Three contributors to John Wiley publications bag Chemistry Nobel for 2008 - October 10, 2008
STM publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that all the three 2008 Chemistry Nobel laureates - Dr. Osamu Shimomura, Dr. Martin Chalfie and Dr. Roger Y. Tsien - are part of its publishing community. The scientists bagged the honour for discovering green… Read More
Ian Hames appointed VP of International Sales at ebrary - October 10, 2008
ebrary, a US-based provider of e-content services and technology, has announced the appointment of Ian Hames as Vice President of International Sales. Hames has nearly 20 years of sales experience in the publishing sector, half of which were spent in the online information industry. He… Read More
Springer to acquire open access publisher BioMed Central Group - October 9, 2008
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media, Germany, has announced an agreement to acquire open access (OA) publisher BioMed Central Group, UK, for an undisclosed amount. BioMed Central (BMC) was launched in May 2000 as an independent publishing house committed to providing… Read More
Oxford Journals signs national licensing agreement with German consortium - October 9, 2008
Oxford Journals has announced a new national agreement with the University Library of Frankfurt, one of the German National Libraries of Humanities and Arts. Under the agreement, higher education, government and publicly funded research institutions, state and regional libraries, and universities in Germany will obtain… Read More
EEGS publications added to SEG Digital Library on Scitation platform - October 9, 2008
The Society of Exploration Geophysics (SEG), US, has announced that the complete journal and proceedings archives of the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS) have been added to its publications portal, SEG Digital Library (http://www.segdl.org). The addition is seen to enhance SEG Digital Library's coverage… Read More
BMJ Group launches Indian operations with New Delhi office - October 9, 2008
Medical information publisher BMJ Group, UK, has announced its expansion into India with the opening of an office in New Delhi. Two senior executives from the Group, which is owned by the British Medical Association (BMA), are visiting India shortly to explain how doctors can… Read More
