NFAIS names OCLC’ Lorcan Dempsey as 2010 Miles Conrad Awardee - March 8, 2010
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) has announced that Lorcan Dempsey, Vice President, Research and Chief Strategist, OCLC, was presented with the Miles Conrad Award at the NFAIS 52nd Annual Conference in Philadelphia. The objective of the Miles Conrad Memorial Lecture, established in 1965… Read More
American Psychological Association set to publish new journal – Psychology of Violence - March 8, 2010
The American Psychological Association (APA) has announced that it will begin publishing the journal, Psychology of Violence, beginning in spring 2011. The new journal is now soliciting submissions of research-based articles. The journal will be edited by Dr. Sherry L. Hamby, Research Associate Professor in the… Read More
EBSCO Publishing acquires Expert Publishing - March 8, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that it has acquired Expert Publishing (ExPub), a provider of up-to-date, decision-support chemical information for the global environmental health & safety (EH&S) community. ExPub databases offer EBSCO a variety of options for enhancing existing databases and… Read More
Nina V. Fedoroff named president-elect of AAAS - March 8, 2010
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected Nina V. Fedoroff, science and technology adviser to the US Secretary of State and the US Agency for International Development, as AAAS president in 2011. Fedoroff, a geneticist and molecular biologist, is a pioneering researcher… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - March 8, 2010
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Coturnix (Why it is important for media articles to link to scientific papers); Kent Anderson (Cultural Upheaval: It’s Still Print vs. Online As Major Magazines Go Digital); Joe Wikert (The End of Ebooks); Ann Michael (Shirky at NFAIS: How Abundance… Read More
SPARC releases guide on open access publishing funds for campuses - March 5, 2010
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has released a new guide and supporting web resource exploring campus-based open access (OA) publishing funds. Authored by SPARC consultant Greg Tananbaum, the new resources survey the current North American landscape of OA funds and explore key emerging… Read More
