OCLC names Bart Murphy as Chief Technology and Information Officer - December 19, 2018
Non-profit global library cooperative OCLC has named Bart Murphy as its Chief Technology and Information Officer. Murphy's technology experience spans a diverse set of organisations and industries. He most recently was the Chief Technology Officer of PriorAuthNow, a technology organisation that enables streamlining of healthcare access… Read More
Publishers Association launches new template for agreements between academic publishers and universities - December 19, 2018
The Publishers Association has launched a template for agreements between academic publishers and universities for the deposit of metadata relating to journal articles following input from members of the PA's Academic, Professional and Learning Publishers Council. The template is designed to provide those negotiating such agreements… Read More
Yolo County Library uses Gale’s Analytics On Demand to improve program outcomes and services - December 19, 2018
Yolo County Library is using Analytics On Demand from Gale, a Cengage company, to better understand the households in its communities and design customised library services and resources to fit their needs. Now, Yolo County librarians can make data-driven decisions to identify new outreach strategies that… Read More
IOS Press relaunches online open access forum – StemBook - December 18, 2018
STM publisher IOS Press has announced the relaunch and revitalisation of StemBook, an online open access forum and discussion platform for the stem cell research community. It features a collection of content covering a range of topics related to stem cell biology written by top researchers… Read More
BMJ and ScienceOpen partner to promote open science - December 18, 2018
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has announced that its new open access journal, BMJ Open Science, has joined ScienceOpen to promote best practices in preclinical and basic biomedical research with an interactive featured collection on the platform. To increase rigor, transparency and reproducibility in biomedical research,… Read More
IOP Publishing and the Korean Society for Composite Materials partner to launch a new journal – Functional Composites and Structures - December 18, 2018
IOP Publishing and the Korean Society for Composite Materials (KSCM) have announced a partnership to launch a new journal - Functional Composites and Structures (FCS). Co-owned by KSCM and IOP Publishing, FCS will deal with materials with mechanical integrity, whose functional properties can be achieved,… Read More
