De Gruyter increases staff to better serve authors, partners and customers in the US - September 30, 2019
De Gruyter, an independent international academic publisher with roots in Germany, has significantly increased its presence in the United States by growing its office in Boston by 30 percent. The 16 colleagues in De Gruyter’s Boston office and 14 colleagues in the rest of the country… Read More
Northumbria University and Figshare partner to launch institutional research data repository - September 30, 2019
Northumbria University has announced the launch of its institutional data repository, powered by Figshare and available on a custom domain at figshare.northumbria.ac.uk. The service will be available for all academic staff and postgraduate researchers at the university, giving them a citable… Read More
Research on Research Institute to enable more strategic, open, diverse, and inclusive research - September 30, 2019
The Wellcome Trust, the universities of Sheffield and Leiden, and Digital Science, have announced the launch of the Research on Research Institute (RoRI) – an international consortium of research funders, academic institutions, and technologists working to champion the latest approaches to research… Read More
The Publishing & Special Collections Group names Rachel Lee as new Publications Manager - September 30, 2019
The Publishing & Special Collections Group has announced the appointment of Rachel Lee as joined the new Publications Manager for eScholarship. Leveraging her deep expertise in journal publishing, Rachel will develop new programs and materials to support the success of the over 80 open access journals… Read More
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
