The BMJ and the British Medical Association launch campaign to protect healthcare staff on the frontline of the covid-19 outbreak - April 3, 2020
The BMJ and the British Medical Association (BMA) have launched a campaign to highlight the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers on the frontline in the covid-19 outbreak and call for them to be given the appropriate level of… Read More
ACM signs new transformative open access publishing agreement with IreL, the Irish e-resource licensing consortium - April 3, 2020
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has entered into a transformative open access agreement with IReL, the Irish e-resource licensing consortium. The agreement covers both access to and open access publication in ACM’s journals, proceedings and magazines for eight Irish universities, including Dublin City University, Maynooth… Read More
Digital Science and Beijing-based Zhipu.AI partner to conduct data challenges and to build a COVID-19 information portal - April 3, 2020
Digital Science, a technology company serving emergent needs across the research sector, has announced a partnership with Beijing-based technology company Zhipu.AI to conduct data challenges and collaborate in building a COVID-19 information portal. Zhipu.AI, a spin-out from Tsinghua University, aims to… Read More
ARL, CNI and EDUCAUSE release second part of Sarah Lippincott’s report on Research Library Engagement with Emerging Technologies - April 3, 2020
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), and EDUCAUSE have released the second part of a report by Sarah Lippincott, Mapping the Current Landscape of Research Library Engagement with Emerging Technologies in Research and Learning, that will be published in its… Read More
CAS unveils open access dataset of antiviral chemical compounds to help COVID-19 discovery and analysis - April 2, 2020
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society specializing in scientific information solutions, is partnering with research and technology organisations worldwide to tackle the complex challenges presented by COVID-19. In support of calls to action from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and… Read More
Coronavirus lockdown – Springer Nature makes key textbooks freely accessible for affected educators, students and academics - April 2, 2020
With the Coronavirus outbreak having an unprecedented impact on education, Springer Nature is launching a global program to support learning and teaching at higher education institutions worldwide. This will see institutions able to access for free more than 500 key textbooks across Springer Nature’s eBook subject… Read More
