Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 14, 2014
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Christopher Meyers (The lack of reward mechanisms for public scholarship severely limits the future of public engagement in the academy); Maria Kowalczuk (Are journals ready to abolish peer review?); Kent Anderson (Bitcoin and Flash Traders — Leveraging Scarcity Within the… Read More
Thomson Reuters releases The Research and Innovation Performance of the G20 report - April 11, 2014
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has released The Research and Innovation Performance of the G20, a report that mines scientific research and patent information across the G20 for insights into the global strategies of the world's leading economies. The study, which… Read More
ebrary partners with Wolters Kluwer for Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ebooks - April 11, 2014
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest and Wolters Kluwer are teaming up to make more than 1,000 critical medical titles available on the ebrary platform through subscription (including the award-winning Academic Complete™), patron-driven acquisition (PDA), and perpetual purchase. The Lippincott titles available… Read More
EBSCO hires three industry leaders to address discovery needs of libraries - April 11, 2014
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has hired three industry veterans to interact closely with the library community to further understand the strategic needs of each segment, and help establish the framework for next phases of library innovation through discovery. Neil Block, Gar Sydnor, and… Read More
University of California Press to partner with HighWire - April 11, 2014
University of California Press (UC Press) has announced that beginning in mid-2015 its journal content will be hosted on the HighWire Open Platform from Stanford University's HighWire Press. The HighWire Open Platform technology infrastructure is increasingly becoming the platform of choice… Read More
Kudos receives grant of £164,000 by UK Governments’s Technology Strategy Board - April 11, 2014
Kudos, which helps authors and institutions maximise the impact and visibility of their publications, has been awarded a grant of £164,000 by the UK Government's Technology Strategy Board. The grant will help Kudos to further develop and test its service, and explore additional routes to market.… Read More
