Holiday Notice - February 16, 2018
This is to inform our esteemed subscribers that there will be no newsletter dispatch on February 19, 2018 on account of President day. We will resume our newsletter service on Tuesday, February 20, 2018. The newsletter will contain all the headlines that have appeared after the February 16th issue.
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing call for evidence on how to maintain a world-leading publishing sector - February 16, 2018
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Publishing has called for evidence into how to maintain a world-leading publishing sector in the UK. The publishing industry generates up to £7.8bn gross value added (GVA) for the wider economy and supports more than 70,000 jobs directly and indirectly. It is also… Read More
CARL releases new brief on the increasingly alarming situation of escalating subscription costs for international journals - February 16, 2018
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has released a new brief entitled Responding to Unsustainable Journal Costs, which addresses the increasingly alarming situation of escalating subscription costs for international journals. Authored by CARL Research Associate Kathleen Shearer, with input from the Canadian Research Knowledge… Read More
Libraries reject Taylor & Francis’ new policy of locking content - February 16, 2018
More than hundred and ten libraries have signed an open letter to Taylor & Francis rejecting their new policy of locking content more than 20 years old behind a 'moving wall'. This means that academic research which was previously available to universities as part of… Read More
SAGE launches SAGE Ocean to help advance big data research in the social sciences - February 15, 2018
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has launched SAGE Ocean to support researchers develop new computational social science skills and access and work with data at a scale previously unimaginable. The rise of vast data sets and the emergence of new technologies is changing social science research. Alongside… Read More
Info International to organise one day Pharma Reprints Summit - February 15, 2018
Info International is presenting a one day Pharma Reprints Summit on March 21, 2018. This one day event will see participants from around the world engaging in discussions, networking and knowledge transfer on the critical issue of delivering scientific evidence to health care professionals. This is… Read More
