PSP 2014 features publisher experimentation with Open Access business models - March 11, 2014
The Association of American Publishers' Professional and Scholarly Publishing division hosted a session at its annual Washington D.C. conference last month to discuss a movement that has, until recently, left many key players in the industry scratching their heads. "Open Access: Beyond the Tipping Point," brought… Read More
MSU Library joins SCOAP3, makes research articles freely accessible to all - March 10, 2014
The Montana State University Library has taken an initiative towards making important physics research more widely accessible. The library recently signed on to participate in Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3), a program that makes peer-reviewed literature… Read More
ÜberResearch launches free funding wizard for ORCID - March 4, 2014
ÜberResearch, a provider of software solutions for research funders, has announced the launch of their free funding wizard for ORCID, under the name ÜberWizard. The wizard allows ORCID users to import and associate their funding data with their ORCID record, through a… Read More
The Frankfurt Book Fair teams up with the London Author Fair - March 3, 2014
The Frankfurt Book Fair partnered with the London Author Fair, a one-day event for authors that recently celebrated its premiere in London. At the Press Breakfast, sponsored by the Frankfurt Book Fair, the Fair presented the publication Author's Guide to the Frankfurt… Read More
Visualising Research: using data visualisation to explore how research is funded in the UK - March 3, 2014
Around £3 billion of Government funding is apportioned annually between the seven UK Research Councils. This investment creates a huge amount of information, which is held in the 'Gateway to Research' database and available for anyone to access online. But how can people make sense of… Read More
NIH adds substantial set of genetic, health information to online database - February 28, 2014
Researchers will now have access to genetic data linked to medical information on a diverse group of over 78,000 people, enabling investigations into many diseases and conditions. The data, from one of the nation’s largest and most diverse genomics projects - Genetic Epidemiology Research on Aging (GERA) - have just… Read More
