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Mary Ann Liebert offers free online access of Sustainability: The Journal of Record
Categories: Publications, Scientific Publishing, Sustainability - Thursday Apr 24, 2008 09:38Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has announced free online access to the new journal, Sustainability: The Journal of Record, in recognition of Earth Day 2008. The premier issue is available free online as well as the table of contents for the second issue.
A bimonthly publication, Sustainability: The Journal of Record brings together educators, administrators, policy makers, economists, technologists, researchers, and executives at all levels of business that have a commitment to implementing sustainability programmes and advancing the efforts toward the preservation and sustainability of global resources.
The Journal seeks to be the central forum for academic institutions, the business community, foundations, government agencies, and leaders of green-collar endeavors to learn about each another’s progress and programmes and foster collaborations for attaining mutually supportive objectives. Coverage includes sustainability in higher education; implementing corporate sustainability programmes; integration of environmental, social, human, and economic goals; sustainable products, food, and agriculture; design, construction, and operation of high-performance green buildings; development of laws and policy; government and nonprofit initiatives; and new collaborations and opportunities.
In addition, the publisher is set to launch another new journal, Environmental Justice, in May 2008. The new quarterly peer-reviewed journal will explore the adverse and disparate environmental burden impacting marginalised populations and communities all over the world.
This journal is available to UIUC faculty, staff, and students through the UIUC Library.
New Webcast: Open Science and Scientific Publishing
Categories: Scientific Publishing - Thursday Mar 13, 2008 09:21Via ResourceShelf.
New Webcast: Open Science and Scientific Publishing
Recorded at MIT on November 13, 2007. Runs 76 minutes.Speakers:
Hal Abelson: Class of 1922 Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, MIT School of EngineeringJohn Wilbanks: Vice President, Science Commons
Anna Gold: Associate Dean for Public Services, Robert E. Kennedy Library, California Polytechnic State University
Summary:
Scientists and educational institutions in a digital age must push back forcefully against the old paradigms for scholarly communications, or risk imperiling the course of scientific research. These speakers describe how traditional modes of publication have constricted public sharing of ideas on which scientific progress is based, and propose approaches more appropriate for a web-based world.
Source: MIT World
Harvard Research to Be Free Online
Categories: Scientific Publishing - Monday Mar 3, 2008 11:39Read the full story in the New York Times.
Harvard University will soon begin posting research and articles produced by its faculty on the Internet for free.
Taylor & Francis set to publish Environmental Technology
Categories: Publications, Scientific Publishing - Thursday Feb 28, 2008 01:43Academic publisher Taylor & Francis, UK, has announced that it will publish the journal Environmental Technology with effect from Volume 29, 2008. A monthly publication, the journal is seen as a key title in applied environmental research, covering environmental biotechnology, environmental and sanitary engineering, industrial waste management and hazardous waste disposal, air and water pollution control, solid waste management, industrial hygiene and associated technologies.