GeoScienceWorld unveils new, fully integrated website - April 27, 2016
GeoScienceWorld (GSW) and HighWire Press, Inc. have announced the launch of GSW’s new, modern, and fully integrated website. GeoScienceWorld.org now provides a single source for affordable access to top quality Earth science content from leading society publishers including… Read More
Second Editor’s Draft of EPUB 3.1 now available for review - April 27, 2016
The EPUB 3 Working Group has announced that the second Editor's Draft of EPUB 3.1 is now available for community review. The previous Editors Draft, published in January, included some potentially controversial changes, in effect as 'trial balloons'. Based on community feedback, some of these… Read More
OpenCon 2016 to be held in Washington DC on November 12-14 - April 27, 2016
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the Right to Research Coalition have announced that OpenCon 2016 will be returning to Washington, DC on November 12-14, 2016, where it will be hosted at the American University Washington College of Law. OpenCon is more… Read More
Ulrich’s comprehensive, objective bibliographic information to improve resource discovery - April 27, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced the incorporation of Ulrich’s™ periodical data into the Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution and SFX® link resolver. Ulrich’s, ProQuest's leading source of authoritative bibliographic information, significantly enriches Primo discovery and SFX services. Ulrich's contains comprehensive information… Read More
Elsevier and Humboldt-Innovation GmbH launch Humboldt Elsevier Advanced Data & Text Centre - April 26, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier and Humboldt-Innovation GmbH, the technology transfer office of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, has announced the launch of the Humboldt Elsevier Advanced Data & Text (HEADT) Centre. The HEADT Centre brings together experts from Elsevier and researchers from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin to explore innovative ways… Read More
Altmetric launches Altmetric Badges for Books - April 26, 2016
Altmetrics data provider Altmetric has announced the launch of Altmetric Badges for Books, enabling publishers to provide an at-a-glance summary of the online attention a published book and its individual chapters have received. Now available on content that is identified by ISBN (International Standard Book… Read More
