Elsevier suspends University of California’s access to new articles - July 15, 2019
The University of California recently lost access to new articles in the publishing giant Elsevier’s journals. This is reportedly the latest development in the ongoing negotiations between Elsevier and the University of California (UC) for a new licensing agreement. UC’s previous contract… Read More
UC San Diego and Texas Digital Library announce data preservation partnership - July 15, 2019
UC San Diego has announced a partnership with a coalition of Texas colleges and universities to develop a national digital preservation service for sensitive and private data. The partnership between the UCSD library and the Texas Digital Library is intended to shore up a weak… Read More
EDP Sciences appoints Isabelle Auffret-Babak as Publishing Editor - July 15, 2019
EDP Sciences has announced that Isabelle Auffret-Babak has joined the editorial team as Publishing Editor. She will primarily focus her efforts on the development of 4open, one of EDP Sciences’ flagship journals supporting open science. Additionally, she will support experienced colleagues in growing EDP Sciences’ journals… Read More
IJIC and Project Management Institute announce new partnership - July 15, 2019
The International Journal of Instructional Cases (IJIC) and Project Management Institute (PMI) have announced a new development in their existing partnership to meet the lack of a professional publication outlet for concise teaching cases in project management for academic and professional use. Both organisations will… Read More
Prof. Karimi Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for ‘Systems & Control Engineering’ in Electronics - July 15, 2019
Prof. Dr. Hamid Reza Karimi has been appointed Section Editor-in-Chief for the section 'Systems & Control Engineering' of Electronics. His term started in July 2019. Prof. Karimi is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Cyber-Physical Systems, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Machines, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - July 15, 2019
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Julie Zhu (Guest Post — Building Pipes and Fixing Leaks: Demystifying and Decoding Scholarly Information Discovery & Interchange); Suze Kundu (Factors Influencing Open Access in UK Research Institutions); and Lorelei Jones, Alec Fraser, and Ellen Stewart (Why social science can… Read More
