Five US universities form compact to support open access publication - September 17, 2009
US-based higher learning institutions - Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of California at Berkeley – have announced their joint commitment to a compact for open access (OA) publication. A full account of the motivation for the compact can be found… Read More
ACS Publications announces compliance with Release 3 of COUNTER - September 17, 2009
The American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications Division has announced full compliance with Release 3 of the COUNTER Code of Practice for Journals and Databases. COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources) is a global initiative serving librarians, publishers and their intermediaries by instituting standards for… Read More
Growth in the European STM information market remains resilient despite the current economic crisis, says report - September 17, 2009
Market research and data services provider Research and Markets, Ireland, has announced the addition of the ‘The European Scientific, Technical and Medical (STM) Information Market’ report to their offering. According to the report, growth in the European STM information market remains resilient despite the current economic… Read More
Scopus, TWOWS and TWAS announce Young Women Researcher Awards - September 17, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a joint development agreement between its flagship product SCOPUS, an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, and the Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS) and the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). The deal is to develop… Read More
Hazelden and Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center announce publishing partnership - September 17, 2009
Hazelden, a nonprofit organisation, and the Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center (PRC) have announced a partnership to develop a variety of resources for the mental health and addiction treatment industries. These resources, including curricula, books, multimedia tools, and staff-development trainings, will be published under a new ‘Dartmouth… Read More
Dear Subscriber - September 17, 2009
STM Publishers and other print/publishing Services and Support Tools providers can now use the all new K-Store platform to post information across three sections – a Jobs section, a virtual storefronts directory and a print/publishing Read More
