Frontiers and the Friedrich-Schiller- Universität Jena announce OA publishing agreement - August 22, 2018
The Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Friedrich Schiller University Jena; FSU) has established an institutional agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. The Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek (Thuringian University and State Library; ThULB) serves as the research library for the FSU. Via ThULB, the FSU supports its researchers… Read More
SAGE Publishing acquires Talis Group Ltd - August 16, 2018
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has acquired Talis, a technology company, and its enterprise teaching and learning platform, Talis Aspire. This acquisition marks an important step for SAGE as it moves SAGE's product portfolio beyond content-led resources into technology solutions that support teaching, learning and research… Read More
Emerald joins interdisciplinary research collaboration to facilitate inclusive research environments - August 10, 2018
An interdisciplinary research collaboration which includes Emerald Publishing as a project partner has been awarded over half a million pounds of funding by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to improve equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) within engineering and physical sciences. The project forms… Read More
MDPI appoints Professor Gordon H. Huang as Editor-in-Chief of Climate - August 7, 2018
Academic open-access publisher Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) has announced the appointment of Professor Gordon H. Huang as the Editor-in-Chief of Climate. Gordon Huang is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Environmental Systems Engineering, and Executive Director of the Institute for Energy, Environment and… Read More
De Gruyter partners with Medieval Institute Publications - August 2, 2018
Academic publisher De Gruyter and Medieval Institute Publications have signed a partnership agreement. The agreement comes on the heels of recent growth in the number of titles MIP produces in late antiquity, medieval and early modern literature. The partnership will allow MIP to expand its… Read More
Emerald joins the RNIB Bookshare service - August 1, 2018
Academic publisher Emerald recently joined The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) Bookshare service to provide print-disabled students within UK institutions, with the same educational opportunities as their peers. The RNIB Bookshare service provides institutions with… Read More
