Jisc, Wellcome Trust welcome UK funding bodies’ open access policy - April 1, 2014
Jisc has welcomed the announcement by Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), the Scottish Funding Council, the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales and the Department for Employment and Learning that from 2016 they will expect all articles submitted to the Research Excellence Framework (REF),… Read More
Updated white paper for publishers ‘Selling to Academic and Corporate Libraries in Latin America’ now available for download - April 1, 2014
Publishers attempting to sell to Latin American libraries face very different challenges to those selling within Europe and North America. These emerging markets require different sales and marketing techniques in order to be successful. An updated white paper for publishers entitled, "Selling to Academic and Corporate Libraries in Latin America,"… Read More
Frontiers launches two new OA journals – Frontiers in Medicine and Frontiers in Surgery - April 1, 2014
Open-access publisher and research network Frontiers, part of Nature Publishing Group family, has announced the launch of two new community-driven journals - Frontiers in Medicine and Frontiers in Surgery. Both titles will keep in line with Frontiers' open-access philosophy and make the latest medical and surgical… Read More
Universidad Autónoma de Occidente in Colombia selects EBSCO Discovery Service - April 1, 2014
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente has chosen EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) as its discovery tool. The library was looking for something easy to use but sophisticated enough to provide quality results. After evaluating other discovery services,… Read More
Karger Publishers unveils ‘Open Access Gateway’ – an information center with a fast and easy search tool for biomedical publications - April 1, 2014
Biomedical publisher Karger Publishers, Switzerland, has launched its Open Access Gateway, an online platform that puts everything users need in Open Access, from an expansive database of free biomedical articles to information about publishing Open Access articles, at their fingertips. The searchable Gateway has been… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. announces ‘Author Appreciation Month’ with fully open content through April 13 - April 1, 2014
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers has designated April "Author Appreciation Month" to showcase the stellar work of its authors and increase the discoverability and readership of scholarly articles. The company will be announcing a number of special initiatives throughout the month of April that… Read More
