JDR Clinical & Translational Research wins PROSE Award for ‘Best New Journal in Biological and Life Sciences - February 16, 2018
The International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) have announced that IADR/AADR's latest journal, the JDR Clinical & Translational Research (JDR CTR), has won the PROSE Award for the 'Best New Journal in Biological and Life Sciences.' The PROSE Awards, given annually by the… Read More
Overleaf and The University of New South Wales partnership to provide UNSW students and faculty with Overleaf Pro+Teach accounts - February 16, 2018
Overleaf has announced a partnership with The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) to provide all UNSW students, faculty and staff with Overleaf Pro+Teach accounts. The UNSW Library is providing the UNSW community with innovative scholarly authorship technology via premium Overleaf accounts and a… Read More
Holiday Notice - February 16, 2018
This is to inform our esteemed subscribers that there will be no newsletter dispatch on February 19, 2018 on account of President day. We will resume our newsletter service on Tuesday, February 20, 2018. The newsletter will contain all the headlines that have appeared after the February 16th issue.
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing call for evidence on how to maintain a world-leading publishing sector - February 16, 2018
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Publishing has called for evidence into how to maintain a world-leading publishing sector in the UK. The publishing industry generates up to £7.8bn gross value added (GVA) for the wider economy and supports more than 70,000 jobs directly and indirectly. It is also… Read More
CARL releases new brief on the increasingly alarming situation of escalating subscription costs for international journals - February 16, 2018
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has released a new brief entitled Responding to Unsustainable Journal Costs, which addresses the increasingly alarming situation of escalating subscription costs for international journals. Authored by CARL Research Associate Kathleen Shearer, with input from the Canadian Research Knowledge… Read More
Libraries reject Taylor & Francis’ new policy of locking content - February 16, 2018
More than hundred and ten libraries have signed an open letter to Taylor & Francis rejecting their new policy of locking content more than 20 years old behind a 'moving wall'. This means that academic research which was previously available to universities as part of… Read More
