ProQuest waves off fees for basic submission to ProQuest Dissertation &Theses Database - September 2, 2010
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has announced that it is eliminating fees for basic submission to ProQuest Dissertation &Theses Database through its ProQuest/UMI ETD Administrator. According to the company, use of the ETD Administrator - with its simple, paper-free, online process - has grown… Read More
Journal Arthritis Research & Therapy to be published online only from 2011 - August 27, 2010
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that the contents of the last regular print edition of the journal Arthritis Research & Therapy will be finalised at the end of 2010. In an editorial, published in the latest issue of the journal, Editors-in-Chief Prof Peter… Read More
Rice University to shut down digital press in September - August 23, 2010
Rice University in the US has announced its decision to close the recently revitalised Rice University Press in September 2010. The press was closed once before in 1996. It was reborn in 2006 as an all-digital operation. According to a statement by Eugene Levy, a Rice… Read More
Alliance Communications and Source360 Media acquire media assets of Cygnus Business Media - August 23, 2010
B2B media company Cygnus Business Media has announced the sale of its publication Fabricating & Metalworking to Alliance Communications, Inc., and Industrial Machinery Digest and Total Industrial Plant Solutions advertising deck to Source360 Media LLC. Both companies are led by the longtime publishers of the titles… Read More
ICIS in deal to increase its holding in CBI China - August 19, 2010
Global chemicals information provider ICIS has announced the signing of an agreement for an increase in its holding in CBI China Co., Limited ("CBI China"). CBI China is a leading provider of pricing and news information and analysis to the petrochemical and energy markets in China.… Read More
Emerald Literati Network Award winning articles free online - August 12, 2010
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced that it will offer free access to Emerald Literati Network Awards winning articles until August 31, 2010. In total, over 700 papers representing the cream of the crop in global research are accessible online.… Read More
Maverick Outsource Services creates Institutional Sales Division - August 11, 2010
Maverick Outsource Services, a UK-based provider of outsourced solutions for the publishing industry, has announced the creation of a new division that specialises in providing dedicated, targeted product sales representation for academic and educational publishers. Delivering high quality direct sales and sales support services, Maverick's new… Read More
Thomas Telford Publishing changes name to ICE Publishing - August 6, 2010
Thomas Telford Publishing, the UK-based knowledge business of the Institution of Civil Engineers, has announced that it is changing its name to ICE Publishing, effective August 2010. Over the next few weeks, the company will be communicating the name change to customers and introducing a new… Read More
Elsevier supports World Breastfeeding Week 2010, offers free access to select articles - August 4, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that in support of World Breastfeeding Week 2010, it will open access to selected articles related to breastfeeding from the Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, Midwifery and the Journal of Pediatric Health Care. The full contents of a special… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert offers free online access to all issues of Breastfeeding Medicine - August 2, 2010
Medical publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has announced complimentary online access to all issues of its peer-reviewed medical publication, Breastfeeding Medicine, in recognition of the World Breastfeeding week. The offer can be availed of till August 31, 2010, at www.liebertpub.com/bfm. Celebrating… Read More
