NISO receives two grants to undertake creation of a framework on data and privacy - January 8, 2016
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has received two grants to develop a consensus framework for mitigating and managing the privacy risks related to the collection, preservation, sharing, use, and re-use of research data sets. The grants from both the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the… Read More
Ex Libris announces Linked Data collaboration program - January 8, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest® company, has formed a program to help Ex Libris harness Linked Data technology in its resource management and discovery solutions. Institutions that have already joined the program include Boston College and University of Oklahoma in the US; University of Manitoba in Canada;… Read More
Springer Nature hits milestone of 200,000 ORCID identifiers - January 7, 2016
Springer Nature, a global research, educational and professional publisher, has reached an important new milestone, with over 200,000 ORCID identifiers in use for journal articles as of January 1, 2016. This follows November's announcement that Springer Nature will be the first publisher… Read More
HarvardX launches new MOOC featuring content from Elsevier’s high profile medical journals - January 7, 2016
HarvardX, a Harvard University-wide strategic initiative, has launched a new MOOC featuring content from several of Elsevier's high profile medical journals in response to the report of the Harvard-LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola by the World Health Organization.… Read More
Wolters Kluwer to publish Rehabilitation Oncology journal - January 7, 2016
Rehabilitation Oncology, the official journal of the Oncology Section of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), has commenced a publishing partnership with Wolters Kluwer with the January 2016 issue. The journal becomes the seventh APTA section journal to be published by Wolters… Read More
ASME’ new journal to focus on clean energy - January 7, 2016
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has announced the February 2016 launch of a new Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage. The journal will focus on a cleaner future through batteries, fuel cells and other energy conversion and storage technologies. A publication of… Read More
