Hearst Magazines promotes Thomas Ghareeb to Vice President and Controller - December 30, 2014
Hearst Magazines has announced that Thomas Ghareeb has been appointed vice president and controller, replacing Fred Hanft, who is retiring after more than four decades of dedicated service to the company. Ghareeb, starting in his new role on January 1, will oversee the accounting, budget, forecast,… Read More
OpenAIRE2020 assures open access to H2020 results for all - December 29, 2014
Starting in January 2015, OpenAIRE2020 will monitor H2020 research outputs and help to spread H2020's scientific publications. Over the years, OpenAIRE has become an essential component of EU research. The collaborative network has identified over 100 000 FP7 publications and has made them openly accessible… Read More
ARL releases Shared Print Programs, SPEC Kit 345 - December 29, 2014
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released Shared Print Programs, SPEC Kit 345, which explores the extent of ARL member libraries' participation in concerted efforts among groups of libraries to collaboratively collect or retain print collections and provide access to them. The SPEC Kit… Read More
UNESCO unveils Open Access Curricula for Researchers and Librarians - December 29, 2014
Within the overall framework of UNESCO Strategy on Open Access to scientific information and research and to take forward UNESCO's leadership role in diffusing knowledge amongst its Member States, UNESCO has developed a set of manuals to facilitate capacity building of library and information professionals and… Read More
Meridian to implement Cerner HealtheIntent-based solutions across over 100 new jersey facilities - December 29, 2014
Meridian Health, a leading not-for-profit health organization in New Jersey, will join Cerner Corp. to help manage patient population health data from multiple non-Cerner acute and ambulatory Electronic Health Records (EHRs). Meridian will use HealtheIntent™-based solutions, to help evolve from a… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - December 29, 2014
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: David Shultz (Does journal peer review miss best and brightest?); Hontas Farmer (The Guard Dog. Who Keeps Watch for Fraudulent and Predatory Open Access Journals?); Jason Schmitt (Academic Journals: The Most Profitable Obsolete Technology in History); and Patrick Dunleavy (Shorter,… Read More
