AAP names M. Luisa Simpson to head AAP’s International Copyright Enforcement Programme - August 24, 2009
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has announced the appointment of M. Luisa Simpson, an attorney with a strong background in intellectual property, trade law, and technology policy, as Executive Director, International Copyright Enforcement and Trade Policy. Simpson, who officially joins AAP on August 24, succeeds… Read More
Latest edition of blogspeak now online - August 24, 2009
The latest edition of blogspeak is now online. Featured are Jason Hoyt (Who is killing science on the Web? Publishers or Scientists?); Philip Davis (Pubget: Time-saver or Content Aggregator?); Kent Anderson (Two Stories from the Management Trap); and pubconvict (Book Returnability). A service of Knowledgespeak.com, Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant… Read More
Taylor & Francis set to publish IAHR journals - August 21, 2009
Publisher Taylor & Francis Group (T&F), UK, part of Informa, will publish the Journal of Hydraulic Research and International Journal of River Basin Management on behalf of International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR), beginning 2010. Journal of Hydraulic Research publishes scientific and technical… Read More
Portico announces digital preservation deal with UTS Library - August 21, 2009
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced an agreement with University of Technology Sydney (Australia) Library (UTS Library) to preserve its online collection of 11 e-journals. With this inclusion, over 10,000 e-journals and 27,000 e-books from 77 publishers on behalf of 2,000 societies and… Read More
Collexis’ life science research portal achieves 200,000 registered users mark - August 21, 2009
Knowledge discovery software developer Collexis Holdings, Inc., US, has announced that their life science research portal www.BiomedExperts.com has surpassed the 200,000 registered user mark. Pre-populated with over 1.8 million Pub-Med-based expert profiles, BiomedExperts allows scientists and researchers to directly connect with and… Read More
Fourteen new publishers join ebrary’s Half-Off Sale programme - August 21, 2009
Digital content products and technologies provider ebrary, US, has announced that 14 new publishers have joined its Half-Off Sale, bringing libraries, corporations, and other institutions the best cost savings of the year on full-text e-books. To date, more than 21 publishers have signed up to participate… Read More
