Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - July 24, 2017
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: David Smith (Have We Been Hacked By Sci-Hub?); Casey Pickering (3 Steps to Turn Analytics into Actionable Insights); Roger C. Schonfeld (Defining a New Content Type: The Exploratory Resource); Hyoungjoo Park and Dietmar Wolfram (Formalised data citation practices would encourage… Read More
Elsevier announces publication of Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies - July 21, 2017
Elsevier, the information analytics company specialising in science and health, has announced a new major reference work, the Encyclopedia of Sustainable Technologies, by Martin Abraham. It is the first multi-volume reference to employ both Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and Triple Bottom Line (TBL) approaches in assessing… Read More
ProQuest Academic Complete expands access to Wiley content - July 21, 2017
The ProQuest Academic Complete ebook subscription database has expanded access to premier ebooks from Wiley. Under a new five-year agreement, Wiley will make an additional 4,000 ebooks available via Academic Complete and its 10 single-subject subscriptions. Wiley and ProQuest have long partnered to offer researchers unlimited,… Read More
Taylor & Francis announces publishing agreement with National Recreation and Park Association - July 21, 2017
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis has announced a publishing agreement with the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA). With this agreement, Taylor & Francis will publish and distribute NRPA's Journal of Leisure Research (JLR) and SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies & Recreation Education, under its… Read More
EBSCO Information Services hires Wendy Evans as Library Technical Services Specialist - July 21, 2017
GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO (GOBI Library Solutions), a division of EBSCO Information Services, has expanded its Library Technical Services Team, hiring Wendy Evans as Library Technical Services Specialist. In her new role, Evans will advise and support libraries, as well as… Read More
ScienceOpen recognised by ORCID as part of Collect and Connect program - July 21, 2017
ORCID have recognised the discovery and networking platform ScienceOpen for leadership in integrating their services as part of their Collect and Connect program. Under ORCID's mantra of 'Enter once, reuse often,' Collect and Connect is designed for member organisations to collect,… Read More