PeerJ celebrates first anniversary - June 14, 2013
PeerJ recently celebrated the first anniversary of their original announcement. PeerJ was announced on June 12, 2012 and opened for submissions on December 3, 2012. The first PeerJ articles were published on Feb 12, 2013. This was followed by launching PeerJ PrePrints in April… Read More
McGraw-Hill networks win top honours at AEP’ 2013 Annual Awards - June 13, 2013
McGraw-Hill Education, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., US, has announced that McGraw-Hill networks, the company's digital social studies program for the middle and high school markets, received two honours at the 2013 Association of Educational Publishers' Annual Awards. Announced at the Association of American… Read More
Pubget announces ‘Influential Paper Challenge’ - June 12, 2013
Pubget, a Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) company, has announced the launch of its Influential Paper Challenge. The contest, which will run until June 25, 2013, encourages members of the research community to use Pubget's search engine to select the research paper they believe to… Read More
MLIS student at McGill University bags 2013 Roger K. Summit Scholarship award - June 10, 2013
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has awarded the 2013 Roger K. Summit Scholarship to Allana Mayer, an MLIS student at McGill University in Montreal. The scholarship – named in honour of Dialog founder Roger K. Summit, a pioneer in developing online information retrieval services… Read More
Maryland’s Howard County Library System named 2013 Library of the Year by Gale and Library Journal - June 6, 2013
Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, and Library Journal magazine have announced that Howard County Library System in Columbia, Maryland is the 2013 Library of the Year. Each year this recognition goes to… Read More
The Cleft Palate–Craniofacial Journal wins Gold EXCEL Award for Journal Featured Article - June 5, 2013
Publishing services provider Allen Press, Inc., US, has announced that co-publishing client the American Cleft Palate–Craniofacial Association has been awarded the Gold EXCEL Award for a Journal Featured Article. The winning article, 'Cleft Lip and Palate in the Arts: A Critical Reflection,' was authored by Drs.… Read More
Nominations for 2014 AkzoNobel UK Science Award called for - June 4, 2013
The Royal Society of Chemistry has launched the nomination process for the 2014 AkzoNobel UK Science Award. The recipient will receive an award of £50,000. To be presented in March 2014, this prestigious UK science award recognises the vital role that scientists play in advancing… Read More
Nominations being accepted for 2013 Platts Global Energy Awards - June 4, 2013
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2013 Platts Global Energy Awards. The awards recognize corporate and individual excellence across the entire energy complex. A total of 18 awards will be given in five sections - Strategic Vision, Industry Leadership, Stewardship, Premier Projects and Leading Technologies.… Read More
Open Book Publishers win IFLA/Brill Open Access Award - June 3, 2013
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and academic publisher Brill have announced the winner of the IFLA/Brill Open Access Award for initiatives in the area of open access monograph publishing. The winner is Open Book Publishers, Cambridge (United Kingdom). Open Book Publishers (OBP)… Read More
ASME presents seven awards at Offshore Technology Conference in Houston - May 31, 2013
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has presented seven awards recognizing technical achievement and distinguished service in the field of petroleum-related mechanical engineering. Benton F. Baugh, the president of Baugh Consulting Engineers, Inc., received the 2013 Geoca Mechanical Engineering Achievement Award during a recognition ceremony… Read More
