New peer-reviewed journal Telemedicine Reports set to launch in Summer 2020 - June 22, 2020
Telemedicine Reports, a new peer-reviewed open access companion to the highly regarded Telemedicine and e-Health, will launch as a part of the Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers Open Access portfolio in Summer 2020. All articles in Telemedicine Reports will be published open access to ensure broad… Read More
ClinOwl and OpenAthens partner to benefit healthcare researchers - June 22, 2020
OpenAthens has announced a partnership with ClinOwl, a new and free content discovery platform for healthcare professionals and medical researchers. There is a wealth of high quality clinical content available online. However, the content is spread across hundreds of medical journals and… Read More
ORNL launches COVID-19 rapid access licensing program to help fight pandemic - June 22, 2020
The Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has launched a program designed to accelerate deployment of innovations that may help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 Rapid Access Licensing Program will allow companies to license these select technologies at… Read More
The University of St Andrews joins Frontiers – JISC national open access deal - June 22, 2020
Open access publisher Frontiers has announced that the University of St Andrews has joined the national open access deal agreed between Jisc Collections and Frontiers. The landmark deal provides a simplified and streamlined route to open access publishing for researchers in the… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - June 22, 2020
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Jamie Carmichael (RightsLink for scientific communications puts customer experience first); Nature blog (Peer review should be an honest, but collegial, conversation); Peter Walter and R. Dyche Mullins (To fight Covid-19, open access to scientific publishing); and Chris Carroll and Andy… Read More
NISO E-Book Metadata Recommended Practice now available for public comment - June 19, 2020
The NISO Working Group on E-Book Bibliographic Metadata Requirements in the Sale, Publication, Discovery, Delivery, and Preservation Supply Chain is inviting comments on its proposed Recommended Practice. Everyone involved in producing and using e-book metadata — publishers, retailers, libraries, service providers, and preservation agencies — is… Read More
