Knowledgespeak Newsletter

24 September 2012

Library of Congress to host ICSTI 2012 Annual Conference The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) has announced that it will hold its 2012 Annual Conference & Exhibition on October 15-16, 2012 in Washington DC. The event, hosted by the Library of Congress, will follow the ICSTI membership General Assembly meetings taking place from October 13-14. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Winners of 2012 Scopus Young Researcher of the Year Awards announced STM publisher Elsevier and the Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS) have awarded the winners of the 3rd annual Scopus Young Researcher of the Year Awards 2012, at the ARMS 14th annual conference at Australia, Gold Coast. The Scopus Young Researcher of the Year Awards is part of a global initiative by Elsevier recognising outstanding young scientists and researchers. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SAGE and Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University announce publishing agreement Academic publisher SAGE and the Center for Italian Studies at Stony Brook University have announced a new agreement to publish the journal Forum Italicum from May 2013. Edited by Mario Mignone and published three times a year from 2013, the journal focuses on providing a balanced and wide ranging perspective on Italian culture by accepting both scholarly writings and other contributions of general Italian interest. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Oxford University Press launches Journal of Antitrust Enforcement Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced the launch of a new 2013 title, Journal of Antitrust Enforcement (JAE). The journal will explore public and private competition law enforcement at both domestic and international levels. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Neal-Schuman brings out Facet Publishing guide for new library professionals Facet Publishing has published The New Professional's Toolkit, a practical guide to help new professionals in their career development as well as prepare current library & information science students for the road ahead. The resource is available through Neal-Schuman Publishers. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme University Book Store launches in-store textbook rental programme University Book Store has announced the launch of an in-store textbook rental service at its U District, Tacoma, Bothell and Health Sciences locations. The new programme is seen to complement its online rental programme, which has been available for two years now. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Latest edition of Blogspeak now online The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Phil Davis (Is PubMed Central Complementing or Competing with Journal Publishers?); Joe Wikert (Neutralizing Amazon); Michelle C. Hamilton, Margaret M. Janz and Alexandra Hauser (Can librarians trust resources found on Google Scholar? Yes. and no); David Meyer (Open data: Is there a business case?) and Stevan Harnad (Disambiguating RCUK's Open Access Policy Statement). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here.

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