To help students and researchers familiarise themselves with the features of Wiley Online Library, the publisher is running an online quiz.

The quiz is open to all in the Asia-Pacific region, with the following prizes:

In a recent announcement from Thomson Reuters the Book Citation Index is expanding, with a new partnerships arrangements with top publishers such as Elsevier, Johns Hopkins University Press and the University of Chicago Press.

In July the RSC Publishing launched Gold for Gold, enabling RSC Gold subscribers in the UK to publish RSC papers free-of-charge via Gold Open Access (OA). RSC have extended this initiative to the rest of the world stating that, from now on, all RSC Gold subscribing institutions will be rewarded with voucher codes to publish OA articles at no cost.

Richard Poynder deliberates the latest report on open-access Reed Elsiveir: Transition to Open Access - Are the cost Savings Sufficient to Protect Margins? Published by investment analyst Claudio Aspei, it examines the cost savings in an open access model with the Reed Elsivier publishers finance team. The report estimates that a full transition to open access could lead to a saving of 10-12% of the cost base of a subscription publish

At the recent Friends of Fryer event on Tuesday the 14th of August, an informative panel gathered to discuss histories of Women's Writing at the University of Queensland Press.

Peter J. Dougherty, Director of Princeton University Press, reflects on how university presses are embracing new technologies to continue their role in driving global scholarship.