ORCID announces project partners for the ORCID A&I Program - October 2, 2013
ORCID, a non-profit organisation that provides an open registry of unique identifiers for researchers, has announced the nine project partners who will be participating in the ORCID Adoption and Integration (A&I) Program. The ORCID A&I Program provides external funding for North American universities and science and… Read More
Oxford University Press joins OAPEN-UK project - October 1, 2013
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) is joining OAPEN-UK, a collaborative research project exploring open access (OA) scholarly monograph publishing in the humanities and social sciences. OAPEN-UK is co-funded by Jisc and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and is gathering data in order to… Read More
SPARC and the World Bank announce speakers for Open Access Week 2013 kick-off event - September 30, 2013
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the World Bank have announced the speakers for the Open Access Week 2013 kick-off event to be held October 21, starting at 3:00 p.m. EDT in Washington, DC. Speakers include: Stefano Bertuzzi, Executive Director of the American… Read More
The 9th Forum Production in Publishing at the Frankfurt Book Fair, with a strong international focus - September 24, 2013
At the Frankfurt Book Fair, from October 9 – 11, 2013, around 60 professionals from the publishing and supplier industries will discuss strategies, production processes and the creation of innovative and successful publishing products. Located at Stand A 34 in Hall 4.0, the Forum presents trends… Read More
University Library and campus partners jump-start OA publishing at IUPUI - September 18, 2013
The University Library and key campus partners have started a fund to support the publication of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis scholarship in peer-reviewed open access journals. A pilot program that encourages diverse participation across schools on the campus will make $47,000 available to IUPUI faculty over… Read More
ARL offers free webcast to further explore Transforming Liaison Roles in Research Libraries report - September 17, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a free webcast to further explore Transforming Liaison Roles in Research Libraries, the third report in the New Roles for New Times series. This series highlights the transformation of the library workforce to address new challenges for research… Read More
