American Geophysical Union and Atypon announce joint initiative to develop Earth and Space Science Open Archive - September 22, 2017
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) and Atypon have announced a joint initiative to develop Earth and Space Science Open Archive (ESSOAr), a community server for the open dissemination of Earth and space science preprints and rich conference presentations. Development of the server,… Read More
Clarivate Analytics uses citations to forecast Nobel Prize winners - September 21, 2017
Clarivate Analytics, the global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to accelerate the pace of innovation, has announced its 2017 Citation Laureates. Every year since 2002, analysts at Clarivate Analytics have mined millions of citations in the Web of Science to identify top-tier researchers in… Read More
Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de Montpellier joins Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées to become first French library network to select Ex Libris Alma and Primo - September 21, 2017
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de Montpellier (BIU, or Interuniversity Library of Montpellier) has chosen the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform and the Primo® discovery and delivery solution to optimise library management and discovery. Alma and Primo will replace… Read More
eLife and Collaborative Knowledge Foundation partner to deliver open-source submission and peer-review platform - September 21, 2017
eLife and the Collaborative Knowledge Foundation (Coko) have announced a partnership to build a user-driven, open-source submission and peer-review platform. eLife aims to help scientists accelerate discovery by operating a platform for research communication that encourages and recognises the most responsible behaviours in science. The… Read More
PLA, ALA and OCLC partnership support renewed ‘From Awareness to Funding’ advocacy study - September 21, 2017
The Public Library Association (PLA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), the ALA Office for Library Advocacy, and OCLC have announced a partnership to produce an update to OCLC's 2008 report, 'From Awareness to Funding: A Study of Library Support in America,' which explored… Read More
Emerald Publishing names eminent economist team to edit new journal, The Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership - September 21, 2017
Academic publisher Emerald Publishing has announced that the newly launched Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership (JPEO) will be edited by Richard B. Freeman, holder of the Herbert Ascherman Chair in Economics at Harvard University, and, Takao Kato, W.S. Schupf Professor of Economics and Far Eastern… Read More
