Nature Research and NASA partner for a new Nature conference on the Microbiome of the Built Environment (MoBE) - June 15, 2018
Nature Research and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will be convening a new conference designed to guide NASA’s approach to interaction with and control of the Microbiome of the Built Environment (MoBE) of future spacecraft including transports, habitats, landers, rovers… Read More
COAR convenes meeting to discuss implementation of technical recommendations in the COAR Next Generation Repositories Report - June 15, 2018
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) recently held a meeting of open source repository platforms to talk about the implementation of technical recommendations in the COAR Next Generation Repositories Report. The meeting was held in conjunction with the Open Repositories Conference in Bozeman, Montana, and… Read More
ConTech 2018 – First 20 speakers announced - June 13, 2018
With the first 20 speakers now announced for the ConTech 2018 event, which runs from November 29-30, the line-up brings together the movers and shakers from the worlds of content, data science and AI. Publishers, Content Strategists, Information Professionals, Technologists, Academics and Scientists from start-… Read More
IWA Publishing selects DataSalon for sales reporting and publisher dashboards - June 12, 2018
IWA Publishing (IWAP) has announced the adoption of DataSalon's MasterVision platform in order to deliver comprehensive data reporting against the backdrop of a complex picture of customer data that encompasses relationships with numerous partners selling and distributing their industry leading journals. MasterVision… Read More
Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine to preserve OA e-journals with Portico - June 11, 2018
Digital preservation service Portico has announced that the Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine (JSNM) will preserve their Open Access e-journals with Portico, ensuring that they will be secure and available into the future. Established in 1964, the Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine has aided in… Read More
Artificial intelligence will bring back the ‘glittering spires’ of universities, predicts Jisc chief executive - June 11, 2018
Artificial intelligence will bring back the ‘glittering spires’ of universities, chief executive at Jisc Paul Feldman predicted at a conference recently. Speaking during a session exploring the challenges for the sector posed by artificial intelligence, Feldman described how little more than two decades after the internet… Read More
