Emerald Publishing and The Beyster Foundation for Enterprise Development launch annual award programme - March 26, 2018
Academic publisher Emerald Publishing, along with The Beyster Foundation for Enterprise Development (BFED) - a development to support research, education and services that advance innovation, entrepreneurship and broad-based ownership, has announced the launch of an annual award programme for excellence in research published in the new… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - March 26, 2018
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Robert Harington (Openness and The Two Cultures); EBSCOpost Blog (Weighing the Benefits of Library Vendors Versus Online Retailers); Kate Williams and Jonathan Grant (A brief history of research impact: how has impact assessment evolved in the UK and Australia?); Andy… Read More
Digital delivery breathes new life into professional books and scholarly monographs, says new Simba report - March 23, 2018
Media and publishing intelligence firm Simba Information has released a report titled 'Scholarly & Professional E-Book Publishing 2018-2022.' The report examines the scholarly and professional market including e-books in law, business, scientific and technical, medical, and social science and humanities. It found… Read More
St. Stephen’s Clinical Research adopts Elsevier’s MACRO to support complex clinical research - March 23, 2018
Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, has announced the successful implementation of its MACRO solution by St. Stephen's Clinical Research in the UK. St. Stephen's Clinical Research (STSTCR) is a specialist clinical research organisation providing services to pharmaceutical companies, clinical research organisations, academic institutions, the healthcare… Read More
GALILEO in deal with EBSCO Information Services and OpenAthens to provide users with federated single sign-on access - March 23, 2018
The GALILEO (GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online) consortium is making the research experience easier for their library users by implementing federated single sign-on access, enabling end users to sign-on once into any resource from the site or within Discovery. GALILEO has entered into a five-year agreement with… Read More
Cambridge University Press expands Author Hub into a new, integrated online platform for book authors - March 23, 2018
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press (the Press) has announced the expansion of Author Hub into a new, integrated online platform for book authors. Since its launch in 2013, Author Hub has expanded to offer services for current and prospective authors spanning… Read More