Ex Libris Alma certified for shared cataloguing with Italian National Library Service network - June 29, 2017
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced that the Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico delle biblioteche italiane e per le informazioni bibliografiche (Central Institute for the Union Catalogue of Italian Libraries and for Bibliographic Information), or ICCU, has certified the Ex Libris Alma® library services… Read More
EDP Sciences launches new multi- and inter-disciplinary OA journal – 4open - June 29, 2017
EDP Sciences has announced the launch of a new multi- and inter-disciplinary Open Access journal: 4open. 4open promotes excellence and rigour in academic scholarship, disseminating high quality, original research in all subjects across the STEM domain. The journal has resolute commitments to academic excellence and… Read More
IAEA and SCOAP3 partner to promote open access to particle physics journals - June 29, 2017
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently signed a partnership with the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) as a result of which researchers from around the world will soon have increased free access to a wealth of… Read More
Reaxys accesses MilliporeSigma’s vast chemistry portfolio for seamless customer experience - June 28, 2017
Elsevier, the information analytics company specialising in science and health, has announced a new partnership with MilliporeSigma, the life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, to integrate its chemical products into Reaxys, Elsevier's premier chemistry database. Users of Reaxys will be able to access an… Read More
Daniel Ropers to succeed Derk Haank as CEO of Springer Nature - June 28, 2017
Derk Haank, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Springer Nature, will retire from his role as CEO by the end of 2017. Derk will be succeeded by Daniel Ropers, currently CEO of bol.com, who will join Springer Nature on October 1 and work with Derk until December to… Read More
Call for entries for the second Global Illustration Award at Frankfurter Buchmesse - June 28, 2017
The Frankfurter Buchmesse has announced the second Global Illustration Award (GIA), organised in conjunction with the International Information Content Industry Association (ICIA). Designed to attract entries from around the world, the competition will be operated exclusively by IlluSalon, a global illustration resource platform based in Asia.… Read More