Figshare joins Digital Preservation Network, ensures survival, ownership and management of research data into the future - January 21, 2016
The Digital Preservation Network (DPN), a membership organization that is sponsored by Internet2, has announced that its portfolio company Figshare is the first research data repository to join the DPN Federation. DPN claims to be the only large-scale digital preservation service… Read More
Research Solutions and Third Iron announce initial integration between Article Galaxy and BrowZine Web Edition - January 21, 2016
Research Solutions, Inc., a pioneer in providing on-demand access to scientific, technical and medical (STM) information for research-intensive organisations, and Third Iron, an information technology company developing innovative services that benefit libraries and their users, have announced their initial integration between Article Galaxy® from Reprints Desk… Read More
Atypon becomes newest member of coalition for web-based scholarly knowledge sharing - January 21, 2016
Atypon has been invited to join 'Annotating All Knowledge,' a coalition that includes some of the world's key scholarly publishers, software platforms, libraries, and technology organisations. The coalition's goal is to link the research of all scholarly publishers and allow scholars and researchers to comment… Read More
Wiley survey examines how best to support peer reviewers - January 20, 2016
The results of a recent survey to appear in Learned Publishing highlight how the peer review process - when research is evaluated by experts before it is published - might be improved to better support reviewers who lend their time and expertise. Key findings from the study include the need… Read More
Elsevier teams up with Load2Learn to provide access to its titles in accessible formats - January 20, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has teamed up with Load2Learn, a web-based service delivered by RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People), to offer access to its titles in accessible formats. Students with sight loss or dyslexia can now access a wider range of titles from the free… Read More
SAGE and the European Stroke Organisation launch the European Stroke Journal - January 20, 2016
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of the European Stroke Journal (ESJ), the flagship journal of the European Stroke Organisation (ESO). The first issue is to be published in March 2016. A professional non-profit organisation, the ESO has over 1,400 individual members, and affiliations… Read More
