Maney Publishing acquires journal publishing division of Left Coast Press, Inc. - October 29, 2012
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has acquired the journal publishing division of Left Coast Press, Inc. (LCP). Left Coast Press, Inc. is a US-based publisher of academic and professional materials in the humanities, social sciences, and related professional disciplines. The 13 journals centre on a… Read More
Carbon Balance and Management names Prof. Burke Hales as co-Editor-in-Chief - October 29, 2012
Carbon Balance and Management, published by open access publisher BioMed Central, has announced the appointment of Prof. Burke Hales from Oregon State University College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, as co-Editor-in-Chief. Prof. Hales will be taking on the role alongside Georgii Alexandrov, and will now… Read More
National Library of Australia selects Tessella Safety Deposit Box - October 29, 2012
Digital preservation solutions provider Tessella, UK, has announced that it has won the tender process with the National Library of Australia for the Digital Library Infrastructure Redevelopment project. The National Library of Australia has a contract to purchase the Tessella Safety Deposit Box (SDB) as… Read More
Credo adds Mosio-powered Librarian Connect service to Literati solution - October 29, 2012
Reference databases provider Credo Reference, US, has announced that it has added 'Librarian Connect' to its Literati solution. The new service offers texting capabilities along with chat and e-mail. It is powered by Mosio, Inc., a mobile software and solutions company providing text messaging and web… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - October 29, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Rick Anderson (Competition, Value, and Sustainability — Why This Can’t Go On); Joseph Esposito (Reclaiming the Lost Publishing Mojo); Jane Alfred (Open access: Delivering on its potential); James Hartley (Academic writing in old age: How retired academics can make considerable… Read More
Article level metrics now available on twenty journals on nature.com - October 26, 2012
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that Article level metrics are now available on twenty journals on nature.com. Nature.com users can now view an article's citation data, page views, news mentions, blog posts and social shares including Facebook and Twitter. This enhanced… Read More
