APA seek nominations for 2010 APA Excellence in Librarianship Award - December 21, 2009
The American Psychological Association has announced that it is accepting nominations for the 2010 APA Excellence in Librarianship Award. The award will be presented at the Educational & Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS) Research Forum at the June 2010 American Library Association Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.… Read More
‘Ardi’ research named Science’s ‘Breakthrough of the Year’ - December 18, 2009
US-based journal Science, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), has announced that the December 18, issue of the journal takes a look back at the big science stories over the past 12 months and presents its selections for the 10 major… Read More
Copyright Clearance Center on EContent 100 List for fourth consecutive year - December 16, 2009
Copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), US, has announced that it has been named to EContent magazine's EContent 100 list of companies that ‘matter most in the digital content industry’ for the fourth consecutive year. The EContent 100 list represents the best digital content… Read More
2009 Nature Awards for Mentoring in Science announced - December 3, 2009
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced the winners of the 2009 Nature Awards for Mentoring in Science. The 2009 awards invited nominations from Japan, with two prizes of 1.5 million JPY - one for mid-career achievement (up to 59 years of age), and… Read More
Wiley promotes research excellence with annual Polymer Science award - November 16, 2009
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that two researchers have been selected as the recipients of the seventh annual ‘SPSJ Wiley Award’. The award is sponsored by Wiley in conjunction with the Society of Polymer Science Japan (SPSJ). Masami Kamigaito from Nagoya University… Read More
Nature Medicine marks 15th anniversary with expanded content and editorial team - October 8, 2009
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that Nature Medicine will celebrate 15 years as the leading translational research journal, in 2010. To mark this anniversary, the journal will expand its content by 25 percent and increase its editorial team. Starting January 2010, Nature… Read More
Thomson Reuters predicts Nobel Laureates for 2009 - September 30, 2009
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the 2009 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates researchers likely to be in contention for Nobel honours. Thomson Reuters claims to be the only organisation to use quantitative data to make annual predictions of Nobel Prize winners. Each year, data… Read More
Platts announces 2009 finalists for the 11th annual Platts Global Energy Awards - September 30, 2009
Energy information provider Platts, part of the McGraw-Hill Companies, US, has announced the 2009 finalists for its annual Platts Global Energy Awards. Established in 1999, the Platts Global Energy Awards has become one of the most recognised awards programme in the industry. The award recognises innovation,… Read More
PLoS ONE wins 2009 ALPSP Award for Publishing Innovation - September 21, 2009
Open access (OA) publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS) has announced that its peer-reviewed online publication PLoS ONE has been presented with the 2009 award for Publishing Innovation during the 2009 annual awards of the Association of Learning and Professional Society Publishing. This award is made… Read More
Hundreds of encyclopedias added to Credo’s reference platform - September 21, 2009
Online reference library Credo Reference, UK, has announced that just after a year since it released its new platform, it has substantially expanded the academic content available on the platform. These are available at no additional cost for Credo Unlimited customers. Some of the highlights of… Read More
