Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - September 30, 2019
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Vivienne C. Bachelet (What’s in a name? How false author affiliations are damaging academic research); Caroline Mackay (A growing number of universities are exploring the use of open access text books. Are they the future teaching and learning materials?); Nicholas… Read More
CEN and ASTM International sign Technical Cooperation Agreement - September 27, 2019
CEN, the European Committee for Standardization, and ASTM International have signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement with the aim to facilitate global dialogue and coordination in specific standardisation areas of mutual interest. The Agreement establishes a framework for technical cooperation and information… Read More
O’Reilly announces new 2020 conference schedule - September 27, 2019
O’Reilly, the premier source for insight-driven learning on technology and business, has announced its new 2020 conference schedule. To meet evolving technology and business demands, the company has made several changes to its historic conference line-up. This includes co-locating several of its namesake events, launching a… Read More
ARL membership elects ARL Board of Directors 2019–2020 - September 27, 2019
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) elected its 2019–2020 Board of Directors on September 24 during the Fall 2019 Association Meeting in Washington, DC. At the end of the meeting on September 25, Lorraine Haricombe, vice provost and director of libraries at The University of Texas… Read More
New open-access journal Frontiers in Digital Health launched - September 27, 2019
Frontiers in Digital Health is making cutting-edge digital health research freely available through an open-access online platform. Led by Field Chief Editor Prof Björn Wolfgang Schuller of the University of Augsburg, Germany, and Imperial College London, Frontiers in Digital Health publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research in… Read More
Weizmann Institute of Science opts for Ex Libris Esploro to manage and showcase research output and data - September 27, 2019
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science has selected the Ex Libris Esploro™ research services solution to help the institute capture research output and data from external sources, showcase the institute’s research work, and comply with funders’ open-access policies. The… Read More
