French research organisations and universities and SpringerNature unable to reach consensus for access to journals; publisher continues access while talks continue - April 2, 2018
French research organisations and universities have reportedly cancelled their subscriptions to Springer journals. The move is the result of an impasse in fee negotiations between the publisher and Couperin.org, a national consortium representing over 250 academic institutions in France. After more… Read More
Portico announces the trigger of one of the first scientific e-journals – Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials - April 2, 2018
Digital preservation service Portico recently alerted to a groundbreaking journal that was no longer available to the academic community. The Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials (OJCCT) launched in 1992 as part of a collaboration between OCLC and the American Association for the Advancement of Science… Read More
LIBER joins call for improved Text and Data Mining Exception - April 2, 2018
Twenty eight organisations, including LIBER, have signed a letter calling for an improved Text and Data Mining Exception which will support research and innovation in Europe. The letter was sent to the European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI). The signatories… Read More
Frontiers and Semmelweis University form OA publishing agreement - April 2, 2018
Frontiers has announced an open access publishing agreement with Semmelweis University. Semmelweis University supports open access publishing by covering 50% of article processing charges (APCs) for corresponding authors affiliated with the University who wish to publish in any Frontiers journal. To submit an article… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 2, 2018
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Karin Wulf (Writing Support Across Global Research Communities: A Case Study for Public Health); Karen Peterman, Elana Kimbrell, Emily Cloyd, Jane Roberston Evia and John Besley (New scales can be used to measure the short-term impact of public engagement on… Read More
Society for Scholarly Publishing Annual Meeting focuses on Scholarly Publishing at the Crossroads - March 30, 2018
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) 40th Annual Meeting will be held at the Sheraton Grand in Chicago, May 30-June1, 2018. The theme for this year's meeting is Scholarly Publishing at the Crossroads: What's working, what's holding us back, where do we go from here? … Read More
