ARL supports MIT Framework for Publisher Contracts - November 8, 2019
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) supports the MIT Framework for Publisher Contracts as an important pathway to making scholarly content more openly available. The framework sets forth six core principles for library contracts with publishers, such as author retention of copyrights, automatic deposit of manuscripts… Read More
Automated Crossref DOI registration for journals using Scholastica for open access publishing - November 8, 2019
Scholastica, a peer review and publishing platform for academic journals, has announced that journals using Scholastica for open access publishing can now set up automated DOI registration and metadata deposits via Crossref. With the new automation, publishers can eliminate all manual and technical work around content… Read More
Impact Science and Vertigo Ventures partner to assist research institutions in the UK offer more robust support for research impact - November 8, 2019
Impact Science, a division of Cactus Communications that provides end-to-end support for the research impact life cycle, has partnered with Vertigo Ventures (VV), a UK-based company that offers innovative technology solutions for impact measurement, to provide research institutions with services and systematic support for more efficient… Read More
Holiday Notice - November 8, 2019
This is to inform our esteemed subscribers that there will be no newsletter dispatch on November 11, 2019 on account of Veterans Day. We will resume our newsletter service on Tuesday, November 12, 2019. The newsletter will contain all the headlines that have appeared after the November 8th issue.
Research produced by 275 units affiliated to the University of Paris-Saclay now accessible in a single category within the Scopus database - November 7, 2019
The University of Paris-Saclay and Elsevier, a global information analytics business specialising in science and health, have announced that the research works from the 275 units affiliated to the University of Paris-Saclay are now accessible in a single ‘University of Paris Saclay’ category within the Scopus… Read More
NIH releases Draft NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing and supplemental draft guidance for public comment - November 7, 2019
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a Draft NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing and supplemental draft guidance for public comment. The purpose of this draft policy and supplemental draft guidance is to promote effective and efficient data management… Read More
