Thomson Reuters celebrates sesquicentennial anniversary of the Zoological Record - September 16, 2014
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced the 150th anniversary of the Zoological Record, the oldest continuous bibliographic database in life sciences and the leading and most comprehensive source for biodiversity, systematics and zoological information. Housed within the Web of Science, the… Read More
Publishers to celebrate Banned Books Week with events, resources and more for readers and others - September 16, 2014
Member organisations of the Association of American Publishers are actively participating and engaging readers, educators and book lovers of all kinds in the 32nd annual Banned Books Week, September 21—27. AAP was a founding member of Banned Books Week and continues to collaborate with libraries,… Read More
OUP Southern Africa named Academic Publisher of the Year - September 16, 2014
Academic publisher Oxford University Press Southern Africa (OUPSA) won the Sefika Academic Publisher of the Year award 2014 on August 26. It is the sixth time since 2006 that OUPSA has won the award, which recognizes outstanding achievements and contributions to the South African book industry.… Read More
2014 ALPSP Award winners announced - September 12, 2014
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has announced the winners of the 2014 ALPSP Awards. The winners were announced at the ALPSP International Conference dinner on September 11 at the Park Inn Heathrow Hotel and Conference Centre, London, UK. The Council of… Read More
Springer celebrates 50 years of operation in the United States - September 9, 2014
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media celebrated 50 years of operations in the United States on September 8, 2014. While the founding of the company dates back to 1842 in Berlin, it was not until the mid-20th century that Springer had an official US branch of operations.… Read More
Nominations now open for HIMSS Awards and Scholarships - September 2, 2014
HIMSS, a cause-based, global enterprise producing health IT thought leadership, education, events, market research and media services around the world, is now accepting nominations for awards and scholarships that recognise significant professional contributions to the field of health IT. Online nominations for both awards and scholarships… Read More
HARRASSOWITZ announces 2014 Charleston Conference Scholarship winner - August 25, 2014
HARRASSOWITZ, a global full-service subscription agent and bookseller, has awarded the 2014 Charleston Conference Scholarship to Charlotte Roh, Scholarly Communication Resident Librarian at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Ms. Roh was awarded the $1,000 scholarship to attend the conference, which takes place November 5 -… Read More
Cengage Learning recognized for technology innovation as 2014 Ebbies Awards finalist - August 19, 2014
Honored for its role as an innovator among Bay Area technology leaders, Cengage Learning was named as a finalist in the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce's 2014 Excellence in Business Awards (Ebbies) for MindTap, an immersive learning platform that's being rolled out in more than 750… Read More
Unbound MEDLINE named 2014 Tabby Award winner - August 11, 2014
Unbound Medicine, a US-based provider of knowledge management solutions for the healthcare industry, has been named the winner of the best overall Medical app at the 2014 Tabby Awards. More than 200 iPad and Android tablet apps from over 20 countries around the world entered the… Read More
Six months post launch, 80 percent of UK library services sign up to Access to Research - August 7, 2014
Ten million academic articles, including content from IOP Publishing, are now included in the Access to Research initiative. Since launching earlier this year, the Access to Research initiative has grown quickly to include the majority of local authorities across England, Scotland and Wales. This means… Read More
