Frontiers and the Justus Liebig University Giessen form OA publishing agreement - January 11, 2019
The Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (Justus Liebig University Giessen, University of Giessen) has established an institutional agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. The Justus Liebig University Giessen supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. As part of this support, the University of Giessen… Read More
University of Florida, National Library of Cuba and OCLC to open Cuban collections to researchers worldwide - January 11, 2019
The University of Florida is working with the Biblioteca Nacional de Cuba José Martí (BNCJM), the National Library of Cuba, to register Cuban materials in WorldCat, a comprehensive global database of library collection, making these resources available to researchers around the world. Through a unique partnership between the BNCJM,… Read More
Society for Scholarly Publishing seeks mentors and mentees to participate in 2019 Spring Mentorship Program - January 10, 2019
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is now accepting applications for the next cohort of its Mentorship Program. After completion of the Fall 2018 cohort, the SSP Career Development Committee is now seeking potential mentors and mentees to participate in the program for Spring 2019. This… Read More
Springer Nature and The Open University partner to launch Computer Science Ontology (CSO) - January 10, 2019
Research publisher Springer Nature and the Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) of The Open University have partnered to provide a comprehensive Computer Science Ontology (CSO) to a broad range of communities engaged with scholarly data. CSO can be accessed free of charge through the CSO Portal, a… Read More
Clarivate Analytics joins Accenture’s open partner ecosystem to advance drug discovery - January 10, 2019
Clarivate Analytics, the global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to accelerate the pace of innovation, has joined Accenture's open partner ecosystem, which is designed to help independent software vendors (ISVs), specialised content providers, and life sciences companies team more effectively to advance drug discovery… Read More
PLOS announces five new appointments to its Board - January 10, 2019
PLOS has announced the appointment of five new members to its Board. The new Board Chair is Alastair Adam, currently CEO of innovative digital textbook publisher, FlatWorld. Alastair brings to the role not only a strong understanding of publishing - including scientific journals - but… Read More
