ALPSP appoints BMJ’s Peter Ashman as Chair Elect
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has appointed Peter Ashman, Publishing Director at BMJ, as Chair Elect of its governing Council...
UK Research Council funding data comes to life in two new visualisations
Competition run by British Library, BBRSC and AHRC challenged the public to create a visualisation showing how £3 billion of funding is apportioned across...
2014 Emerald Literati Network Award Winners Announced
Global academic publisher, Emerald Group Publishing, today announces the winners of its prestigious Literati Network Awards for Excellence, 2014. Now in their 21st year, and...
ACCUCOMS Announces Annual Event for Publishers
ACCUCOMS, the leading provider of sales and marketing services for publishers has announced the date and location of its annual event, ACCUFEST. This event brings...
Wiley signs definitive agreement to acquire CrossKnowledge
Wiley announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire CrossKnowledge, a learning solutions provider focused on leadership and managerial skills development,...
DCMS re-appoints Baroness Blackstone as Chairman of the British Library
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Rt. Hon Maria Miller MP, has re-appointed Baroness Blackstone as Chairman of the British Library...
Brill Publishers selects Scope’s ConSCIse™ platform for book chapter abstracts
Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, is pleased to announce Brill, the international publishing...
Emerald and CLADEA Launch this Year’s Latin American Management Research Fund Award
Global academic publisher, Emerald Group Publishing, and The Latin American Council of Management Schools, CLADEA, have opened the 2014 Research Fund Award for Latin...
British Library welcomes new exceptions to copyright
The Intellectual Property Office yesterday issued five draft statutory instruments on exceptions to copyright, following the Government’s 2010 review of intellectual property law, Digital Opportunity.
The...
McGraw-Hill Professional Delivers Premier Content to Public and School Libraries Worldwide via the 3M...
McGraw-Hill Professional, a leading global publisher of professional content, announced it is expanding availability of its eBook collection to public and school library customers...
International Book Industry Excellence Awards 2014 Shortlists Announced
The London Book Fair International Book Industry Excellence Awards have been announced with US and Indian publishing industries leading the shortlists with four nominations apiece,...
First books from IOP Concise PhysicsTM collection published
IOP Publishing (IOP) and Morgan & Claypool have published the first books from their IOP Concise Physics collection.
Defining and Measuring Nature – The make of all things
Jeffrey H...