PLOS and the CRKN announce Community Action Publishing deal - January 20, 2021
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) have announced an agreement for CRKN members to participate in PLOS’ Community Action Publishing (CAP) program, a new collective action publishing model from PLOS, enabling 19 participating CRKN institutions to publish… Read More
American Chemical Society applauds the move by Joe Biden-Kamala Harris White House science team to elevate the role of the director of the OSTP - January 20, 2021
The American Chemical Society (ACS) applauds and welcomes the announcement last week of the incoming administration’s science team. ACS supports the move by President-elect Joe Biden to elevate the role of the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), who also… Read More
ProQuest joins Patron Point to build reading recommendation service - January 20, 2021
EdTech leader ProQuest has joined Patron Point, a library marketing automation partner, to build Patron Point Recommends – a new reading recommendation service that helps public libraries market content to their patrons, increasing engagement and usage. Patron Point Recommends automatically creates eye-catching branded… Read More
ScienceOpen and Compuscript partner to create interactive experience for authors of the Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research - January 19, 2021
ScienceOpen and Compuscript are teaming up to create a new, interactive experience for readers and authors of the open access journal, the Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research (IJAFR) published by Teagasc, the Agriculture and Food Development Authority of Ireland. The new partnership… Read More
Europe PMC announces renewed funding and two new funders join the family - January 19, 2021
Europe PMC has announced that the Europe PMC infrastructure grant has been renewed for the period April 2021 to March 2026. The grant award is supported by 30 international biomedical funders and led by the Principal Investigator Dr Johanna McEntyre, of the European Bioinformatics… Read More
The Company of Biologists and the Max Planck Digital Library enter into Read & Publish Open Access agreement - January 19, 2021
The Company of Biologists has announced a three-year Read & Publish Open Access agreement with the Max Planck Digital Library. Under the new cost-neutral transformative agreement – which runs from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2023 – corresponding authors at Max Planck… Read More
