BMJ appoints Mark Davies as new Non-Executive Director - May 8, 2017
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has announced the appointment of a new non-executive director to the company's board. Mark Davies has been a GP in West Yorkshire for over 20 years. He also held a number of clinical leadership roles at the Department of Health, Cabinet… Read More
Educational publishers show WIPO delegates how copyright enables vital teaching innovations - May 8, 2017
Educational publishers from around the world showed delegates at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) how copyright has enabled them to invest in the digital technology that is shaping the future of school-age learning. Invited by the International Publishers Association (IPA), the Federation of European… Read More
CARL and OCUL in deal to enhance data management and digital preservation in Canada - May 5, 2017
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) have signed an agreement to work together to identify and advance regional and national issues relating to the data discovery, management and digital preservation needs of the… Read More
ProQuest and InfoReady simplify grant workflow - May 5, 2017
ProQuest and technology company InfoReady Corporation are enabling research administrators to save time and improve the accuracy of grant application management by integrating the functionality of the ProQuest Pivot® solution and InfoReady's InfoReady Review™ platform. The combination creates one seamless workflow from funding opportunity discovery to… Read More
CCC’s RightsLink for Open Access Roundtable explores the future of OA - May 5, 2017
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global content management, copyright licensing, discovery and delivery solutions provider, recently brought together a panel of global leaders to share perspectives, challenges and stakeholder requirements around the payment, management and reporting of Article Processing Charges (APCs) and related author payments.… Read More
USMAI Library Consortium selects OCLC SCS to manage print collections - May 5, 2017
Nonprofit global library cooperative OCLC has announced that the University System of Maryland & Affiliated Institutions (USMAI) Library Consortium has selected the OCLC Sustainable Collection Services to analyse and inform decision-making about managing print collections among its member libraries. The USMAI Library Consortium comprises 17 college… Read More
