Collaboration essential for the future of the academic book, reveals Academic Book of the Future report - June 23, 2017
Two major new reports demonstrate that the future of the academic book is at a crossroads with the number of new book proposals growing rapidly but sales per title continuing to fall. Researchers on the Academic Book of the Future project are recommending that academics and publishers work together to… Read More
Four Thomson Reuters solutions named finalists for SIIA CODiE Awards - June 23, 2017
Thomson Reuters has announced that four of its products are finalists for the 2017 SIIA CODiE Awards. The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Awards are the premier awards for the software and information industries, and have been recognising product excellence for over 30… Read More
Syndetics Unbound integrated with Primo and Summon - June 23, 2017
ProQuest and Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, are helping libraries improve the research experience and expand exploration by integrating ProQuest® Syndetics Unbound with the Ex Libris Primo® and Summon® discovery services. The integration with ProQuest® Syndetics Unbound, a groundbreaking online enrichment service, enables libraries to… Read More
The American Society of Plant Biologists’ flagship journals now live on HighWire Press’s JCore platform - June 23, 2017
The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) has announced that its two flagship journals, The Plant Cell and Plant Physiology, are now live on HighWire’s JCore platform. The Society will demonstrate the new sites at their upcoming Plant Biology 2017 annual meeting in Hawaii, which starts… Read More
Michael Thoennessen appointed new APS Editor-in-Chief - June 23, 2017
Nuclear physicist Michael Thoennessen has been selected to become APS Editor in Chief at the end of August 2017. Currently an Associate Director of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University (MSU) in Lansing, Michigan, and University Distinguished Professor of Physics at… Read More
Figshare and ASHA partner to enhance discoverability and reuse of research outputs - June 23, 2017
Figshare, an online digital repository for academic research, has announced a new partnership with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to showcase supplementary research outputs within the communication sciences and disorders discipline. As a professional society representing 191,500 members and affiliates who are audiologists, speech-language pathologists,… Read More
