University of Winnipeg readies to go live with OCLC WorldShare Management Services by end of the year - November 8, 2018
The University of Winnipeg, a member of the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries, has selected OCLC WorldShare Management Services as its new cloud-based library services platform. WorldShare Management Services (WMS) provides all of the applications needed to manage a… Read More
USDA and CHORUS sign participation agreement - November 8, 2018
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has signed an agreement with CHORUS to expand public access to the results of its funded research. USDA's Public Access Plan calls for collaboration with partners to 'maximise the impact of the Federal research investment.'… Read More
PCG and ICE publishing extend 10-year sales representation relationship - November 8, 2018
Publishers Communication Group (PCG), an international sales and market research firm for the publishing market and part of the Ingenta Group, has secured a two-year extension to the contract with ICE Publishing, providing exclusive sales representation across North America. The content sales partner agreement, which… Read More
Clarivate Analytics and the Moroccan National Center for Scientific and Technical Research partner to enhance national vision of research and innovation - November 7, 2018
Clarivate Analytics, the global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to enable researchers to accelerate discovery, has partnered with the Moroccan National Center for Scientific and Technical Research (CNRST) to firmly place Moroccan research on the global scientific map. CNRST is a public institution formed… Read More
Wellcome Trust and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation join European open-access plan - November 7, 2018
Two of the world’s largest biomedical research funders have backed a plan to make all papers resulting from work they fund open access on publication by 2020. On 5 November, the London-based Wellcome Trust and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, Washington, announced… Read More
Springer Nature to publish the official journal of the Proteomic Society of India – Journal of Proteins and Proteomics - November 7, 2018
An international, peer-reviewed journal that amalgamates two important areas of life sciences research – proteins and proteomics – has now become part of the Springer Nature journal portfolio. The Journal of Proteins and Proteomics aims to further the areas of health and medicine, agriculture and manufacturing… Read More
