Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals join Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association - July 28, 2011
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals (BQFJ) has announced that it is now a member of Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA). OASPA seeks to represent the interests of Open Access (OA) journal and book publishers globally in all scientific, technical and scholarly disciplines. BQFJ's digital publishing… Read More
EduTone acquires Global Grid for Learning from Cambridge University Press - July 28, 2011
Cambridge University Press (CUP), the publishing division of the UK's University of Cambridge, has announced an agreement to sell its subsidiary Global Grid for Learning (GGfL) to US-based EduTone. EduTone has acquired all of the shares of GGfL while CUP has taken a minority interest in… Read More
American developmental psychologist named 2011 recipient of Wiley Prize in Psychology - July 28, 2011
The British Academy in partnership with Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc, have named American developmental psychologist, Dr. Michael Tomasello, as this year's recipient of the Wiley Prize in Psychology. The £5,000 prize for… Read More
SPARC to host first North American meeting on Open Access in 2012 - July 27, 2011
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) will host its first North American meeting on Open Access in 2012. The first of its kind, the event will expand on the successful biennial SPARC Digital Repositories meeting. Convened by the organisation since 2004 and hosted… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell launches first mobile app in the Clinical Cases Uncovered series - July 27, 2011
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly business of publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced the launch of the first mobile application in the Clinical Cases Uncovered series, accessible via iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The Clinical Cases Uncovered series presents… Read More
ACS President offers congressional testimony on NSF merit review - July 27, 2011
The President of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Dr. Nancy B. Jackson, testified before the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Research and Science Education on July 26, 2011, about the effectiveness of the merit review process used by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to… Read More
