Pearson’s nursing titles receive top honours from the American Journal of Nursing - January 12, 2010
International media company Pearson, US, has received Book of the Year honours from the American Journal of Nursing (AJN), in recognition of two titles that explore the nursing specialties of pediatrics and gerontology. The AJN claims to be the oldest and largest circulating, broad-based nursing journal.… Read More
Dear Subscriber - January 12, 2010
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PSP 2010 Annual Conference registrations still open - January 11, 2010
The Professional & Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP), US, has announced that registrations for the PSP 2010 Annual Conference ‘The New Reality: Disruption, Innovation, Relevance’ is still open. The conference is scheduled for February 3-5, 2010, at the Renaissance Mayflower… Read More
Google apologises to Chinese authors over scanning of books - January 11, 2010
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has reportedly apologised to Chinese authors for scanning thousands of their books without obtaining permission from them. The books were included in the controversial Google Books project. A statement by Erik Hartmann, the Asia-Pacific head of Google Books, was… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell and The Cochrane Collaboration extend publishing partnership in India - January 11, 2010
STM and scholarly publisher Wiley-Blackwell, US, has announced that The Cochrane Collaboration will be renewing its license with India. Representatives of Wiley-Blackwell and the Indian Council of Medical Research will meet on January 27, 2010, to formalise the modalities of this arrangement. This national license will… Read More
Cell Press journals available in Elsevier’s Article of the Future format - January 11, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that all research articles in its collection of Cell Press journals will be published online in the new ‘Article of the Future’ format. Previously released as a demonstration prototype for two sample articles, the Article of the Future is an… Read More
