Europe’s open access Plan S unlikely to sway US policy, says Simba Information report - February 28, 2019
A coalition of European national research institutes' bold plan to divert the researchers it funds away from publishing results in journals that collect subscription fees would face a tougher path in the US. This was the consensus of a law and policy panel assembled February 7 by the Association of… Read More
Springer Nature expands nanotechnology research solution with the inclusion of more than 22 million patents - February 26, 2019
A new module has now been added to the nanotechnology research database Nano. The patent module allows users to sort through over 22 million nano-related patents across all major jurisdictions and languages. This means that researchers can find patents from areas highly affected by nanotechnology, narrow their search by country,… Read More
Info International announces series of events under the ConTech Live umbrella - February 26, 2019
Info International will be launching a series of events under the ConTech Live umbrella this year. The inaugural event last November, the conversations since, and the need in this space have created some new events for 2019. ConTech 2019 is scheduled… Read More
McGraw-Hill unveils SmartBook 2.0 to its McGraw-Hill Connect platform - February 26, 2019
McGraw-Hill Education has announced the launch of SmartBook® 2.0 as a major enhancement of its McGraw-Hill Connect® learning platform. SmartBook 2.0, McGraw-Hill Connect's adaptive learning engine, will become standard for users at the end of 2019. The current version of SmartBook is available for more… Read More
The London Book Fair announces 2019 seminar line-up - February 25, 2019
The London Book Fair has unveiled its full 2019 programme, spanning seminars, panel debates, awards, author events, live podcasts and much more. From audiobooks to ageism, rights to refugee education, and from feminism to fake news, this year's comprehensive programme at LBF provides insight into… Read More
Threats to copyright protections seen as ‘Existential’, reports Simba Information - February 20, 2019
Copyright protection and the many ways it is perceived to be under threat were a recurring theme to proceedings at the Association of American Publishers annual Professional and Scholarly Publishing conference on February 7, reports market research firm Simba Information. Simba Information covers issues of copyright… Read More
