Nawin Gupta appointed Secretary General of the ASA - September 26, 2011
As a member of the Association of Subscription Agents & Intermediaries (ASA), EBSCO has announced the appointment of Nawin Gupta as Secretary General of the ASA, effective immediately. Gupta will succeed Sarah Durrant, who recently became CEO of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers.… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry appoints Dr Robert Parker as chief executive - September 26, 2011
The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced the appointment of Dr Robert Parker as chief executive. He has acted as interim chief executive since March this year. Dr Parker brings more than 25 years' experience at the RSC to the role, having joined the organisation… Read More
ACM joins international publishers to create digital reference library - September 26, 2011
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is joining forces with international publishers to offer free access to the ACM Digital Library to help 15,000 Haitian students, researchers, and teachers continue their scholarly activities in computer science. ACM is part of an international effort to rebuild cultural… Read More
Thieme to unveil searchable online resource on neurosurgery - September 26, 2011
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, is set to launch ‘Thieme eNeurosurgery,’ a searchable online resource that will offer access to continuously expanding content from Thieme’s neurosurgery list. Users will be able to search across the whole range of neurosurgery resources from Thieme, including books, procedures,… Read More
SirsiDynix selected as supplier for the LGSAS framework - September 26, 2011
Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynixl, US, has been selected as a successful bidder in Lot 5 of the Local Government Software Application Solutions (LGSAS) Framework tender. SirsiDynix is now an authorised supplier in Lot 5 of the framework, which covers library, museum and leisure-related software application… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - September 26, 2011
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Richard Padley (Triple bypass – What does the death of the semantic web mean for publishers?); Ned May (The New Rules of Aggregation); Sarah-Louise Quinnell (Don't doubt the value of blogging in academic publishing); Tim Vines (Plagiarism — The Great… Read More
