62nd annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting to bring together Nobel Laureates and young researchers from 69 countries - June 29, 2012
The Lindau Nobel Laureate Foundation will continue their collaboration with Nature Publishing Group to host the 62nd annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, scheduled to be held from July 1-6, 2012, on an island off the shores of Lake Constance. This year's meeting is dedicated to Physics… Read More
ALPSP appoints Suzanne Kavanagh as Director of Marketing and Membership Services - June 29, 2012
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, an international association for scholarly and professional publishers, has announced the appointment of Suzanne Kavanagh to the newly created position of Director of Marketing and Membership Services. Suzanne has worked in the publishing industry for over 15… Read More
NoveList unveils new features in library catalogue enrichment resource - June 29, 2012
NoveList, a division of databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has introduced new features to Novelist Select, its catalogue enrichment resource. The new features seek to improve the user experience, as well as offer new upgrade options, including book jackets, professional book reviews, sample excerpts and tables… Read More
JISC-British Library study details research behaviour of Generation Y doctoral students - June 29, 2012
The UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the British Library have released a report titled “Researchers of Tomorrow: the research behaviour of Generation Y doctoral students”. According to the study, Generation Y students, born between 1983 and 1992, need more face-to-face and informal support tailored… Read More
Oxford University Press and Royal Astronomical Society announce publishing partnership - June 29, 2012
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, and the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) has announced a new publishing partnership. Under the deal, OUP will assume publication of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Geophysical Journal International,… Read More
Semantico launches new publishing platform, Scolaris - June 29, 2012
UK-based online publishing services provider Semantico Ltd has announced the launch of Scolaris, the new digital publishing platform for scholarly and academic publishing. The product launch took place at The Royal Institution of Great Britain, and was attended by a select group of industry professionals. … Read More
