Elsevier adds more than 14,000 geologic maps from leading SEG journals to its Geofacets platform STM publisher Elsevier has announced that thousands of maps sourced from Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) journals are now available in Geofacets, its online geoscience solution. With the addition of more than 14,000 SEG maps that are easily discoverable, Geofacets… Read More »
Thieme realigns leadership structure As of April 1, 2016, Dr. H.C. Albrecht Hauff, publisher and managing partner of the Thieme Publishing Group, and Thieme’s managing director Dr. Wolfgang Knüppe will appoint four executives to the newly formed extended management board. With the new management line-up, the leading provider of media and information services for the… Read More »
Elsevier launches Rhizosphere, a multidisciplinary journal on the interactions between plant roots, soil organisms, nutrients, and water STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of Rhizosphere, a multidisciplinary journal devoted to publishing research on the interactions between plant roots, soil organisms, nutrients, and water. This field of research has developed rapidly in the past years,… Read More »
Elsevier launches new journal – Forensic Chemistry STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of Forensic Chemistry, a new international chemistry journal serving the needs of the forensic science community. The scope of the journal is to include forensic-related molecular and atomic spectrochemical technique, electrochemical techniques, sensors, surface characterization techniques, mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance,… Read More »
Major research library organisations meet to discuss international collaboration The first joint meeting of five of the world’s most prominent academic and research library organisations took place at the British Library in London on March 8, 2016, ahead of the Research Libraries UK Conference. The meeting gathered together the elected leaders and executive directors of… Read More »
Florida’s Council of State University Libraries join NFAIS as new member The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAISTM), a global nonprofit membership organisation serving the information services community, has announced that the state of Florida’s Council of State University Libraries (CSUL) has joined NFAIS as a new member. The CSUL mission is to direct… Read More »
Springer Nature appoints Steven Inchcoombe as Chief Publishing Officer and member of Springer Nature Board Springer Nature, a global research, educational and professional publisher, has announced the appointment of Steven Inchcoombe, previously Managing Director, Nature Research Group, to the newly created role of Chief Publishing Officer, Springer Nature. He has also been appointed as a… Read More »
Springer Nature to extend content sharing to Springer Nature-owned journal portfolio Springer Nature, a global research, educational and professional publisher, has announced that it will extend its year-long nature.com content sharing trial to enable its research articles to be freely shared with all researchers and the wider public via its authors, subscribers and global media… Read More »
Elsevier publishes new edition of authoritative reference covering all areas of grain science STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of the second edition of Encyclopedia of Food Grains, an in-depth and authoritative reference covering all areas of grain science. Edited by grain science and nutrition experts Colin Wrigley, Harold Corke, Koushik Seetharaman and Jonathan… Read More »
Thomson Reuters launches version 2.4 Thomson Reuters ProView eReader platform Thomson Reuters has announced the latest version of Thomson Reuters ProView, the professional eReader platform. The newest version provides eBook users with ways to organise their titles and search to find the professional research content they need. Thomson Reuters ProView is the first eReader platform… Read More »