ALPSP unveils new Careers Hub for the scholarly publishing community - October 11, 2021
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), has announced the launch of its Careers Hub this week, which is sponsored by Publishers’ Licensing Services. The new resource will provide information on a wide selection of topics across scholarly publishing via videos… Read More
The University of Kansas announces institutional membership trial agreement with Frontiers - October 11, 2021
As part of the University of Kansas’ support in making research more widely available, KU Libraries have agreed to an institutional membership trial agreement with Frontiers, enabling KU and KU Med-affiliated corresponding authors to benefit from a 7.5% membership discount on article processing charges (APCs) in any… Read More
ProQuest® Dissertations & Theses Global™ database now includes graduate works from two Nigerian institutions - October 11, 2021
ProQuest has announced that two Nigerian higher-education institutions – University of Abuja and the Center for Bioethics and Research (CBR) – will include their graduate research in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses GlobalTM, the largest curated database of theses and dissertations in the world. … Read More
OpenOrgs: the OpenAIRE service for bridging registries of research organisations - October 11, 2021
Organisations appear all over the Research & Innovation ecosystem in different shapes and formats: the same organization may appear with different names (e.g., full legal name, short or alternative names, acronym) and different metadata fields in different data sources. Persistent identifiers may be of no help when different data sources… Read More
AAAAI’s new OA journal now accepting manuscript submissions - October 11, 2021
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global (JACI: Global), a new Gold Open Access journal from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI), is now accepting manuscript submissions at the journal’s submission portal at editorialmanager.com/jacig. The first issue of JACI: Global… Read More
An Ex Libris–commissioned report sheds light on how research offices and libraries can better support researchers - October 7, 2021
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced the publication of its annual study on the challenges that academic researchers face, the priorities of research office leaders, and key opportunities for libraries and research offices to advance scholarship at their institution. Commissioned by Ex Libris, the study was… Read More