Proposals for 2018 OCLC/ALISE Library and Information Science Research Grant Program due by September 15 - August 29, 2017
Electronically submitted proposals for the 2018 OCLC/ALISE Library and Information Science Research Grant Program are due by midnight September 15, 2017. OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and OCLC Research, in collaboration with the Association for Library and Information Science Education… Read More
Prof. W. Art. Chaovalitwongse appointed department editor in healthcare journal - August 29, 2017
W. Art. Chaovalitwongse, professor and holder of the 21st Century Research Leadership Chair in Industrial Engineering, has been appointed as a department editor in the Health Informatics area of the IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering journal. IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering is an official journal of the… Read More
ISNI Organizations Registry announces infrastructure changes, specialized system will identify organisations in scholarly communications - August 29, 2017
The ISNI International Agency Ltd has announced changes to its infrastructure focused on providing open identifiers for organisations working in the field of scholarly communications. The ISNI Organizations Registry will enable organisations to change and correct their own records and allow the research community to identify… Read More
American Geophysical Union coalition receives grant to advance open and fair data standards in the earth and space sciences - August 29, 2017
Open, accessible, and high-quality data and related data products and software are critical to the integrity of published research. They ensure transparency and support reproducibility and are necessary for accelerating the advancement of science. In many cases, the data are one-time observations that cannot be repeated. Unfortunately, not all key… Read More
Pieter Duisenberg appointed new President of the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) - August 29, 2017
Pieter Duisenberg has been appointed as the new President of the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU). As of 1 October 2017, he will succeed Karl Dittrich who has led the VSNU since 2012 and who will now retire. The VSNU faces the challenge… Read More
Taylor & Francis Group partners with the Center for Science Communication, National Natural Science Foundation of China to share Open Access research in China - August 28, 2017
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis Group has partnered with the Center for Science Communication, National Natural Science Foundation of China to share Open Access research in China. A new Memorandum of Understanding between Taylor & Francis Group and the Center for Science Communication, National Natural Science… Read More
