Berghahn Books joins ACCUCOMS’ Aggregagent - September 27, 2017
ACCUCOMS, an independent provider of services to academic and professional publishers, and Berghahn Books have signed an agreement for the inclusion of Berghahn journals in ACCUCOMS’ Aggregagent. The agreement encompasses eighteen journals in the fields of cultural studies and politics, which will be added to Aggregagent… Read More
Taylor & Francis Group acquires Dove Medical Press - September 26, 2017
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis Group has acquired the Open Access (OA) publisher, Dove Medical Press. The acquisition signals Taylor & Francis Group's ongoing commitment to developing both its Medical Journal and OA programs. Dove Medical Press publishes primarily in the Health… Read More
LIBER signs open letter calling for revised Text and Data Mining (TDM) exception - September 26, 2017
Twenty organisations, including LIBER, have signed an open letter to European lawmakers calling for changes to a proposed Text and Data Mining exception. Coordinated by the European Alliance for Research Excellence, the letter asks Members of the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) in the European Parliament… Read More
NISO releases Issues in Vocabulary Management Technical Report - September 26, 2017
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the publication of a new Technical Report, NISO TR-06-2017, Issues in Vocabulary Management. This document is one outcome of the NISO Bibliographic Roadmap Development Project, which was conducted in 2013-14 with funding from the… Read More
DataSalon launches new data quality service – DataSalon DQ - September 26, 2017
Customer insight solutions provider DataSalon has launched a new data quality service, aimed directly at the needs of scholarly publishers. DataSalon DQ is a fully-hosted data quality solution, providing a flexible toolkit for analysing and improving the quality and accuracy of any data set. Improvements… Read More
Nominations sought for ALCTS 2018 HARRASSOWITZ Award for Leadership in Library Acquisitions - September 26, 2017
Nominations are being accepted for the 2018 Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) awards for professional achievement, including the HARRASSOWITZ Award for Leadership in Library Acquisitions. The deadline for nominations and supporting materials is December 1, 2017. Presented by the Acquisitions Section for… Read More
