Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 16, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Dan Scott (The system of subscription publishing is unsustainable: we need a 'mega-journal' with low article processing fees and peer review); Stephen Curry (Science must be liberated from the paywalls of publishers); Michael Cairns (Going Digital Doesn't Mean Lower Prices);… Read More
Elsevier launches new journal – Algal Research - April 13, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new journal - Algal Research. The first issue of the journal will be published in May 2012 and further introduced at the 2nd Algal Biomas, Biofuels and Bioproducts conference, which will take place in San Diego,… Read More
Thomson Reuters improves measurement of Universities’ performance with new data on faculty size, reputation, funding and citation measures - April 13, 2012
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the availability of 138 percent more performance indicators and nearly 20 percent more university data within Institutional Profiles, the company’s online resource covering more than 500 of the world’s leading academic research institutions. This new… Read More
EBSCO Publishing announces new addition to its Collection of Digital Archives - April 13, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced the release of the latest database in its Historic Digital Archive Collection, The African American Historical Serials Collection. Developed in conjunction with the American Theological Library Association (ATLA), this digital collection includes African American periodicals, annuals and… Read More
Amazon Web Services launches Amazon CloudSearch, a fully managed and highly scalable search service - April 13, 2012
Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), part of US-based online retailer Amazon.com, has introduced Amazon CloudSearch, a new service that allows customers to easily integrate a fast, fully managed and highly scalable search functionality into their applications. Developers simply create a search domain,… Read More
Google likely to face US govt suit - April 13, 2012
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, is likely to be the next major tech target of the US and EU trust-busters after the US Justice Department recently sued Apple for illegally conspiring with publishers in the e-book market. According to legal experts, in an… Read More