Open Access Week 2011 draws broad global participation, highlights deep community commitment to OA - October 21, 2011
Open Access Week, the annual event celebrating the global movement towards Open Access (OA) to research and scholarship, will begin on October 24, 2011. Coordinated by SPARC and organised by more than 2,000 advocates in countries around the world, the event provides an opportunity to learn… Read More
Mexico-based Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia selects Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge - October 21, 2011
Thomson Reuters, a US-based provider of information for healthcare professionals, has announced that the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT), a national council promoting science and technology policies in Mexico, has selected Web of Knowledge to enhance the research and analytic capabilities of researchers across… Read More
Oxford University Press to publish IMA’s new mathematics journal - October 21, 2011
The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) is set to launch a new journal, Information and Inference: A Journal of the IMA, with Oxford University Press (OUP). The first issue of Information and Inference will be published by OUP in Spring 2012. The new… Read More
OCLC EMEA Regional Council Meeting 2012 to examine vision for future library - October 21, 2011
The OCLC EMEA Regional Council Executive Committee has announced the programme for its third Regional Meeting which will take place on February 28 -29, 2012, in Birmingham, UK. The programme has been extended to two full days to accommodate an agenda that will see speakers from… Read More
TechTarget launches SearchCloudProvider.com - October 21, 2011
Technology media company TechTarget, Inc., US, has announced the launch of SearchCloudProvider.com. This new site is dedicated to helping cloud service providers such as Amazon and Rackspace, telecommunications companies such as AT&T and Verizon, managed service providers (MSPs) and information technology (IT) resellers develop, deliver and… Read More
BMJ Group appoints Dr Mark Beattie as new editor of Archives of Disease in Childhood - October 21, 2011
Medical publisher BMJ Group has announced the appointment of Dr Mark Beattie, as the new editor for its specialist title, Archives of Disease in Childhood. The journal is co-owned with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Dr Beattie, has been an associate editor… Read More