US federal government shutdown disappoints American Chemical Society - December 27, 2018
The American Chemical Society (ACS) is disappointed that the administration and Congress were unable to come to a bipartisan agreement on a funding bill for 2019, forcing a partial shutdown of government operations. ACS has called on both parties to set aside partisan differences and work… Read More
SPARC applauds Congressional passage of the OPEN Government Data Act - December 27, 2018
SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, has applauded Congressional passage of the Open, Public, Electronic and Necessary (OPEN) Government Data Act. The bill, which is included as Title II of the broader Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act, requires federal agencies to publish government data… Read More
Hindawi completes digitisation of all content for Psyche: A Journal of Entomology - December 24, 2018
Hindawi has completed the digitisation and online publication of all content for Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. Through collaboration with Jonathan Rees from the Cambridge Entomological Club, all content ever published by Psyche is now freely available and accessible to both entomologists and the public on… Read More
Springer Nature announces OA agreement with Electronic Information Service National Programme - December 24, 2018
Springer Nature and the Hungarian Academic Consortium (EISZ) have announced an agreement that combines reading access and open access (OA) publishing in one single framework. Effective from January 2019, researchers from the participating consortium institutions will gain access to over 2,000 Springer journals and will have… Read More
INSPEC to move from Web of Science to Engineering Village platform - December 24, 2018
INSPEC, the premier database for physics, astronomy, electronics engineering, computer science, mechanical and production engineering, and information technology will move from Clarivate Analytics’ Web of Science (WoS) platform. Beginning January 1, 2019, INSPEC will be available for UC libraries on the Engineering Village (EV) platform, with… Read More
SPARC Europe releases updated analysis of Open Data and Open Science policies - December 24, 2018
SPARC Europe has released the updated analysis of Open Data and Open Science policies across Europe. It reports a continued increase in the growth of related policies and an increase in uptake in countries where no such policy previously existed. The report is the latest… Read More
