Digital Science and Katalysis launch pilot project to test blockchain technologies - March 7, 2018
Technology company Digital Science and Katalysis, a startup based in Amsterdam, have announced the launch of a pilot project to test blockchain technologies to support the peer review process. They are joined in this pilot project by founding partner Springer Nature. The problems of research… Read More
De Gruyter to publish Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal - March 7, 2018
Academic publisher De Gruyter and MittUniversitetet, the Mid Sweden University (MiUn), will collaborate to publish the Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal (NPPRJ). The journal was until now self-published by MiUn in co-operation with 9 other universities in Sweden, Finland and Norway. The new cooperation starts… Read More
Wiener Neustadt libraries are first in Austria to go live with OCLC WorldShare Management Services - March 7, 2018
Wiener Neustadt University of Applied Sciences and the Public Library Wiener Neustadt are the first libraries in Austria to go live with OCLC's cloud-based WorldShare Management Services. WorldShare Management Services (WMS) is the cloud-based library services platform that provides all of the applications needed to… Read More
Frontiers to host second Data Services Workshop on April 24, 2018 - March 7, 2018
Frontiers will host its second Data Services Workshop, to be held on April 24, 2018 at the Hotel Renaissance in Brussels. The meeting is organised in collaboration with the EU Horizon 2020 projects OpenMinTed and OpenUp, in which Frontiers is a full partner, and SwissCore, the… Read More
APHA announces free access to firearms research published in the American Journal of Public Health - March 7, 2018
The American Public Health Association has announced that research papers, commentaries and analytic essays on public health and firearms published in the American Journal of Public Health are now available to all free of charge, with no subscription required to access the research, data and findings.… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health to acquire Firecracker - March 6, 2018
Wolters Kluwer Health has signed an agreement to acquire Firecracker, an adaptive learning, assessment, and study-planning solution used by more than 20 percent of U.S. medical students. Firecracker will become part of the Health Learning, Research & Practice group, which produces high quality medical education and… Read More
