Swets Information Services B.V. declared bankrupt

Following the suspension of payment for Swets & Zeitlinger Group BV, granted by the court in Amsterdam on 19 September, the Management team, together with Mr J.L.M. Groenewegen (CMS), the appointed administrator, have been working tirelessly to investigate...

UK medical research charities join forces to support open access

A consortium of six leading UK medical research charities will support the costs of making research articles from their funded research immediately and freely openly available to scientists, patients, and donors alike, through the recently announced joint Charity Open...

ALPSP announces Winners of the 2014 Awards

The winners of this year’s awards were announced at the ALPSP International Conference Dinner on  Thursday 11 September at the Park Inn Heathrow Hotel and Conference Centre, London, UK ALPSP Award for Contribution to Scholarly Publishing 2014 The Council of ALPSP was...

Springer US turns 50 years old

Springer Science+Business Media today celebrates 50 years of operations in the United States. While the founding of the company dates back to 1842 in Berlin, it was not until the mid-20th century that Springer had an official US branch of operations. The motivations...