South African team looking to emulate Brazil’s SciELO to scientific publishing model - August 7, 2008
A delegation from the Academy of Sciences of South Africa (ASSAf) recently visited BIREME In Sao Paulo, Brazil. The purpose was to review the possibility for the adoption of the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) model as a platform to manage scientific publication in South Africa.… Read More
MPS Technologies launch BookStore Academic - August 7, 2008
MPS Technologies, the technology arm of Macmillan India, has launched a new module of BookStore - BookStore Academic. BookStore Academic will give academic publishers new ways to sell and package their eBook content, and provide their end-users with state-of-the art research tools. It has been specifically… Read More
New publication on climate change - August 7, 2008
e-research and educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced the release of Climate Change in Context, a new reference book designed to explain the complexities of the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Climate Change in Context explains the history, politics and… Read More
Scholarly publishers adopt German version of Editorial Manager - August 7, 2008
Online submission system provider Aries Systems Corporation, US, has announced that publishers such as Georg Thieme Verlag, Deutscher Ärzte-Verlag and Hogrefe Verlag have adopted the German version of Editorial Manager. The publishers have launched online manuscript submission and peer review services specifically tailored to German-speaking authors.… Read More
BioMed Central journals indexed by PsycINFO and The Philosopher’s Index - August 7, 2008
Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced that the American Psychological Association has accepted eight BioMed Central journals for inclusion in its abstracting database PsycINFO. PsycINFO is an abstract database of psychological literature from the 1800s to the present. An essential tool for researchers, it… Read More
Leeds Equity Partners acquires Ex Libris Group - August 7, 2008
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Leeds Equity Partners, the fund focused exclusively on investing in knowledge industry companies, has completed the acquisition of the Ex Libris Group. Ex Libris will now become a Leeds Equity portfolio company. The corporate structure will… Read More
