Elsevier reverses direction, becomes nonprofit

The Chairman of Reed-Elsevier, Jan Hommen, sent out a press release today announcing a completely new direction for the corporation. As of Monday, July 20, 2009, Reed-Elsevier will buy back all of the stock from their current shareholders, and they will become a private not-for-profit Open Access publisher.  This change in corporate direction will effect [...]

New Journal Announced, Library Lo Tech

Emerald, a major publisher of a wide range of library journals, has announced a new journal entitled Library Lo Tech.  Even though Emerald also publishes journals called Library Hi Tech and Library Hi Tech News, this new journal will have innovative features not available in those other Emerald journals. Dr. Robert Brumble from Northumbria University [...]