AIP appoints Judith MacManus-Driscoll to lead new OA journal in materials science
AIP Publishing, a division of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), is pleased to announce the appointment of Judith MacManus-Driscoll as editor of its...
Success Prompts Aries to Rename “Preprint Manager” to “ProduXion Manager”
Aries Systems, the developer of workflow platforms for scholarly publishers, is pleased to announce that it has renamed its production tracking solution from “Preprint...
Caroline Kennedy named Honorary Chair, National Library Week 2013
Caroline Kennedy has been named the 2013 Honorary Chair of National Library Week (April 14-20, 2013), according to the American Library Association. During National...
McGraw-Hill Sells Education Arm to Apollo Global Management For $2.5bn
McGraw-Hill has confirmed an agreement to sell its education business to Apollo Global Management for a purchase price of $2.5bn, however, did not fetch...
SAGE acquires the Royal Society of Medicine’s journal portfolio
We are delighted to announce that SAGE has signed an agreement with the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) to take over immediate publication of their RSM Journals...
Open Access: Why Academic Publishers Still Add Value
Alexander Brown stands up for publishers, justifying their costs and explaining how they help move science forward
"There are scores of people whose full time...
Cambridge Announces Tenth Successive Year Of Growth
Cambridge University Press has published its annual financial results for the year ended 30 April 2012, and the results show that the publisher has...
Manchester University Press to preserve e-journals with Portico
Portico is pleased to announce that Manchester University Press (MUP) has entered into an agreement with Portico to preserve its e-journals. Through this agreement...
QScience to preserve e-journals with Portico
Portico is pleased to announce that QScience.com has entered into an agreement with Portico to preserve its e-journals. Through this agreement with Portico, QScience.com...
OCLC Global Council meets to discuss emerging technologies in libraries
OCLC Global Council met November 5–7 in Dublin, Ohio, to discuss direction and governance of the OCLC cooperative. Delegates heard reports from OCLC members...
IEEE-SA and ETSI renew memorandum of understanding
The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) today announced they have renewed their memorandum of understanding (MOU). This agreement...
$100,000 grant for greener solvent research issued
The ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable, a partnership between the American Chemical Society’s Green Chemistry Institute (ACS GCI) and member corporations in the pharmaceutical field,...