IFLA Journal appoints Steve Witt as new editor - August 11, 2014
The IFLA Journal has announced the appointment of Steve Witt as the new Editor. Steve will take over editorial responsibilities from Stephen Parker from Volume 41, Issue 1. Steve brings to this role experience in editing an open access journal, extensive experience as an author,… Read More
ARL joins 60 other organisations opposing STM model licenses, recommends Creative Commons as alternative - August 8, 2014
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) along with almost 60 other organisations joined in a letter opposing model licenses recently released by the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM). The letter's signatories are calling for STM to recommend to its member publishers that… Read More
EMA draft policy update on access to EudraVigilance database seeks right to censor scientific work that uses the data - August 8, 2014
The European Medicines Agency (EMA), earlier this week, released a draft policy update on access to the data from the EudraVigilance database, which seems to imply they want the right to censor scientific work that uses the data. Managed by the EMA, EudraVigilance is the… Read More
Content from BioOne Complete to be enhanced and indexed across ReadCube’s platform - August 8, 2014
BioOne, a publisher of scientific research, will partner with ReadCube, a Boston-based publishing technology company, to enhance the content from its online aggregation BioOne Complete. Leveraging ReadCube's Discover service, titles from BioOne's society and institutional partner publishers will be fully enhanced and discoverable across ReadCube's platform.… Read More
EDP Sciences set to host and distribute its journals, previously managed by Cambridge University Press - August 8, 2014
EDP Sciences, a learned-society owned publisher, has announced that hosting and distribution of sixteen of its journals, previously managed by Cambridge University Press, will transition to EDP Sciences for direct management from 2015 onwards. EDP Sciences is located in Paris and London, with a growing… Read More
HighWire appoints Abhinav Mittal as Vice President of Engineering - August 8, 2014
HighWire Press, a technology service provider to influential scholarly publishers, has announced the appointment of Abhinav Mittal as Vice President of Engineering. Abhinav is an energetic, hands-on technical leader with a passion for encouraging collaboration and building teams that deliver outstanding products and services to customers.… Read More
