American Institute of Physics names new Vice President of Publishing - November 12, 2008
Scientific publisher American Institute of Physics (AIP), US, has announced the appointment of John S. Haynes as Vice President of Publishing. Haynes succeeds Darlene Walters who held the position for more than 17 years. Haynes will take the helm of a publishing business that provides specialised… Read More
Knowledgespeak Exclusive - November 12, 2008
An interview with Timo Hannay, Publishing Director, Nature.com Read More
SUSHI Schemas updated to support latest release of COUNTER Code of Practice - November 11, 2008
The NISO SUSHI Standing Advisory Committee has announced the approval and final release of the schemas (and related files) providing full support of Release 3 of the COUNTER Code of Practice for Journals and Databases. Notable in the latest release is the requirement that content providers implement the Standardized Usage… Read More
Society for Endocrinology releases archive going back to 1939 - November 11, 2008
The Society for Endocrinology has unveiled its new online archive charting the history of endocrinology over the past 70 years. The archive, which comprises a collection of material published from 1939 to late 1997, will be available from January 2009. It is hosted by online services… Read More
Vienna hosts ‘Research Meets Practice’ Information Retrieval Symposium 2008 - November 11, 2008
The annual Information Retrieval Facility Symposium (IRFS 2008) 'Research meets Practice' was recently conducted in Vienna, Austria. The IRFS seeks to promote, facilitate and enable Information Retrieval (IR) research in close cooperation with experts from the Intellectual Property (IP) community and to offer an environment for… Read More
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins set to publish the Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - November 11, 2008
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has signed an agreement with the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses. Under the deal, LWW will publish the Journal of Neuroscience Nursing, beginning January 2009. The Journal of Neuroscience Nursing is the official… Read More