OASPA seminar to tackle some enduring areas of OA concern and confusion - April 29, 2019
The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) will host a seminar preceding the SSP annual conference next month in San Diego. The pre-meeting seminar entitled Fact or Fiction? OASPA Lifts the Lid on Open Access Publishing will take place on the… Read More
Open Access: it is about more than just journal articles - April 26, 2019
For Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities respectively over 40% and over 60% of output consists of not being regular journal articles. Solely looking at journal articles ignores a significant share of their contribution to research and society. This is an important finding of a research into publication cultures commissioned… Read More
Liverpool John Moores University selects ProQuest One Academic - April 25, 2019
The library at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), a research university in the UK, has selected ProQuest One Academic as a single solution to improve research, teaching and learning outcomes for faculty and students. ProQuest One Academic, the newest product from educational technology provider, ProQuest,… Read More
Computer scientist, Dr. Aaron Halfaker, to keynote NFAIS 2019 Artificial Intelligence Conference - April 24, 2019
Computer scientist, Dr. Aaron Halfaker, who gained significant media attention for his development of an artificial intelligence product that grades the quality of Wikipedia edits—the Objective Revision Evaluation Service (ORES)—will deliver the closing keynote address at the upcoming NFAIS conference, Artificial Intelligence: Finding Its Place in… Read More
PLOS One’s Joerg Heber to address OA publishing - April 22, 2019
PLOS One has announced that its editor-in-chief Joerg Heber will address, ‘Advancing Open Science at PLOS One’ followed by a panel discussion in the Leo and Dottie Kolligian Library, Room 360, on April 29, from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. The event will be streamed live… Read More
The Library of Virginia adopts Ex Libris Alma, Primo, and Rosetta services - April 17, 2019
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the Library of Virginia has selected the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform for library management, the Ex Libris Primo® solution for discovery and delivery, and the Ex Libris Rosetta™ solution for digital asset management and preservation. … Read More
