British Library welcomes UK govt. response on Non-Print Legal Deposit regulations - September 7, 2012
The British Library has welcomed the UK government's commitment to proceed with introducing the Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-print works) Regulations in April 2013. The statement by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (September 5, 2012) follows a public consultation which closed in May 2012. … Read More
GeoScienceWorld’s online journal collections and portal now available in mobile-optimised format - September 7, 2012
GeoScienceWorld (GSW) has announced that its online journal collections and portal are now available in a mobile-optimised format with the help of HighWire's Mobile Web Interface. GSW is a non-profit organisation that serves peer reviewed journal literature from 26 publishers to researchers in more than 40… Read More
UK makes e-infrastructure investment for higher education - September 7, 2012
UK researchers' and educators' demands for high performance computing are now reportedly secured until at least 2022, thanks to an initial £30 million e-infrastructure investment from the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the higher and further education funding councils. The investment… Read More
IOP Publishing launches new journal, Methods and Applications in Fluorescence - September 7, 2012
Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has announced the launch of a new journal, Methods and Applications in Fluorescence. This brings IOP’s existing journals portfolio to 69 titles. An electronic-only journal, Methods and Applications in Fluorescence will cover developments in fluorescence spectroscopy,… Read More
Oxford University Press expands digital publishing programme, launches Oxford Scholarly Editions Online - September 7, 2012
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, has announced the launch of a new, ground breaking resource Oxford Scholarly Editions Online (OSEO) and the re-launch of the Oxford Handbooks Online and Oxford Reference. OSEO is an important new initiative that will bring the famous and… Read More
Shore Communications president John Blossom to keynote RSuite User Conference - September 6, 2012
RSuite CMS, a content management system for publishers, will host 150 publishing executives at its annual RSuite User Conference, scheduled for September 20 at The Hub Cira Centre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. John Blossom, president at Shore Communications, will keynote the event and speak on the… Read More
