EBSCO Information Services to fund EBSCO FOLIO Innovation Challenge - March 6, 2017
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is introducing the EBSCO FOLIO Innovation Challenge. The grant program will award $100,000 in grants to libraries to develop innovative technology solutions that address the challenges academic libraries face. A total of $100,000 will be awarded to multiple institutions—grants between $5,000… Read More
Digital Science, Overleaf and Altmetric at The London Book Fair - March 6, 2017
The London Book Fair (LBF) is an annual event that acts as a meeting point for publishers and distributors from a wide range of industries including print, audio, TV, film and digital. LBF sees more than 25,000 publishing professionals arrive in London for the event and… Read More
Scholarly Societies renew agreements with HighWire Press - March 6, 2017
Scholarly publishing company HighWire Press has announced that several publisher clients recently signed multi-year agreements, ahead of schedule, to continue to use HighWire's open journal platform solutions (H20, JCore) and the BenchPress manuscript submission and peer-review tracking system. The renewing organisations are: The American Society for… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - March 6, 2017
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: ProQuest Blog (What Scholarly Journals Are Researchers Importing Most?); David Crotty (Predatory Publishing as a Rational Response to Poorly Governed Academic Incentives); Julia Franz (Should artificial intelligence be used in science publishing?); Neil Wilson (Metadata is the key to collaboration… Read More
Elsevier publishes Practical Handbook to support Palliative Radiation Oncology - March 3, 2017
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of Handbook of Supportive and Palliative Radiation Oncology by Monica Krishnan, Margarita Racsa and Hsiang-Hsuan Michael Yu. A practical tool and rapid reference for radiation oncology practitioners in direct patient care, the book covers the most recent advances in… Read More
ProQuest appoints Robert VanHees Chief Financial Officer - March 3, 2017
ProQuest has announced the appointment of Robert VanHees as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, overseeing the company’s financial functions, including financial operations, accounting, procurement, treasury, taxation and investor relations. VanHees joins ProQuest from JLL Partners, a private equity firm, where he was an… Read More
