JAMA Network set to launch new online general medical journal – JAMA Network Open - October 5, 2017
The JAMA Network will launch a new online general medical journal, JAMA Network Open, in early 2018. The new journal will publish peer-reviewed, fully open-access clinical research across all medical disciplines. 'Open access' is free, immediate, online availability of research articles that permits others to access,… Read More
Knowledge Unlatched to open up its central platform for the funding of Open Access models - October 5, 2017
Knowledge Unlatched (KU) has announced its transformation into a central Open Access (OA) platform. Through this platform, KU will support publishers and OA initiatives by managing the funding processes for their OA models. It will also provide libraries and funders all over the world with one… Read More
Dragonfly Sales and Marketing Consulting and Login Canada announce new sales representation agreement - October 5, 2017
Dragonfly Sales and Marketing Consulting and Login Canada, both providers of sales and marketing services for publishers, have announced a new agreement for sales representation for the Independent Scholarly Publishers Group, (ISPG), University of California Press, Berghahn Journals, and MIT Sloan Management Review in Canada. Representation… Read More
BMJ launches new open access science journal – BMJ Open Science - October 4, 2017
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has launched BMJ Open Science – a journal applying open science principles to preclinical and basic research. The journal has open access, open peer review, and has an open data policy. BMJ Open Science has a clear focus on methodological rigour with… Read More
Atypon’s online publishing platform Literatum to house The ACM Digital Library - October 4, 2017
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world's largest computing society, has selected Atypon's online publishing platform, Literatum, to house The ACM Digital Library (ACM DL). The ACM DL is the official guide to computer science research and literature, comprising not… Read More
Ex Libris becomes first in the industry to achieve ISO 22301 certification for business continuity management - October 4, 2017
Ex Libris® Group, a ProQuest company, has announced that the company is the first in the library industry to achieve ISO 22301:2012 certification. ISO 22301:2012 is the first international standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that focuses exclusively on business continuity management (BCM).… Read More
