European University Association publishes ‘Roadmap on Open Access to Research Publications’ - February 8, 2016
European University Association (EUA) has published its 'Roadmap on Open Access to Research Publications' after an endorsement from the EUA Council at its meeting on January 29, 2016. The main objective of the roadmap is to assist universities in the transition to Open Access (OA). More… Read More
New publishing platform to improve reproducibility of preclinical research - February 8, 2016
Championed by Amgen's Senior Vice President for Research, Sasha Kamb, and former Editor-in-Chief of Science and F1000Research International Advisory Board member Bruce Alberts (University of California, San Francisco), the Preclinical Reproducibility and Robustness channel is open for everyone to publish and discuss confirmatory or non-confirmatory scientific… Read More
SHARE initiative to host preconference workshop and curate-a-thon at FORCE2016 Conference - February 8, 2016
The SHARE initiative is offering a preconference workshop and curate-a-thon on April 17 in Portland, Oregon, at the FORCE2016 Conference organised by FORCE11, which aims to improve knowledge creation and sharing by encouraging better use of new technologies. SHARE is building… Read More
National Library of Medicine unveils MedPix, a free online medical image database - February 8, 2016
The National Library of Medicine has announced the launch of MedPix®, a free online medical image database originally developed by the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Informatics at the Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. The URL is https://medpix.nlm.nih.gov/. The foundation… Read More
Ingram Content Group announces leadership change - February 8, 2016
Ingram Content Group has named Pep Carrera as Chief Operating Officer of VitalSource Technologies Inc., Ingram's leading educational platform company. Carrera will transition into this role from his current position as Chief Information Officer at Ingram. Kent Freeman, currently VitalSource's COO, will move into a newly… Read More
ICIS launches Data Express, introduces two new data delivery options - February 8, 2016
ICIS, a trusted source of market intelligence for global chemical, energy and fertilizer markets, has enhanced its market intelligence delivery platforms with a new service, Data Express, which offers two options to make downloading and organising data easier for customers. Subscribers to ICIS can now… Read More
