Collaborative monograph storage feasibility study published - September 1, 2017
For many university libraries, space shortage remains a major challenge, particularly balancing the need for increasing study space while some physical collections continue to grow. The HE sector has worked in partnership with the British Library (BL) since 2007 to manage print journals collaboratively through the… Read More
AAAS’ Rush Holt to present at 2017 Frontiers in Optics + Laser Sciences Meeting - September 1, 2017
At a time when there are widespread concerns about the place of science in the society and government, what role should scientists have with policymakers? What can be done to help avoid policies that devalue science and discontinue the much needed investment in research and development? Rush Holt, CEO of… Read More
Joint white paper explores Chinese nanoscience and technology - August 31, 2017
Springer Nature, the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China, and the National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) released in both Chinese and English a white paper entitled 'Small Science in Big China: An overview of the state of Chinese nanoscience and… Read More
Peer Review Week calls for community-wide participation - August 30, 2017
The theme of Peer Review Week 2017, which runs from September 11-17, 2017, is Transparency in Review, a topic that will allow the community to explore a wide range of opportunities and challenges that this presents for peer review. With activities taking place on social media… Read More
ISNI Organizations Registry announces infrastructure changes, specialized system will identify organisations in scholarly communications - August 29, 2017
The ISNI International Agency Ltd has announced changes to its infrastructure focused on providing open identifiers for organisations working in the field of scholarly communications. The ISNI Organizations Registry will enable organisations to change and correct their own records and allow the research community to identify… Read More
BMC Medicine becomes the first clinical research journal to accept Registered Reports - August 24, 2017
BMC Medicine, an open access journal, has become the first clinical research journal to accept Registered Reports, enabling researchers to take a proactive approach towards improving transparency and reproducibility in science. The Registered Reports format is supported by the Center for Open Science (COS) and aims… Read More
