Applications now open for 2020 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards - August 19, 2019
OWSD is pleased to invite applications for the 2020 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards. These awards reward and encourage women working and living in eligible developing countries who are in the early stages of their scientific careers, having often overcome great challenges to achieve… Read More
AAS and DPS launch gold OA Planetary Science Journal - August 19, 2019
Research articles reporting significant developments, discoveries, and theories about planets, moons, small bodies, and the interactions among them will soon have a new showcase: The Planetary Science Journal (PSJ). This online publication is being launched by the American Astronomical Society (AAS), the major organisation of professional… Read More
ProQuest and EBSCO extend ebook partnership to support customer choice - August 19, 2019
ProQuest and EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) have extended their existing ebook partnership, which will continue to enable librarians to acquire ProQuest ebook titles through EBSCO’s GOBI® Library Solutions platform, as well as EBSCO ebook titles through ProQuest’s OASIS platform and – in… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - August 19, 2019
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Gisela Fosado and Cathy Rimer-Surles (Guest Post — Equity is Possible: Forging Paths toward Equity and Anti-Racism in Scholarly Publishing); Dr Reka Solymosi and Dr Michael (Using mobile applications for social science research); Johnny Vatican (Are Scientific Journals Reliable? Study… Read More
ARL, CNI, EDUCAUSE announce strategic partnership to advance research libraries’ impact in a world shaped by new technologies - August 19, 2019
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), and EDUCAUSE are working together to better understand how research libraries, as collaborative partners in the research and learning enterprise, can best advance research and learning during these times of significant changes in the… Read More
McGraw-Hill implements HighWire’s latest hosting and access management technology - August 16, 2019
Scholarly publishing tech provider HighWire has announced that McGraw-Hill has implemented HighWire’s latest hosting and access management technology. McGraw-Hill’s AccessEngineering is a flagship engineering resource for students, faculty and professionals and has used HighWire solutions since 2011. The site offers 700 books… Read More
