SAGE set to publish the Aesthetic Surgery Journal - October 15, 2009
Academic publisher SAGE has announced a partnership with the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS). Under the deal, SAGE will publish the latter’s Aesthetic Surgery Journal (ASJ), beginning in 2010. The first SAGE published issue of the Aesthetic Surgery Journal will begin with Volume 30… Read More
ARL to host METS Workshop: The Basics and Beyond - October 15, 2009
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a five day workshop entitled METS: The Basics and Beyond. To be held in partnership with Nancy J. Hoebelheinrich and Rick Beaubien of the METS Editorial Board, this workshop is scheduled from January 18-22, 2010 in Boston. It… Read More
IREX and Semantico bring tailored digital e-reading solution for academic publishers - October 15, 2009
Online publishing services provider Semantico Ltd., UK, and IREX Technologies have launched an end to end solution tailored for academic publishers. Students will now be able to manipulate and annotate their texts digitally using the DR1000 Digital Reader. Following the limited success of other digital readers… Read More
Dear Subscriber - October 15, 2009
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ALPSP releases first findings from Scholarly Book Publishing Practice Survey - October 14, 2009
The Association of Learning and Professional Society Publishing (ALPSP) has released first findings from the Scholarly Book Publishing Practice Survey undertaken by Laura Cox of Frontline GMS and John Cox of John Cox Associates. During summer 2009, a survey was conducted of 400 publishers known to… Read More
NIHR to support publication of research articles in BioMed Central journals - October 14, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has agreed to a membership arrangement with the publisher to support publication of research articles in BioMed Central’s OA journals. The NIHR is part of the Department of Health, which… Read More