Swedish universities and research institutions cancel agreement with Elsevier over open access - May 18, 2018
Swedish universities and research institutions will reportedly not renew their current contract with publisher Elsevier. The Bibsam Consortium, which represents 85 higher education and research institutions in the country, has said that its current agreement with Elsevier would not be renewed after June 30, 2018. The… Read More
AAAS and China Association for Science and Technology explore new collaboration - May 18, 2018
Leaders of the China Association for Science and Technology and counterparts at the American Association for the Advancement of Science explored ways to build on a longstanding collaboration between the two scientific organisations through science communication and education partnerships. During a meeting at AAAS headquarters… Read More
Atypon launched six new publication websites on Literatum in Q1 - May 18, 2018
Atypon launched six new publication websites in the first quarter of this year on Literatum, the scholarly publishing industry’s most widely used publishing platform. Of the six publishers, all who are among the most influential in their fields, four are new to Literatum: the Academy of… Read More
LSE and Ubiquity Press unveil new open access publishing platform - May 18, 2018
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has unveiled a new open access publishing platform in partnership with Ubiquity Press. LSE Press, managed through the LSE Library, will provide a platform for high quality, open access research in the social sciences; supporting the… Read More
Allen Press promotes Jeffry Lewis to VP, Information Systems and Technology - May 18, 2018
Allen Press, Inc. has promoted Jeffry Lewis to Vice President, Information Systems and Technology. Jeffry joined Allen Press in December 2014 as a Database Developer and has worked in the technology industry for more than 20 years. In his new role, Jeffry will focus on… Read More
Springer Nature charts rapid growth in open access articles by UK authors - May 17, 2018
Springer Nature has released a new report, Gold open access in the UK: Springer Nature's transition. The report outlines how Springer Nature has been able to deliver rapid growth in gold open access (OA) articles in the UK. In the five years… Read More
