Institutional budgets will increase by 1.4% in 2016, says PCG Library Budget Survey - May 23, 2016
Results of the 2016 Library Budget Predictions survey, research carried out annually by Ingenta's publishing consultancy arm, Publishers Communication Group (PCG), have been released, stating that institutional library budgets across the globe will increase by 1.4 percent overall this year. Despite… Read More
OASPA webinar panelists discuss attribution - May 23, 2016
Cameron Neylon from Curtin University, Michael Carroll from American University, and Ernesto Priego from the City University London recently joined OASPA for a webinar to discuss attribution in open access publishing - an important, timely issue for publishers that goes hand-in-hand with licensing. Catriona MacCallum (PLOS)… Read More
Portico announces preservation deals with SciPress and the Association for Research and Vision in Ophthalmology - May 23, 2016
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that SciPress will preserve e-journals with Portico, ensuring that they will be secure and available into the future. SciPress is a scientific publishing house located in Switzerland, near Zurich, with a strong focus on theoretical and applied physical sciences,… Read More
Ex Libris in deal with GreenData, expands operations in Spanish Market - May 23, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that it is increasing its investment in the Spanish market and has reached an agreement with its Barcelona-based partner, GreenData, that will see Ex Libris playing a direct role in the Spanish market. Under the agreement, GreenData will… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - May 23, 2016
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: SSP website (SSP and STM Collaborate to Promote the Value of Mentorship in Scholarly Communications for Early-Career Professionals); Xuan Yu (Harvest Tiny Data in Scientific Papers); Stephen Lotinga (Think academic publishers are greedy? Do your research); Thomas Leeper (Elsevier purchase… Read More
Wolters Kluwer honoured with 24 awards from the American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors for editorial and design excellence - May 20, 2016
Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point-of-care solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced that its Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) journal portfolio has won 24 awards across 18 categories, including Publication of the Year, in the American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors (ASHPE)… Read More
