Mary Ann Liebert releases preview issue of ‘Big Data’ at Strata + Hadoop World event - October 24, 2012
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has released a preview issue of Big Data, its new journal, at the Strata + Hadoop World conference in New York City. The publication is projected as a highly innovative, open access journal that will publish peer-reviewed content without author… Read More
BioOne and Dartmouth collaborate with other research universities to launch new OA publishing programme – Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene - October 24, 2012
BioOne, US, a web-based aggregator of research in biological, ecological and environmental sciences, and Dartmouth have announced the forthcoming launch of Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, a new open-access publishing programme. Elementa was created through a collaboration among BioOne, Dartmouth, and several other leading research… Read More
New Bowker ‘Book as an Android App’ powered by Impelsys’ iPublishCentral platform - October 24, 2012
Electronic content delivery solutions provider Impelsys, US, has announced that the innovative new Bowker 'Book as an Android App,' is powered by Impelsys' award-winning iPublishCentral software platform. 'Book as an Android App' allows authors and small publishers to use Bowker's popular Read More
Gale wins ISG Reference Award from CILIP for the second consecutive year - October 24, 2012
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, has been awarded the Besterman/McColvin Award in the 'Outstanding works of electronic resources and e-books' category at the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals' (CILIP) ISG Reference Awards for the second consecutive year. The Sunday Times Digital Archive, 1822-2006… Read More
New ESF-EMRC Science Policy Briefing report calls for adoption of open access in biomedical sciences - October 23, 2012
The European Science Foundation’s (ESF) membership organisation for all medical research councils in Europe, the European Medical Research Councils (EMRC) has released an ESF-EMRC Science Policy Briefing (SPB) entitled ‘Open Access in Biomedical Research.’ The ESF-EMRC Science Policy Briefing highlights the need to accelerate the adoption… Read More
Serials Solutions appoints Kevin Stehr as VP, Global Sales - October 23, 2012
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced the appointment of Kevin Stehr as the new Vice President of Global Sales. In this role, Stehr will drive business growth through customer acquisition, retention and overall client satisfaction. Stehr will develop strategic operations plans and sales strategies to… Read More
