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CHARLESTON CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS
2013 Information Coming Soon
Once again the Charleston Conference will have a full complement of scholarship opportunities. We will post deadline and application information as it becomes available so keep your eye on this space!
UNESCO‘s new open access policy; New IEEE Open Access mega-journal ; F1000Research aims to reduce publication bias; Copyright Clearance Center joins OASPA; Social site BookLikes is open for business; an EBSCO and Data-Planet agreement; and DOJ charts eBook prices increases.
UNESCO to Make its Publications Available Free of Charge as Part [...]
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ProQuest Completes Acquisition of EBL
“On May 13, 2013, the agreement announced in January was finalized, completing [...]
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Read More... →Pat Conroy Named Editor-at-Large for USC Press
Publisher Weekly reports that The University of South Carolina Press (USC Press) has named bestselling author Pat Conroy editor-at-large of Story River Books, their new South Carolina-based original fiction series. “The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual [...]
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