Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 7, 2009
The third edition of blogspeak is now online. Featured are Steven Sieck (Science Publishers Stepping Up Online Community Initiatives); Charlie Rapple (If we invented the scholarly journal today, what would it look like?"); Morgan Langille (Is PLOS One the future of scientific publishing?); Kheskett (EndNote & HubMed); and John Timmer… Read More
Universities UK report moots creation of central institutional funds for OA charges - April 6, 2009
A recently released report delivers a set of recommendations aiming to ensure best practice at UK higher education institutions (HEIs) in relation to the payment of open access (OA) publication fees. The report was released by Universities UK (UUK) and the Research Information Network (RIN), with… Read More
Springer not for sale, states CEO Derk Haank - April 6, 2009
Derk Haank, CEO, Springer Science + Business Media, has confirmed that the company is not for sale. Speaking at the recently held UK Serials Group conference, he did, however, reveal that Springer's private equity owners, Candover and Cinven, were in discussions with a third partner to… Read More
Full-text of The Lancet now available to ProQuest’s health sciences databases subscribers - April 6, 2009
ProQuest, part of Cambridge Information Group, US, has renewed its exclusive aggregation agreement with Elsevier to make medical journal, The Lancet, available to subscribers of ProQuest's popular health sciences databases. The journal is being made available in full-text. In addition, the full… Read More
SAGE-Hindawi launch five new titles - April 6, 2009
Academic publisher SAGE and STM publisher Hindawi have announced the further expansion of their joint publishing collaboration, SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research. Five new titles are now live on the SAGE-Hindawi platform. These include Journal of Nucleic Acids; Stem Cells International; Journal of… Read More
Emerald Management First on display at American Association of Community Colleges conference - April 6, 2009
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced that it is exhibiting at the ongoing American Association of Community Colleges Conference, Phoenix Convention Centre, Arizona. Delegates are invited to meet Emerald representative at stand #527, to find out more about Emerald Management… Read More
