a US-based provider of educational content and services, will co-host a workshop on digital publishing in education, EDUPUB, with the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), on October 29-30, 2013, in Boston. Co-chairs of the workshop are Paul Belfanti (Director, Content Architecture, Pearson North America) and… Read More
