EDP Sciences to use CCC’s RightsLink® for Open Access to streamline entire author fee transaction process - October 14, 2015
International STM society publisher EDP Sciences has chosen to manage Article Processing Charges (APCs) for its Open Access publications by using the RightsLink® for Open Access platform from Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organisation. RightsLink… Read More
Higher Education Academy and Taylor & Francis announce journal publishing partnership - October 14, 2015
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis and the Higher Education Academy (HEA) have announced a new journal publishing partnership. Under the deal, Taylor & Francis will publish the journal, Higher Education Pedagogies. Edited by Professor Carol Evans of the University of Southampton, and sponsored by the… Read More
University of Miami selects Ex Libris Alma and Primo to unify resource management and discovery services - October 14, 2015
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris® Group has announced that the University of Miami (UM) has selected Ex Libris Alma for resource management and Ex Libris Primo for resource discovery and delivery. The University libraries are migrating from three independent Innovative Interfaces Millennium integrated library systems… Read More
AAUP receives planning grant to explore new discovery-and-delivery platform for scholarly books - October 14, 2015
The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) has received a planning grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the exploration of a university press platform for discovery and delivery of longform scholarship. With the working name UPScope, the discovery and delivery platform would… Read More
Elsevier launches online subscription service for Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary - October 13, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has launched a new subscription service, DorlandsOnline.com, to offer online access to Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary for both individual purchase and organisational licensing. An alternative to the print version, DorlandsOnline.com is based on the latest… Read More
ProQuest adds ORCID to its Dissertations and Theses database - October 13, 2015
The ProQuest Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) Administrator, a submission and review platform, now enables dissertations and theses authors to add or create an Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) when they submit their work. ORCID is a community-driven initiative that allows… Read More
