ALPSP has announced the winners of its 2008 awards.
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IOS Press picks EMpact
IOP Press has chosen EMpact Sales, part of EBSCO, as a sales and marketing agent and consultant
New open-access imprint launches
A new academic imprint, Bloomsbury Academic, is aiming to have about 50 open-access titles by the end of 2009.
Study challenges e-book assumptions
Students prefer to read e-textbooks online but interactivity is not a major issue for them, according to the first survey of the UK's e-book observatory
Survey examines challenges for scholarly societies
A new international survey hopes to gain insight into the professional challenges facing scholarly societies across the world in the 21st century.
Liverpool University Press picks Manuscript Central
Liverpool University Press has chosen Manuscript Central for its online journal management
International Open Access Day planned
The first international Open Access Day will be held on 14 October 2008
Deadline for Elsevier Foundation grant proposals looms
Elsevier Foundation grants help researchers in developing countries and the academic workplace.
ACM signs with EMpact to increase journal sales
EMpact enters into agreement with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Murdoch University joins BONUS+
Murdoch University joins Australian resource-sharing consortium BONUS+
Max Planck Society strikes OA deal with PLoS
The Max Planck Society (MPS) has signed a deal with the Public Library of Science (PLoS) to centrally fund the publication fees of MPS scientists
ebrary signs new publishing partners
ebrary, which provides e-content services and technology, has signed 14 new publishing partners.