ACS Publications announces new manuscript submission guidelines - February 2, 2018
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced 'Review-Ready Submission' as part of an ongoing effort to improve the author and reviewer experience. This change to submission requirements will save researchers time by eliminating journal-specific formatting. By simplifying the way in which a… Read More
eLife enhances open annotation with Hypothesis to promote scientific discussion online - February 2, 2018
eLife, in collaboration with Hypothesis, has introduced open annotation to enable users of its website to make comments, highlight important sections of articles and engage with the reading public online. The open-source Hypothesis software has been extensively customised for use by eLife and other publishers with… Read More
EBSCO and ByWater Solutions expand partnership to support its libraries using FOLIO Library Services Platform - February 2, 2018
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and ByWater Solutions have expanded their relationship to ensure libraries adopting the FOLIO Library Services Platform (LSP) will be able to rely on hosting and services support. The agreement secures ByWater's commitment to provide FOLIO implementation and support services backed by… Read More
PLOS and PubGrade announce digital advertising partnership - February 2, 2018
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) and PubGrade GmbH have entered into an agreement to provide PLOS with PubGrade's integrated advertising platform: PubGrade for Publishers. PubGrade's platform-as-a-service solution: PubGrade for Publishers provides the Public Library of Science with a fully integrated advertising platform that enables… Read More
Library groups partner to create ORCID US community - February 2, 2018
LYRASIS has announced a partnership with the NorthEast Research Libraries, the Greater Western Library Alliance, and the Big Ten Academic Alliance to create a US community to support ORCID, a non-profit organisation based in Bethesda, Maryland. ORCID provides a unique persistent digital… Read More
Springer Nature unveils enhanced Metadata Downloader to replace the current MARC downloader - February 1, 2018
Springer Nature has launched an enhanced Metadata Downloader which will replace the current MARC downloader. This improved web tool provides librarians and library cataloguers with easily downloadable metadata updates which can be embedded into library catalogues, as well as title lists for a library's licensed content.… Read More
