Five new members appointed to Global Challenges Research Fund Strategic Advisory Group - November 8, 2016
Five new members have been appointed to the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Strategic Advisory Group. The new members with varied backgrounds from academia and international development have been appointed for an initial two years to provide advice and support to the GCRF. The main task for the Strategic… Read More
Ringgold and PSI partner to harness the power of linked data - November 7, 2016
Ringgold, an ISNI Registration Agency, and Publisher Solutions International, Ltd. (PSI) have signed an agreement that will enable both companies to provide services based on the power of combining Ringgold's Identify Database and PSI's IP Registry. The process is underway to map Identify and the… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - November 7, 2016
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Yoo Jung Kim (Access to Science Research for Everyone); James Georgalakis (UK research can tackle global challenges but only if we heed lessons on research impact); Michael Clarke (Working Effectively with Consultants); Lettie Y. Conrad (The Latest in Search: New… Read More
Jisc Collections and Elsevier sign agreement securing access to research publications and initiating open science collaboration - November 7, 2016
Jisc Collections and STM publisher Elsevier have signed a landmark agreement granting academics access to globally-published, high-quality research at costs lower than the industry average. In addition, Jisc Collections and Elsevier have agreed to cooperate on several Open Science opportunities, leveraging Elsevier's… Read More
Ex Libris expands its operations in Czech Republic, Hungary, and Romania - November 7, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that it is increasing its investment in the Czech, Hungarian, and Romanian markets. Having reached agreements with its local partners—Charles University, MULTIDATA Praha, and Ex-Lh—the company will now be playing a direct role with the markets in these areas.… Read More
Concordia launches the first open-access academic press in Quebec - November 7, 2016
The Concordia University Press is now accepting submissions for scholarly book proposals from across the globe as the university ventures into the digital world of publishing with its new open-access press. The university is the first in Quebec and only the third in Canada to offer… Read More
