Swiss National Science Foundation joins Europe PMC - May 24, 2018
The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has become a member of Europe PMC, which maintains the world's largest repository for biomedicine. Researchers funded by the SNSF can store their articles in the repository. This makes the articles accessible free of charge and the research results… Read More
ConTech 2018 – Conference chairs to meet to finalise 2018 conference programme - May 22, 2018
The ConTech conference chairs are meeting on May 23, 2018, to finalise the conference programme. ConTech 2018 is aimed at information providers and content owners who increasingly have to address the challenges of competing in a data world, driven by machine learning, artificial intelligence and other… Read More
AAAS and China Association for Science and Technology explore new collaboration - May 18, 2018
Leaders of the China Association for Science and Technology and counterparts at the American Association for the Advancement of Science explored ways to build on a longstanding collaboration between the two scientific organisations through science communication and education partnerships. During a meeting at AAAS headquarters… Read More
EKT and Public Knowledge Project announce strategic partnership - May 11, 2018
PKP has announced the establishment of a new strategic partnership with the National Documentation Centre (EKT) of Greece. EKT has been a major adopter and advocate for PKP's Open Journal Systems (OJS) and Open Monograph Press (OMP) both in Greece and throughout Europe. EKT has… Read More
SPEC Survey webcast on Accessibility and Universal Design - May 10, 2018
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a series of webcasts that present the findings from the latest SPEC surveys and allow webcast participants to discuss trends with the survey authors. A 45-minute webcast will follow the publication of each SPEC Kit in 2018. … Read More
European Commission releases recommendation on access to and preservation of scientific information - May 8, 2018
The European Commission has released a new set of recommendations to the Member States that offer guidance and propose the best way to implement and support open science practices. The new recommendations include sections on incentives, rewards and require action plans from member states with concrete… Read More
