Panelists discuss economics and sustainability of OA publishing at OASPA webinar - December 5, 2018
OASPA recently hosted a timely and welcome discussion on the economic implications of publishing research open access, chaired by Board Member Dr Stuart Taylor. Dr Rupert Gatti (Fellow and Director of Studies in Economics, Trinity College, Cambridge, and Cofounder of Open Book Publishers), Liz Ferguson (Vice… Read More
ConTech 2018 closes on a high - December 4, 2018
The first ever ConTech conference took place last week at the Chelsea Harbour Hotel, London, UK. Attendees witnessed three first class and completely different keynotes, ground breaking speaker sessions as well as a pharma focused special session. Multiple networking opportunities and the addition of the DataBeers… Read More
Institute of Advanced Science Extension to preserve OA e-journals with Portico - December 3, 2018
Digital preservation service Portico has announced that the Institute for Advanced Science Extension (IASE) is preserving their open access e-journals with Portico, ensuring that their content will be secure and available into the future. IASE is a non-profit international scientific association of distinguished scholars engaged… Read More
Society for Scholarly Publishing collaborates with Arnoud de Kemp to organise 2019 APE Pre-Conference in Berlin - December 3, 2018
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) is collaborating with Arnoud de Kemp to organise the APE Pre-Conference in Berlin, Germany, on January 14, 2019. Academic Publishing in Europe (APE) is an independent, multidisciplinary conference established in 2006 to host an ongoing international debate about the future… Read More
Annex Publishers to preserve OA e-journals with Portico - November 29, 2018
Digital preservation service Portico has announced that Annex Publishers, an interactive open access journal publisher for the communication of all scientific and medical research, will be preserving its open access e-journals with Portico. With this move, the publisher seeks to ensure that their content will be… Read More
The American University of Beirut joins ProQuest Dissertations and Theses publishing program - November 28, 2018
The American University of Beirut, an esteemed teaching-centered research university in Lebanon and the Middle East, has signed an agreement to contribute its graduate works to the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses™ (PQDT) database, the leading database of dissertations and theses from the world's greatest universities. It… Read More
