European Open Education Librarian Network launches - June 29, 2018
European Open Education Librarian Network convened its first meeting on June 28. Participants from Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands and the UK met to discuss a number of key goals, primary among them, how libraries can partner with educators to open up more education for all in Europe.… Read More
Google to present at ConTech 2018 - June 28, 2018
Info International has announced that Alice Zimmermann, Global Product Partnerships at Google will be speaking and taking part in a panel session at ConTech 2018, taking place at Chelsea Harbour Hotel from November 29-30. Alice looks after Google Assistant partnerships in the UK, working closely with… Read More
South Korea has increased its number of Highly Cited Researchers by 60% since 2014 - June 28, 2018
Clarivate Analytics, a leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to enable researchers to accelerate discovery, has released its annual Highly Cited Researchers (HCRs) list. The citation analysis identifies an elite corps of scientists. Although differing in geographic location and specialty areas, the HCRs share one… Read More
ACM to publish new journal – ACM Digital Threats: Research and Practice - June 28, 2018
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world's largest computing society, has announced the forthcoming publication of ACM Digital Threats: Research and Practice (DTRAP), a new peer-reviewed journal that targets the prevention, identification, mitigation and elimination of digital threats. DTRAP aims to promote the development of… Read More
ACMG appoints Robert D. Steiner as Editor in Chief of Genetics in Medicine - June 28, 2018
The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has appointed Robert D. Steiner as editor in chief of its peer-reviewed journal, Genetics in Medicine. Steiner will succeed James P. Evans, who will retire at the end of 2018. Steiner has been the Deputy Editor of… Read More
Preservica, Arkivum, the Open Preservation Foundation and Artefactual collaborate on new Jisc initiative - June 28, 2018
In a new initiative supported by Jisc, Preservica, Arkivum, the Open Preservation Foundation and Artefactual will work together to deliver a proof-of-concept Preservation Action Registry (PAR) to exchange preservation action best practice within the preservation community and between different preservation systems. This exchange of preservation knowledge… Read More
