SPARC urges Department of Justice to block Cengage, McGraw-Hill merger - August 15, 2019
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has submitted a detailed filing to the U.S. Department of Justice urging federal antitrust enforcers to block the proposed merger between college textbook publishing giants Cengage and McGraw-Hill Education. The merger would create the… Read More
CDL joins 11 partner libraries, the Library Publishing Coalition and Educopia on grant to study library publishing workflows - August 15, 2019
The California Digital Library, along with 11 partner libraries (Atlanta University Center, Claremont Colleges, Columbia University, Illinois Wesleyan University, Pacific University, University of Alberta, University of Michigan, University of Pittsburgh, University of Redlands, Virginia Tech, and Wayne State University), has announced a partnership with Educopia Institute… Read More
Frontiers and Sheffield Hallam University announce open access publishing agreement - August 15, 2019
The Sheffield Hallam University has established an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. Sheffield Hallam University Library supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. As part of this support, Sheffield Hallam University has entered an institutional agreement with Frontiers.… Read More
RSNA and ACR collaborate on landmark medical 3D printing registry - August 15, 2019
The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) will launch a new medical 3D printing clinical data registry to collect 3D printing data at the point of clinical care. A joint ACR-RSNA committee will govern the… Read More
Clarivate Analytics launches Cortellis Digital Health Intelligence, a first-of-its-kind solution covering the global digital health ecosystem - August 14, 2019
Clarivate Analytics plc, a global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics to accelerate the pace of innovation, has expanded its industry-leading life science intelligence offerings with the launch of Cortellis Digital Health Intelligence™. This new, first-of-its-kind solution will help drug, device and technology developers navigate… Read More
SSP 41st Annual Meeting sessions now available for streaming - August 14, 2019
At the Society for Scholarly Publishing’s 41st Annual Meeting in May, a vibrant community of librarians, academics, publishers, service providers, technologists, and scholarly publishing professionals from across the globe gathered to discuss the efforts to shrink the distance among colleagues in publishing – not just geographically… Read More