The London Book Fair and the Publishers Association announce leaders in social & viral content as new speakers for Publishing for Digital Minds Conference The London Book Fair, in association with the Publishers Association, has confirmed a raft of new … Continue reading →

Elsevier announces second edition of the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences STM publisher Elsevier has announced the forthcoming publication of the second edition of the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, edited by Dr. James … Continue reading →

Thomson Reuters unveils nominations for Allicense 2015 Breakthrough Awards The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters has unveiled the nominations for the Allicense 2015 Breakthrough Awards, honouring the leading deals of 2014 in Biopharmaceutical Licensing and Mergers and … Continue reading →

Ebooks are an ‘electronic service’ and subject to higher tax, rules EU court The EU’s highest court recently ruled that the European Union countries may not extend tax exemptions for books to include ebooks, adding that it considers downloadable ebooks … Continue reading →

De Gruyter partners with Scope to create MARC records from ONIX/Klopotek XML files Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, has announced its engagement with De Gruyter, a leading academic publisher … Continue reading →

NFAIS selects OCLC’s Mary Sauer-Games as new Board of Directors President The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAISTM), a membership association for the information services industry, has announced the selection of Mary Sauer-Games, OCLC Vice President of Product Management, … Continue reading →

SPARC announces theme for 8th International Open Access Week The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced that the theme for this year’s 8th International Open Access Week will be ‘Open for Collaboration.’ The theme highlights the ways … Continue reading →

Wolters Kluwer partners with Society of Pediatric Nurses to review pediatric content in Lippincott Solutions Information and point-of-care solutions provider Wolters Kluwer has announced a partnership with the Society of Pediatric Nurses (SPN) to review pediatric-specific content for the Lippincott … Continue reading →

Springer launches new open access journal – International Journal of Implant Dentistry STM publisher Springer has launched a new open access journal, the International Journal of Implant Dentistry. Sponsored by the German Association of Dental Implantology (DGI) and the Japanese … Continue reading →

Canadian funding agencies release coordinated public access policy Three largest funding agencies in Canada have released a coordinated policy requiring researchers to provide access to articles resulting from their funded research. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural … Continue reading →