International Organization for Standardization releases ISO Standard for textual works - March 24, 2009
The International ISTC Agency, the official Registration Authority for the International Standard Text Code (ISTC), has announced that the International Organization for Standardization has formally published ISO Standard 21047, which is available now at http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=41603. The ISTC system provides a means of… Read More
NFAIS releases Best Practices for Publishing Journal Articles - March 24, 2009
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) has announced the release of their Best Practices for Publishing Journal Articles. The document has been in development for more than a year by a Working Group under the leadership of Linda Beebe, Senior Director, PsycINFO, and including… Read More
MIT faculty votes for open access to their scholarly articles - March 24, 2009
The faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US, has voted to make their scholarly articles available to the public for free and open access on the Web. The move is aimed at broadening access to MIT's research and scholarship. The new policy was approved… Read More
Nature Publishing Group partners with InnoCentive to facilitate open innovation - March 24, 2009
InnoCentive, Inc., the global open innovation marketplace, and scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced a partnership to facilitate greater scientific collaboration and open innovation. Under the deal, InnoCentive and NPG will work together to stimulate the involvement of scientists… Read More
Royal Society of Chemistry expresses concerns over EPSRC research funding plans - March 24, 2009
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has expressed concern on the way the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the UK's primary science funding body for chemistry, is introducing new measures. EPSRC's failure to give adequate advance notification of new demand… Read More
Progress in Palliative Care announces its Online Manuscript Submission, Tracking and Peer Review System - March 24, 2009
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced the introduction of the Online Manuscript Submission, Tracking and Peer Review System for the journal Progress in Palliative Care. Contributors now have the benefit of being able to upload papers direct to the journal by registering at the system… Read More
