HighWire and CloudFlare working together to keep medical journals online in face of surging COVID-19 traffic - April 22, 2020
Scholarly publishing technology provider HighWire is working with Cloudflare Inc., the security, performance, and reliability company helping to build a better Internet, to ensure that the world’s information stays online, accessible and responsive during the COVID-19 global pandemic. HighWire customers across the board are seeing… Read More
GetFTR pilot goes live - April 22, 2020
Scholarly platforms Dimensions, Figshare, Symplectic, and Mendeley have started a pilot of the Get Full Text Research (GetFTR) service. Launched in December 2019, GetFTR is a new, free to use solution that enables faster access for researchers to the published journal articles… Read More
Ex Libris and InfoReady Corporation partner to enable streamlined solution for pre-award research administrators - April 22, 2020
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has signed an agreement with the InfoReady Corporation, an Ann Arbor-based technology company dedicated to streamlining the information overload typically associated with its customers business objectives. Under the deal, Ex Libris will be the exclusive reseller of the InfoReady ReviewTM software… Read More
ScienceOpen highlights Coronavirus research - April 22, 2020
ScienceOpen has released an interactive Collection of COVID-19 research that highlights rigorous, peer-reviewed articles by reputable journals and publishers within the rapidly growing coronavirus knowledge base. Over a dozen publishers have participated in ScienceOpen’s initiative, bringing together thousands of articles and enabling better discovery for the… Read More
Penn State University Press and EBSCO partner to make e-titles available during COVID-19 pandemic - April 22, 2020
Penn State University Press has partnered with EBSCO Information Services to provide unlimited access to Press e-books for library clients through the EBSCO platform until June 30. The Press is offering discounted pricing to libraries through EBSCO for unlimited access to e-titles… Read More
Elsevier’s PharmaPendium collaborates with ExactCure to review 20 approved drugs for COVID-19 therapies - April 21, 2020
Elsevier has announced a collaboration with ExactCure, a personalised medicine software startup that uses AI technology to reduce medication errors. Using access to PharmaPendium data, which includes searchable FDA/EMA drug approval documents, as well as pharmacokinetic and efficacy data, ExactCure is developing personalised model simulations that… Read More
