Thieme releases new edition of Almanac 2008: Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine - November 26, 2007
Thieme Publishers, part of STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, recently announced the availability of 'Thieme Almanac 2008: Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine.' The book, the second in the annual series, fully updates the first edition, which debuted earlier this year. The 'Thieme Almanac 2008' provides detailed… Read More
OpenDOAR now includes 1000 repositories - November 26, 2007
The Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and Access (SHERPA) project, part of the JISC Focus on Access to Institutional Resources Programme, has announced that its OpenDOAR directory, now boasts 1000 repository entries from across the globe. The OpenDOAR directory contains an authoritative list of… Read More
OpenAccess.se launches project to bring Nordic journals to OA mode - November 26, 2007
OpenAccess.se, a development programme to support open access (OA) in Sweden organised by the National Library's Department for National Co-operation, has announced a project to launch new OA journals and convert existing TA journals to OA. The project supports the transition of scientific or learned Nordic journals to OA mode,… Read More
BioMed Central launches new Discovery Notes section in Biology Direct - November 26, 2007
Open access (OA) publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced a new section 'Discovery Notes' within its OA journal, Biology Direct. The section will be overseen by Section Editor L Aravind and Editors-in-Chief David J Lipman, Laura Landweber, and Eugene Koonin. Discovery Notes will be brief reports… Read More
Bankers looking to sell down Riverdeep debt ahead of Harcourt buy - November 26, 2007
Bankers of education publisher Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep are reportedly in an advanced stage in selling down $7.15 billion of debt in the group. The sale is largely related to its planned $4 billion deal to acquire Reed Elsevier's Harcourt US education business. The debt placing, which is expected to price… Read More
Dear Subscribers - November 26, 2007
STM Publishers can now add their Company to the Knowledgespeak Directory list. You can also update our events calendar, if you are organising an event which may be of interest to the STM publishing community. Also, you can send your company
