BioProcess International launches BioProcess International Digital Media Expertise On-Demand - October 1, 2012
B2B publication BioProcess International (BPI) has announced the launch of BioProcess International Digital Media Expertise On-Demand. BPI is dedicated to delivering cutting-edge information focused on the development and manufacture of biopharmaceuticals and therapeutics. BioProcess International Digital Media (BPIDM) is an interactive… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - October 1, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Retractions Retraction — Did We "Overinterpret" or Did PLoS Editors "Overwrite"?); David K Nutson (How Open Is It? – Request for Public Comment); Bonnie Swoger (Why are journals so expensive?); John Parkinson (Making academic knowledge useful to policy… Read More
Elsevier and Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China launch ISTIC-Elsevier Journal Assessment Research Center - September 28, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC) have announced the establishment and opening of the ISTIC-Elsevier Journal Assessment Research Center. Based in Beijing, the mission of the ISTIC-Elsevier Journal Assessment Research Center is to enhance China's opportunities in bibliometric… Read More
Two high energy physics journals from Springer to participate in SCOAP3 - September 28, 2012
The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) has chosen two Springer journals to participate in the initiative. The SCOAP3 consortium aims to convert journals in high energy physics to open access. The two Springer journals are: the… Read More
University of Utah, NPG join Labtiva’s pilot for access to single journal articles - September 28, 2012
Software company Labtiva, US, has launched a pilot programme that seeks to provide libraries and institutions with affordable and instant access to scientific articles in non-subscribed journals. The first participants in the pilot programme, called ReadCube Access, are the University of Utah and Read More
Northern Caribbean University selects EBSCO Discovery Service to help increase database usage - September 28, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that the Northern Caribbean University in Jamaica has selected EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) to provide an easy to use and powerful discovery tool that will search the university's entire collection. The discovery solution from EBSCO will be… Read More
