‘Research Without Borders’ panel to discuss open access in the Americas - April 7, 2014
"Research Without Borders: Open Access in the Americas", the final event of the academic year in the Research Without Borders panel discussion series will take place from 3pm -5pm on April 29, 2014 in Presidential Rooms 2 & 3 of Columbia's Faculty House. It is free and open to the… Read More
Emerald offers free access to a special journal issue highlighting library innovation - April 7, 2014
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing, UK, is offering free access to a special issue from its LIS journal, Library High Tech: 'Smart space technology innovations' until April 19th as part of the National Library Week celebration. As the physical space of the library continues to change, this special issue… Read More
Accelrys speeds life science decisions with next-generation Insight - April 7, 2014
Accelrys, Inc., a provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software and solutions, has announced the latest releases of Accelrys Insight and Accelrys Insight for Excel. The new release of Accelrys Insight for Excel enhances scientific data analysis with important new capabilities including the ability to run database searches directly from… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 7, 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
Authors Guild appeals to US court to reinstate case against Google and its book digitisation project - April 7, 2014
The Authors Guild asked a federal appeals court on April 11th to reinstate its lawsuit contending that the Internet giant is violating copyright laws with its massive book digitisation project. According to the Guild, Google Inc. is stealing business from online book retailers. The Guild filed papers with the 2nd… Read More
ORCID user interface now available in Korean - April 7, 2014
ORCID, a non-profit organisation that provides an open registry of unique identifiers for researchers, has announced that in 2014 it will be expanding the number of languages supported. ORCID user interface will now be available in Korean also. The translation of the ORCID user interface was… Read More
