Springer and Baden-Wuerttemberg Consortium sign agreement for access to 1,917 Springer e- journals - October 23, 2014
Starting January 2015, researchers, faculty members and students affiliated with colleges and universities in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg will have convenient access to 1,917 electronic journals published by Springer. The license will continue through the end of 2017. Furthermore, the state has purchased permanent… Read More
Kudos and Thomson Reuters partner to add citation data to author dashboards - October 23, 2014
Kudos, which helps researchers and institutions maximise the impact and visibility of their publications, has announced a partnership with Thomson Reuters through which Kudos author dashboards will be augmented with citation data from Web of Science, the premier web-based platform for scientific search and discovery and… Read More
Nature Publishing Group joins OASPA - October 23, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has joined the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), a trade association which represents the interests of open access publishers in all academic disciplines. NPG publishes 73 journals with an open access option, and 38 percent of the research… Read More
Webinar on Libraries, Researchers and ORCID scheduled for October 30 - October 23, 2014
The Open Research and Contributor ID (ORCID) has announced a forthcoming webinar on Libraries, Researchers and ORCID. This webinar will explore the ways that libraries can support researchers in creating and using their ORCID iDs. The webinar will be held on October 30th, at 0800 (New… Read More
Unbound Medicine releases Ebola Guidelines, a new resource available as part of the free Relief Central mobile app - October 23, 2014
Unbound Medicine, a US-based provider of knowledge management solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced the release of Ebola Guidelines, a new resource available as part of the free Relief Central mobile app. Ebola Guidelines consolidates and organises the latest diagnosis, management, and prevention recommendations… Read More
Frontiers unveils new OA journal – Frontiers in ICT - October 23, 2014
Swiss open-access publisher Frontiers, part of the Nature Publishing Group family, has announced the launch of Frontiers in ICT, an international, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed open-access journal that brings all specialisms across information and communications technologies together on a single platform. From big data to digital health… Read More
