London Book Fair begins, digital publishing plays key role at this year’s fair - April 9, 2014
The annual London Book Fair kicked off April 8, 2014. With digital publishing playing a leading role at this year's fair, Tech Central in EC2 was a bustling hub during the 1st day of the London Book Fair 2014. The digital conversation once again showcased very… Read More
ORCID and CASRAI announce new standards project on ‘Peer Review Services’ - April 9, 2014
In addition to integrating ORCID identifiers into manuscript submission and grant application workflows, publishers and funders have been adding the identifiers into reviewer workflows. From this, a question arose as to how to acknowledge review activities in ORCID. To address this need, ORCID has asked CASRAI… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health announces Lippincott Advisor mobile app for hospitals and healthcare institutions - April 9, 2014
Information and point-of-care solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced the availability of a Lippincott Advisor App for institutional customers who use Lippincott Advisor, one of the leading online clinical decision-support software solutions used at the point-of-care. The new mobile application allows hospitals and other healthcare… Read More
Fair use promoted at House of Representatives copyright hearing - April 9, 2014
James G. Neal, Columbia University's university librarian and vice president for information services, served as the voice of libraries to the US House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet on April 2, 2014, when the subcommittee held a hearing on preserving and reusing copyrighted work.… Read More
CCC announces findings from UK Open Access forum - April 9, 2014
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organization, welcomed more than 30 publishers and copyright leaders to London in January for a day of industry updates, panel presentations, and roundtable discussions, as well as keynote addresses from Dominic Young, CEO of the… Read More
IOP Publishing’s new materials journal, 2D Materials, publishes inaugural issue - April 9, 2014
IOP Publishing (IOP), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Institute of Physics, has announced that its new materials journal, 2D Materials, has published its inaugural issue. Professor Vladimir Fal'ko, from the University of Lancaster, serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal. The journal recognises the… Read More
