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
Global humanitarian and practicing ER physician, Dr. Samuel J. Zidovetski, to keynote NFAIS 2019 Annual Conference - December 17, 2018
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) has announced that researcher, practicing ER physician, co-founder of Save A Brain Foundation, and global health humanitarian, Dr. Samuel J. Zidovetski, will deliver the keynote address at NFAIS' 61st Annual Conference, scheduled for February 13 - 15, 2019,… Read More
Lean Library’s Library Alternatives module now supports eBooks - December 17, 2018
Library Alternatives, the module of the Lean Library browser extension that facilitates alternative routes to full-text resources, will now support eBooks. Acquired by SAGE Publishing earlier this year, the technology platform allows seamless access to journals, articles, open access content, and now eBooks that are licensed… Read More
Frontiers integrates AIRA into its digital peer-review platform - December 17, 2018
Open-access scholarly publisher Frontiers has announced the integration of Artificial Intelligence Review Assistant (AIRA) into its digital peer-review platform to enable better, more efficient quality control and manuscript handling. AIRA assists editors, reviewers and internal teams by analysing, interpreting and communicating the quality of submitted manuscripts… Read More
University of California and Elsevier in negotiations for academic journals subscriptions - December 17, 2018
The University of California system is currently negotiating the potential renewal of its contracts with scholarly journal publishers, including Elsevier. The Elsevier contract will expire on December 31, 2018. The UC is advocating for an integrated agreement with Elsevier that would cover both subscription charges and… Read More
CRKN releases 75,497 MARC records for Canadiana Online collection - December 17, 2018
Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) has released 75,497 MARC records for the Canadiana Online collection. MARC records are now available for 85 percent of the monographs currently in the Canadiana Online collection. Early in 2019, MARC records for the remaining Canadiana Online monographs, as well as… Read More
