Springer set to publish Australasian Plant Pathology Society journals - December 16, 2010
STM publisher Springer has announced that it will publish two journals of the Australasian Plant Pathology Society - Australasian Plant Pathology and Australasian Plant Disease Notes - starting in 2011. The journals were previously published by Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Publishing. Australasian… Read More
John Kilcullen and Wendy Strothman join CCC Board of Directors - December 16, 2010
Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), a not-for-profit organisation providing copyright licensing solutions, has announced the election of John Kilcullen and Wendy Strothman to its Board of Directors. Kilcullen is a founding member of IDG Books Worldwide. Under his leadership, the company created the For Dummies brand,… Read More
Attention Subscribers – www.myscoope.com lets you access Knowledgespeak using your mobile devices - December 16, 2010
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak is now available via our new beta application, SCOOPE STM Mobile. Subscribers on the move can now gain easy access to Knowledgespeak through a reader-friendly mobile phone interface. This application is uniquely available in two versions:… Read More
JISC’s executive secretary calls for more strategic debate on OA - December 15, 2010
JISC's executive secretary, Dr Malcolm Read, has called for more strategic debate on Open Access (OA) among funders, researchers and institutional managers. Speaking at the expert conference on Open Access and Open Data in Cologne, Germany, Dr. Read said that more needs to be done to… Read More
Nature Publishing Group announces open access options for 15 more journals - December 15, 2010
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced open access options for fifteen more journals. Forty-one journals published by NPG now offer authors an open access option or are wholly open access, including 80 percent of its 50 academic and society journals. In total, NPG… Read More
Panel to study safety of electronic patient data formed - December 15, 2010
US President Barack Obama, almost two years ago, initiated $19 billion in stimulus incentives to convert the nation's hospitals and doctors to using a paperless system of electronic health records. The initiative was aimed at improving quality of care and reducing costs. However, the adaptation is still a slow work… Read More
