MDPI announces OA agreement with Austrian Academic Library Consortium (KEMÖ) and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) - January 10, 2019
Academic open-access publisher Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) has announced the establishment of its national Open Access agreement with the Austrian Academic Library Consortium (KEMÖ) and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). Through this national agreement, the Austrian institutions listed below as well as FWF will cover… Read More
Jisc and HESA to integrate two organisations more closely - January 10, 2019
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and Jisc have announced their intention to integrate the two organisations more closely, to advance the aim of making the UK the global leader in data- and digitally-enabled higher education. Combined, the two organisations believe that their complementary strengths… Read More
New Clarivate Analytics and The Pistoia Alliance report outlines life science trends and priorities for 2019 - January 9, 2019
The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that works to lower barriers to innovation in life sciences R&D, has announced key trends for the life science industry in 2019 based on The Life Sciences Innovation Report, developed with Clarivate Analytics, the global… Read More
DOAJ survey reveals global trends in OA publishing - January 9, 2019
A survey of publishers with journals indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) has revealed surprising trends in the way that content is published; what types of organisations are publishing the content; on how publishing standards are being accepted globally; and geographical trends on… Read More
Figshare now available on custom domains - January 9, 2019
Figshare, an online digital repository for academic research, has announced that the customers of 'Figshare for Institutions' and 'Figshare for Publishers' will now be able to host content on a custom domain. Figshare portals have historically lived on a Figshare subdomain eg. university.figshare.com but now can… Read More
McGill University to upgrade its knowledge management infrastructure to OCLC WorldShare Management Services - January 9, 2019
McGill University will be upgrading its knowledge management infrastructure and fully integrating OCLC WorldShare Management Services (WMS) as its cloud-based library services platform in May 2019. In the summer of 2018, McGill Library upgraded the existing WorldCat Local online catalogue and search tool to its… Read More
