SPIE appoints Kent Rochford as new CEO - April 9, 2018
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced Kent Rochford as its new CEO. A strong technical background in the field of optics paired with a long career in organisational management and advocacy of scientific research makes Rochford the ideal candidate to follow Eugene… Read More
London Book Fair announces Market Focus 2019: Indonesia - April 6, 2018
The London Book Fair has announced Indonesia as the Market Focus for The London Book Fair 2019. The London Book Fair Market Focus programme, which is run in partnership with the British Council, will include cultural events celebrating Indonesian authors and books, and a professional programme… Read More
SAE International introduces Author Accepted Manuscripts to enhance scholarly journals program - April 5, 2018
SAE International has introduced new Author Accepted Manuscripts as part of ongoing efforts to enhance the organisation's scholarly journals program. A first for the mobility engineering industry and for commercial publishers at large, the Author Accepted Manuscripts initiative grants readers free access to newly submitted research… Read More
NFAIS to host Blockchain for Scholarly Publishing conference - April 5, 2018
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) will host Blockchain for Scholarly Publishing, a conference on how blockchain could affect researcher workflows, including data collection, peer review, and access to published works. Attendees will explore blockchain's application, review case studies, and debate its challenges and… Read More
Invitation to complete survey on how archives and special collection repositories are being cited in publications - April 4, 2018
Research Libraries UK, in partnership with The National Archives and Jisc, have recently commissioned TheResearchBase to undertake a commissioned study into the citation of archive and special collection holding repositories within academic publications ('Citation Capture'). As a part of this important… Read More
California Digital Library joins Royal Society Open Access Membership - April 4, 2018
The California Digital Library (CDL) recently signed on to the Royal Society Open Access Membership, an arrangement under which UC-affiliated authors (from any UC campus, UC Office of the President, or Lawrence Berkeley Lab) are entitled to a 25% discount on the Article Processing Charges (APCs)… Read More
