News

IOS Press picks EMpact

09 September 2008

IOP Press has chosen EMpact Sales, part of EBSCO, as a sales and marketing agent and consultant

New open-access imprint launches

09 September 2008

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

09 September 2008

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

02 September 2008

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

02 September 2008

Liverpool University Press has chosen Manuscript Central for its online journal management

International Open Access Day planned

01 September 2008

The first international Open Access Day will be held on 14 October 2008

Deadline for Elsevier Foundation grant proposals looms

30 August 2008

Elsevier Foundation grants help researchers in developing countries and the academic workplace.

ACM signs with EMpact to increase journal sales

30 August 2008

EMpact enters into agreement with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Murdoch University joins BONUS+

30 August 2008

Murdoch University joins Australian resource-sharing consortium BONUS+

Max Planck Society strikes OA deal with PLoS

29 August 2008

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

29 August 2008

ebrary, which provides e-content services and technology, has signed 14 new publishing partners.

Grant helps UCLA Library catalogue rare books

29 August 2008

The library of UCLA in the USA has received a $750,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to catalogue more than 55,000 rare books.

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