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25 March 2013

IOS Press celebrates International Year of Statistics IOS Press is supporting the International Year of Statistics to promote awareness of the power of statistics. It helps in the dissemination of statistical data and analysis through the publication of the Statistical Journal of the IAOS and the Journal of Economic and Social Measurement. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Submissions now open for new Genome Biology special issue Genome Biology, published by open access publisher BioMed Central, is now accepting Research, Method or Software manuscript submissions to be considered for publication in a special issue on "the RBPome", planned for late 2013. The deadline for submissions is June 30, 2013. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme McGraw-Hill Education appoints Mark Dorman as President of international division McGraw-Hill Education, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., has announced the appointment of media and information industry veteran Mark Dorman as president of McGraw-Hill Education International. This appointment comes at a time when McGraw-Hill Education has increasingly turned its focus toward opportunities in global markets. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme CARL hails additional budget allocation for research programmes The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has stated that it is content to see some notable commitments in the 2013 Economic Action Plan. CARL is reportedly pleased to see an additional $225 million allocated for Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) programmes. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme University of Toronto Libraries and National Library of China partner for academic cooperation Representatives from the University of Toronto Libraries and the National Library of China will sign an agreement for academic cooperation on March 25. The institutions, each of which holds the largest collection in its respective country, have been working together for several years to exchange materials, knowledge and best practices. 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: Kent Anderson (Idealism and Realism Remain Difficult to Reconcile, Survey Says); Joe Wikert (The Kirtsaeng ruling: What's your opinion?); Martin Eve (Open Access, the Impact Agenda and resistance to the neoliberal paradigm); and Joseph Esposito (The Fall and Rise of Market Segmentation). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here. You are receiving this email newsletter as part of your Knowledgespeak membership. You can unsubscribe instantly from any of our email newsletters by clicking here.

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