Elsevier and Seven Bridges awarded NIH Data Commons grant - November 8, 2017
Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, and Seven Bridges Genomics have announced that The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded them a grant for the development of a comprehensive, open-source data analysis ecosystem as part of its… Read More
Registrations for SCOAP3 Forum 2017 now open - November 7, 2017
The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) will be hosting its annual online Forum - an open event presenting achievements after almost four years and an outlook into the future of the initiative, on December 7, 2017. The Forum also offers an… Read More
American Medical Informatics Association outlines priorities for data science research - November 3, 2017
Nation's health and biomedical informatics professionals have urged the National Library of Medicine to lead Data Science efforts across the National Institutes of Health. In comments submitted recently, the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) offered numerous suggestions on how the National Library of Medicine (NLM)… Read More
European University Association publishes statement welcoming EU’s current Open Science policies - November 2, 2017
The European University Association (EUA) has recently published a statement welcoming the efforts of National Governments and the European Commission in promoting Open Science values in their national research funding schemes and in the EU Research and Innovation Framework Programme. This statement follows the previous… Read More
London Info International to host Copyright Card Game as part of the Open Conference Stream on December 5 - November 1, 2017
London Info International will host the Copyright Card Game as part of the Open Conference Stream on December 5, 2017. Copyright is an important subject for all information professionals but one that often causes anxieties. Some of the anxiety is related to the complexity of… Read More
Wilma van Wezenbeek to succeed Robert van der Vooren as Open Access Project Leader at the VSNU - October 26, 2017
Wilma van Wezenbeek, director of the TU Delft Library, will succeed Robert van der Vooren as Open Access Project Leader at the VSNU with effect from January 1, 2018. In recent years Van Wezenbeek has spearheaded national and international efforts to promote open access and… Read More
