The Surgery Journal introduces ‘Submit How You Want,’ a new, simplified submission policy for authors - August 17, 2015
The Surgery Journal (TSJ), launched in May 2015, has announced a new, simplified submission policy for authors: 'Submit How You Want.' As a reflection of TSJ's unique approach to questioning and improving established publishing models, authors who choose to submit their work to the journal will not be required… Read More
Australian ORCID Consortium Model released for comment and expressions of interest - August 17, 2015
ORCID, a researcher identifier solution which enables a wide range of improvements to the scholarly communications ecosystem, recently released an Australian ORCID Consortium Model for comment and expressions of interest. The Model was developed by the ORCID Working Group comprising representatives from Universities Australia (UA), Council… Read More
European consortium develops new approaches for dealing with Big Data - August 17, 2015
The new BigStorage project, funded by the European Union, will develop new approaches to deal with Big Data concepts over the next three years, from theoretical basic research to the development of complex infrastructures and software packages. As an Innovative Training Network (ITN) of the European… Read More
Cengage Learning, McGraw-Hill and Pearson Education sue textbook reseller - August 17, 2015
Three major education publishers - Cengage Learning, McGraw-Hill and Pearson Education - this week filed a copyright and trademark infringement suit against a US-based textbook reseller for allegedly importing and selling 'pirated' foreign editions of popular textbooks. … Read More
NISO to host in-person forum on the Future of Library Resource Discovery - August 17, 2015
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) will host a two–day meeting to take place in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 5 and 6, 2015 on The Future of Library Discovery. In February 2015, NISO published a white paper commissioned from library consultant Marshall Breeding by NISO's Discovery… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - August 17, 2015
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (What They Still Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School); Joe Wikert (How content containers can dramatically affect user experience); Michelle Norell (Beyond agile – Continuous delivery is the new frontier in fast, cost effective and lower risk… Read More
