Macmillan Publishers addresses concerns over its education business in Southern Sudan - May 7, 2010
International publishing business Macmillan Publishers Ltd UK (‘Macmillan’) has confirmed that it has voluntarily referred to the Serious Fraud Office its concerns over historic payments made by a subsidiary of its education business, Macmillan Education, to secure a contract in Southern Sudan. The move comes after… Read More
Freelancing job at Scope eKnowledge Center – Editor - May 7, 2010
Scope eKnowledge Center is calling for applications from freelancing editors. The Candidate should be a through professional with the ability to draft business e-mails, presentations, case studies and other communication material surrounding a conference / event. The candidate should assist in the preparation of presentations and/or speeches geared toward prospective… Read More
US open access law gain ground among universities, Congress - May 6, 2010
The US' National Institutes of Health (NIH), for the past several years, has implemented an open access policy as mandated by the Congress. The policy requires any work derived from NIH funding to be sent to the NIH in digital form for public access. There have been periodic attempts to… Read More
US govt. may introduce regulation of broadband lines for Internet access - May 6, 2010
The US federal government is looking to propose regulating broadband lines under decades-old rules designed for traditional phone networks. The decision, announced by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, is expected to trigger a lobbying battle, setting out cable companies and big phone and their allies… Read More
Bowker, Google in deal to optimise the identification, cataloging and discovery of Google Editions - May 6, 2010
Bibliographic information provider Bowker, US, a business unit of ProQuest, has reached an agreement with Google to provision and facilitate the assignment of ISBN numbers to Google Editions, Google’s digital book offering launching later in 2010. The agreement sets an important publishing… Read More
Scientific American’s archive to 1948 now available online - May 6, 2010
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group, UK, has announced Scientific American's online archive for institutional customers on nature.com at www.nature.com/scientificamerican/archive. The Scientific American online archive contains the complete collection of Scientific American from May 1948 to December 2005. Containing over 650 issues and… Read More
