Controlled digital lending to play a larger role in Ex Libris products - August 20, 2021
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced the development of new functions that will increase the compatibility of the company’s library software solutions with controlled digital lending. Controlled digital lending (CDL) is a practice that enables libraries to lend a digital copy of a physical resource in… Read More
Digital Science launches new version of Dimensions platform – Dimensions Life Sciences & Chemistry - August 20, 2021
Digital Science, a technology company with a vision of a trusted and collaborative research ecosystem driving progress for all, has announced the launch of a new version of its popular Dimensions platform – Dimensions Life Sciences & Chemistry (Dimensions L&C) – focused on life sciences and chemistry… Read More
CAS announces significant enhancement to predictive retrosynthetic capabilities in SciFinderⁿ - August 18, 2021
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, has announced significant enhancements to the predictive retrosynthetic capabilities in CAS SciFindern, the premier scientific and most advanced relevance search engine used by researchers worldwide. An order of magnitude increase in the number of literature examples per reaction pathway… Read More
Springer Nature signs Joint Commitment for Action on Inclusion and Diversity in Publishing - August 18, 2021
Springer Nature has signed the Joint Commitment for Action on Inclusion and Diversity in Publishing - an initiative coordinated by the Royal Society of Chemistry - joining a key group of organisations that are working towards a more inclusive and diverse culture within scholarly… Read More
Karger Publishers partners with ChronosHub to further support the Open Science movement - August 18, 2021
Karger Publishers and ChronosHub have launched a partnership to further support the Open Science movement. The partnership will play a central role in supporting the transition to Open Science for Karger Publishers’ authors and institutional customers through a simplified user experience. It will ensure that unnecessary… Read More
SCOSS Campaign: DOAB/OAPEN reaches key funding milestone - August 18, 2021
The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) and OAPEN, jointly part of SCOSS’s second funding cycle, has met a significant milestone by reaching its three-year funding goal of 505,000 Euros in about 18 months, despite the COVID-19 challenge. A global funding community of 89… Read More