Google ends legal dispute with French authors over book scanning project - June 12, 2012
Internet search services provider Google Inc., US, has reportedly ended legal disputes with a French publishing trade group and a French authors’ association over the company’s scanning of books. The Syndicat National de l’Edition and the SGDL Society of Authors agreed with Google to end litigation… Read More
Springer and Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences announce publishing partnership - June 12, 2012
STM publisher Springer has announced a partnership with the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences. Under the deal, Springer will publish two book series, Fields Institute Communications (FIC) and Fields Institute Monographs (FIM). FIC focuses primarily on publishing proceedings and outgrowths of research presented… Read More
CAS selects 15 Ph.D. students in the chemical sciences for the 2012 SciFinder Future Leaders in Chemistry programme - June 12, 2012
Chemical information provider Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, has announced the selection of 15 Ph.D. students in the chemical sciences for the 2012 SciFinder Future Leaders in Chemistry programme. Each of these students demonstrated academic excellence, a commitment to research… Read More
Siemens engineers and scientists worldwide gain access to Knovel’s Web-based technical references - June 12, 2012
Knovel, provider of a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced that Siemens, the global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering, now provides access to Knovel’s Web-based technical references to its 30,000 engineers and scientists worldwide. With interactive and validated… Read More
Leaders in the nursing field named to American Academy of Nursing 2012 Class of Fellows - June 12, 2012
The American Academy of Nursing, an independent affiliate of the American Nursing Association, has selected Susan Sportsman and Michelle Troseth of Elsevier to join the ranks of the distinguished American Academy of Nursing 2012 Class of Fellows. Founded in 1973, The American Academy of Nursing… Read More
Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine journal publishes first OA articles with BioMed Central - June 12, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced that the journal Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine has published its first open access articles with the publisher. The journal, originally published by Novamedia srl, launched in 2006 as the official scientific journal of the Interdisciplinary Association for Research in Lung… Read More
