NSF grants $1 million to MU to expand supercomputer equipment and expertise for big data analytics - October 3, 2014
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $1 million in two grants to the University of Missouri to install a supercomputer enabling data-intensive research and education at MU in fields such as bioinformatics, geoinformatics, high performance computing and engineering applications. The grants also will fund the… Read More
Registrations now open for ARL seminar for new assessment professionals - October 2, 2014
Registration is now open for ‘Leading a Strategic Assessment Program in a Research Library: An ARL Seminar for Recently Appointed Assessment Professionals,’ to be held in Washington, DC, May 14–15, 2015. This two-day in-person event is designed for librarians and coordinators who are new to the… Read More
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses joins The Independent Scholarly Publishers Group, adds two AACN journals to ISPG offerings - October 1, 2014
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) recently joined The Independent Scholarly Publishers Group (ISPG) and will add two of AACN's award-winning journals to the ISPG offerings - American Journal of Critical Care and Critical Care Nurse. As part of this… Read More
Wellcome Trust launches charity fund to support open access research publications - October 1, 2014
Six medical research charities recently launched the Charity Open Access Fund (COAF) to cover open access, article-processing charges. Robert Kiley is Head of Digital Services at the Wellcome Library and is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Trust's open access policy.… Read More
LBF 2015: Submissions now open for Insights programme - September 26, 2014
The London Book Fair (LBF) is seeking seminar submissions for their hugely popular Insights Seminar Programme at LBF 2015, scheduled for April 14-16, 2015. The Insights programme is designed to educate, inform, and excite. Its breadth of topics encompasses all the key issues challenging the… Read More
Kudos and ORCID partner to help authors increase discoverability and impact of their work - September 23, 2014
Kudos, which helps researchers and institutions maximise the impact and visibility of their publications, has announced a partnership through which the ORCID researcher identifier will be integrated into the Kudos platform to facilitate authors' ability to identify and claim publications. Kudos will… Read More
