Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - December 10, 2018
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Chris Hayter and Marla A. Parker (Postdocs trying to transition to non-academic careers should be offered more support by their supervisors and universities); Lettie Y. Conrad (Exclusive Deals in Scholarly Discovery: How they Hurt Users and Pose Threats to Open… Read More
BMJ to publish International Journal of Gynecological Cancer from January 2019 - December 7, 2018
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ will start publishing the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer from January 2019. The journal publishes evidence-based content on the detection, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancerous growths in women and includes peer-reviewed original research, reviews and opinion pieces on topics such… Read More
Learning House releases research brief on Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education - December 7, 2018
Learning House, a Wiley brand and an online program manager, has released Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education, a research brief summarising AI developments in higher education. The paper explains how universities may use AI at their institution in the future and includes recommendations on how to… Read More
LSC Communications and Elsevier sign multi-year agreement to provide book fulfillment and distribution services in the US - December 7, 2018
LSC Communications has announced a multi-year agreement with Elsevier, the global information analytics business specialising in science and health. LSC currently prints a significant share of Elsevier's books and journals and, under the new agreement, will begin providing book fulfillment and… Read More
SAGE Publishing invests in Thusly to launch TagWorks crowd annotation software into academic research market - December 7, 2018
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has made a major seed investment in Thusly Inc., a technology start-up creating research tools for big data analysis of document archives. The investment is the first for SAGE as part of its SAGE Ocean initiative, and will support the launch of… Read More
Funding Bodies sign open letter in support of ORCID - December 7, 2018
ORCID has announced the launch of an open letter in support of the use of ORCID identifiers (iDs) in the grant application and reporting process. Nine funding bodies around the world have signed the letter - and are inviting others to join them - to indicate… Read More