SAGE and International Society for Research on Emotion launch new journal - January 28, 2009
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of a new journal - Emotion Review (http://emr.sagepub.com). James A. Russell and Lisa Feldman Barrett of Boston College will serve as Editors-in-chief of the journal. Published in association with the International Society for Research on… Read More
Turpin Distribution launches e-commerce service for journal subscriptions - January 28, 2009
Distribution services provider Turpin Distribution, UK, is set to launch a new comprehensive and fully integrated e-commerce service for journal subscriptions. The service will be open to all of the company's journal publishers and customers. Customers will be able to search for titles across all Turpin's… Read More
Elsevier set to launch more than 600 Health Science e-book titles on ScienceDirect - January 27, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that more than 600 medical, veterinary medicine, and health professions book titles will be launched in Health Science eBook Collections on ScienceDirect, in April 2009. Elsevier's health science books are published under the imprints W.B. Saunders, Mosby, Churchill Livingstone, and… Read More
Ex Libris to launch new Web 2.0 usage-based scholarly recommendation service - January 27, 2009
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced a new Web 2.0 recommender service - Ex Libris bX. A first-of-its-kind, the service will provide library users with article-level recommendations based on collective usage data amassed from research communities around the world. bX is the result… Read More
Nature Publishing Group and ASGT announce open access and article deposition services for authors - January 26, 2009
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, and the American Society of Gene Therapy (ASGT) have announced the launch of two new services to help authors comply with funder and institutional mandates for public access. Under the initiative, Molecular Therapy, the official journal of the ASGT,… Read More
IEEE Intellectual Property Rights Office launches e-copyright tools for publication editors - January 26, 2009
The IEEE Intellectual Property Rights Office has made available two new electronic copyright form (eCF) tools for volunteers who are responsible for collecting, submitting and monitoring IEEE Copyright Forms. To help volunteers track eCF submissions, the IPR Office and the IEEE Publishing Technology Group have developed… Read More
SPARC releases guide and web community on campus-based publishing partnerships - January 26, 2009
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has released a guide titled Campus-based Publishing Partnerships: A guide to critical issues, by Raym Crow. The guide is the core of a new website, the Campus-based Publishing Resource Center, designed by a panel of advisors from the… Read More
Elsevier launches expert-generated knowledge sharing web resource - January 23, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of SciTopics, a free online expert-generated knowledge sharing service for the research community. Designed as a starting point for scientific research, the website integrates a content publishing platform with search functionalities and community features. The service includes a… Read More
Swets to pre-launch SwetsWise Selection Support at Denver event - January 22, 2009
Subscription services provider Swets, Netherlands, will pre-launch the new SwetsWise Selection Support module at the forthcoming ALA Midwinter Conference in Denver, US, January 23-26, 2009. SwetsWise Selection Support offers a decision support service made available by combining the customer's usage statistics matched to their subscription holdings… Read More
Graham & Whiteside titles now available on Gale Directory Library - January 22, 2009
E-research and educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced that the Gale Directory Library now offers 22 Graham & Whiteside titles from its Major Companies of the World Series. Gale Directory Library lets customers build an online directory library where users can cross-search… Read More
