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
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft signs up as sustainable funder - June 11, 2018
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) has announced that Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft has signed up to the growing list of organisations who have committed funds, via SCOSS, to support DOAJ on its way to a sustainable form of funding and future. According to Angela Holzer,… Read More
COAR and DuraSpace launch collaborative partnership - June 7, 2018
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and DuraSpace have announced the launch of a collaborative partnership. Both organisations are jointly committed to supporting the adoption of repository platforms that are interoperable, compliant with international standards and protocols, and reflect the vision of next generation… Read More
Crossref facilitates use of essential peer review information for scholarly communications - June 6, 2018
In response to requests from the community for flexible registering of peer review content (and associated discussions of published content), Crossref has extended its infrastructure to not only support the registration of this content, but also the easy retrieval, use and reuse of it, through its… Read More
Dr. Suzanne Bakken named new Editor-in-Chief of AMIA’s flagship informatics journal – JAMIA - June 5, 2018
The Board of Directors of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) has announced the selection of Dr. Suzanne Bakken as the new Editor-in-Chief of the AMIA peer-reviewed informatics journal, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA). Dr. Bakken is the Alumni Professor of Nursing and… Read More
