OCLC receives Diversity in Business Award - August 12, 2019
OCLC, the non-profit technology organisation and global library cooperative based in Dublin, has received a Diversity in Business Award representing large organisations in Central Ohio. The awards program, administered by Columbus Business First, recognises inclusive organisations and individuals in Central Ohio. The program highlights excellence… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - August 12, 2019
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Brian Lavoie (Guest Post — The Future of FAIR, as Told by the Past); Teodora Stoica and David Mehler (Introducing Registered Reports, a New Way to Make Science Robust); Roger C. Schonfeld (Open Source for Scholarly Publishing: An Inventory and… Read More
NISO to host virtual conference – From Submission to Publication: Creating and Conveying Quality - August 9, 2019
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is hosting a virtual conference - From Submission to Publication: Creating and Conveying Quality. The event is scheduled to be held from August 21, 12pm–4pm. One on-going concern in scholarly communication has to do with publication time lags and… Read More
Wiley announces official knowledge partnership with Automation Anywhere - August 9, 2019
John Wiley and Sons Inc., a global leader in research and education, has announced an official knowledge partnership with Automation Anywhere®, the global leader in Robotic Process Automation (RPA), to create a series of job-role based official study guides and aligned courses on RPA. The first… Read More
MIT Press releases ‘Mind the Gap,’ a new report on all available open-source publishing software - August 9, 2019
The MIT Press has released Mind the Gap: A Landscape Analysis of Open Source Publishing Tools and Platforms (openly published at mindthegap.pubpub.org), a major report on the current state of all available open-source software for publishing. Funded by a grant from The… Read More
UC faculty urges Elsevier to restart negotiations - August 9, 2019
A group of prominent University of California faculty will step away from the editorial boards of scientific journals published by Elsevier until the publishing giant agrees to restart negotiations. The negotiations, which stalled in February, left the 10-campus system without subscriptions to… Read More
