BMJ appoints Brandy Schillace as Editor of Medical Humanities - May 18, 2017
Medical knowledge provider BMJ has appointed Brandy Schillace as the new editor of Medical Humanities. Schillace is Senior Research Associate and Public Engagement Fellow for the Dittrick Museum of Medical History, College of Arts and Sciences, at Case Western Reserve University, US. For ten years,… Read More
JSTOR and AAAS expand access to Science via JSTOR platform - May 18, 2017
JSTOR and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) have renewed their longstanding agreement to preserve and make available over 100 years of Science via the JSTOR platform. JSTOR and AAAS first began working together in 1998 when Science… Read More
ARL announces SPEC Survey webcast on Data Curation - May 18, 2017
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a series of free webcasts that present the findings from the latest SPEC surveys and allow webcast participants to discuss trends with the survey authors. A 45-minute webcast will follow the publication of each SPEC Kit in 2017.… Read More
Paula Stephan and Jeffrey Mervis to be featured keynote presenters at the Society for Scholarly Publishing 39th Annual Meeting - May 17, 2017
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has announced that its keynote speakers for the SSP 39th Annual Meeting to be held May 31-June 2 in Boston, MA, will be Paula Stephan and Jeffrey Mervis. Stephan will speak on May 31. Stephan's research interests focus on the… Read More
SAGE begins publishing the Journal of General Management - May 17, 2017
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced the addition of the Journal of General Management to its humanities and social science journal portfolio. Founded in 1970, the journal seeks to advance knowledge on the multi-disciplinary nature of management studies, publishing original theoretical and practical insights into… Read More
EBSCO Information Services certified under Privacy Shield Framework - May 17, 2017
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has self-certified under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. The Privacy Shield Framework replaces the earlier U.S.-E.U. Safe Harbor Framework that was invalidated in October of 2015. It is intended to provide a reliable mechanism for companies to transfer personal data from the… Read More
