Leiden University becomes 500th institution to select Ex Libris Alma - July 8, 2015
Ex Libris® Group, a global provider of cloud-based solutions for higher education, has announced that Leiden University has selected the Ex Libris Alma® unified resource management service. The University's choice was based on the comprehensive approach of Alma, which will help improve… Read More
HARRASSOWITZ accepting applications for 2015 Charleston Conference Scholarship - July 8, 2015
HARRASSOWITZ, international booksellers and subscription agents, is offering a $1,000 scholarship to attend the Annual Charleston Conference, scheduled for November 4-7, 2015 in Charleston, SC. The scholarship will be awarded to a librarian or paraprofessional who is currently working in a library and who has not… Read More
Oxford University Press and the European Society of Cardiology launch European Heart Journal – Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes - July 7, 2015
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) have announced the launch of European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes (EHJQCCO), the first issue of which was published on July 2. EHJQCCO is the eleventh ESC journal, which… Read More
Cambridge University Press launches new Open Access subscription policy to prevent double-dipping - July 7, 2015
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press is launching a new policy to prevent charging both authors and subscribers for Open Access journal content (so-called double-dipping). The new policy discounts 2016 subscription prices for journals that have received Open Access (OA) Article Processing Charges (APCs) from authors… Read More
Universities in the Netherlands may ask their researchers to resign from editorial positions with Elsevier journals in open access row - July 7, 2015
Universities in the Netherlands are reportedly preparing to ask their researchers to resign from editorial positions with Elsevier journals amid deadlock over a new subscription deal with the publisher. The universities have been in dispute with the Amsterdam-based publisher since late last year after they… Read More
Dove Medical Press and The Charlesworth Group partner to expand publishing services in China - July 7, 2015
Open access publisher Dove Medical Press and The Charlesworth Group have announced the collaborative launch of a Chinese-language website to better serve Dove's authors and users in China. The website is now live at www.dovepress.com.cn and integrates with… Read More
