ALA and EBSCO partner to offer five scholarships to librarians attending 2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting - October 22, 2012
The American Library Association (ALA) and EBSCO are partnering to offer scholarships to five librarians who plan to attend the 2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting. Scheduled for January 24 – 28, 2013, in Seattle, the meeting gives library professionals an opportunity to participate… Read More
Pharmacy OneSource to host free webinar on value based-purchasing and readmissions reduction - October 22, 2012
Software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider Pharmacy OneSource, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, is hosting a complimentary webinar with Steve Riddle, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP on 'An Update on Medicare's Value-based Purchasing and Readmissions Reduction Programs: Positioning Pharmacy as Team Leaders.' The webinar is scheduled for October 31,… Read More
SAGE to publish The Journal of International Medical Research - October 22, 2012
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the purchase of The Journal of International Medical Research from Field House Publishing LLP. Edited by Professor Malcolm Lader of King’s College London, The Journal of International Medical Research is a peer reviewed international journal, now in its 40th volume. All… Read More
University Libraries at Virginia Tech join HathiTrust - October 22, 2012
The University Libraries at Virginia Tech has joined the HathiTrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries that are collaborating to build a digital library initiative that preserves and provides access to the published record in digital form. As HathiTrust members, Virginia Tech students,… Read More
Maney Publishing announces special prices for OA publication to support Open Access Week - October 22, 2012
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced its support for the Open Access Week with special prices for OA publication. Throughout Open Access Week, the publisher is highlighting its hybrid open access model, MORE OpenChoice, and reducing author fees in order to encourage open access publication.… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - October 22, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Todd A Carpenter (Does All Science Need to be Preserved? Do We Need to Save Every Last Data Point?); Joe Wikert (Publishing's "open" future); Kent Anderson (Recuse, Refuse, or Excuse — The Conflicts of Interest at the Heart of Funder-Backed… Read More
