Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - December 16, 2019
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Paul Ostwald (Academic affiliation should not be a requirement to publish); Einar Ryvarden (The need to simplify indexing and data sharing); Nature Blog (Predatory journals: no definition, no defence); Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe (Why are Librarians Concerned about GetFTR?); and James… Read More
Partnership between Springer Nature and the Association of Universities in the Netherlands to explore how open research can accelerate progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals - December 13, 2019
A partnership between Springer Nature and The Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) and the Dutch Consortium of University Libraries and the National Library (UKB) will provide data, insights and tools to advance knowledge about how academic research and open research… Read More
Choice’s latest white paper examines changes to research data services in academic libraries - December 13, 2019
Choice, a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Librarians, has announced the publication of the fifth in a series of white papers designed to provide actionable intelligence around topics of importance to the academic library community. This paper, ‘Research Data Services in Academic… Read More
CCS Chemistry now collected by the CAS database - December 13, 2019
The Chinese Chemical Society has announced that its flagship journal, CCS Chemistry, has been formally collected by the Chemical Abstracts Service, CAS database. The Index will include all papers published since CCS Chemistry was launched. CAS is the world’s largest publicly disclosed… Read More
IOP Publishing unveils new OA journal – Nano Express - December 13, 2019
IOP Publishing has announced the launch of Nano Express, a new open access addition to its materials science portfolio, which will compliment Nanotechnology and Nano Futures as a trio of connected titles dedicated to nanoscience. Nano Express will cover all areas of nanoscale science and technology… Read More
The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre announces 2020.0 CSD release - December 13, 2019
The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC), world leading providers of structural chemistry data for material and life sciences, has announced the 2020.0 CSD Release, offering improved visualisation and extraction of data driven insights from now over one million structures in the Cambridge Structural Database. After celebrating… Read More
