Library groups partner to create ORCID US community - February 2, 2018
LYRASIS has announced a partnership with the NorthEast Research Libraries, the Greater Western Library Alliance, and the Big Ten Academic Alliance to create a US community to support ORCID, a non-profit organisation based in Bethesda, Maryland. ORCID provides a unique persistent digital… Read More
Springer Nature unveils enhanced Metadata Downloader to replace the current MARC downloader - February 1, 2018
Springer Nature has launched an enhanced Metadata Downloader which will replace the current MARC downloader. This improved web tool provides librarians and library cataloguers with easily downloadable metadata updates which can be embedded into library catalogues, as well as title lists for a library's licensed content.… Read More
Elsevier selects six biotech and pharma start-ups to The Hive - February 1, 2018
Elsevier, the global information analytics business specialising in science and health, has announced that six start-up companies have been selected from more than 150 global applicants for The Hive, Elsevier's innovation initiative for biotech and pharmaceutical start-ups. Exscientia, LegoChem Biosciences, 4P-Pharma, Beacon Discovery, Sigilon Therapeutics,… Read More
AAAS announces first journal in new Science Partner Journal program - February 1, 2018
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the non-profit publisher of the Science family of journals, has announced that the first journal in its Science Partner Journal program will be Research, the official journal of the China Association for Science… Read More
SAGE announces publishing partnership with Australasian Evaluation Society - February 1, 2018
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing will begin publishing Evaluation Journal of Australasia (EJA), on behalf of the Australasian Evaluation Society (AES). The first SAGE published issue will be in March 2018. Since 1987 EJA's primary aim has been the dissemination of both current research and innovative… Read More
EBSCO Health clinical resources named 2018 Best in KLAS for clinical decision support - February 1, 2018
Two EBSCO Health clinical resources were named among the top performing point-of-care reference tools in the 2018 Best in KLAS: Software and Services report. KLAS, a research firm that specialises in monitoring and reporting the performance of healthcare vendors, found that Nursing Reference Center Plus™ and… Read More
