Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - December 22, 2014
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Jill O'Neill (Doing Better With Open Access Advocacy); Lorraine Estelle (Unravelling the true cost of publishing in open access); Ben Allanach (Ben Allanach, On Open Access); Joseph Esposito (Getting the University Presses Back in the Game); and Zoë Sheppard, Vanora… Read More
University of Alberta Libraries opens access to published research in Canada - December 19, 2014
University of Alberta Libraries is offering its open access e-journal hosting services to any Canadian scholarly journal, effective immediately. U of A Libraries already hosts more than 30 scholarly journals using Open Journal Systems software. It has offered the free service for eight years, but… Read More
Chemical & Engineering News wins four 2014 Eddie and Ozzie Awards for digital and print products - December 19, 2014
Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society (ACS), has won four 2014 Eddie & Ozzie Awards for its affiliated website and video work. The awards, given annually by the media company Folio:, honour the best design and editorial products… Read More
Welsh Consortium selects Ex Libris solutions for shared library management and discovery - December 19, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that WHELF - a consortium of all the Welsh University Libraries, as well as the National Library of Wales and the Welsh NHS Libraries - has selected the Ex Libris Alma unified resource management service and the… Read More
Publishing Technology ends 2014 on a high with 10 percent rise in ingentaconnect publishers - December 19, 2014
Content solutions provider Publishing Technology has ended this year on a high by announcing one of its most significant achievements - a 10 per cent rise in the number of publishers choosing to host their publications on its ingentaconnect platform. The Company signed new deals… Read More
Jisc announces two new representatives to its board of trustees - December 19, 2014
Jisc has announced two new representatives to its board of trustees, who will help determine strategic direction and priorities to reflect the present and future needs of UK education and research. Professor Mark E. Smith, Vice-chancellor of Lancaster University, and Dr Ken Thomson, the principal of… Read More
