Jisc appoints Karen Foster to lead new data analytics directorate as executive director - September 18, 2019
Jisc has announced a new appointment to its leadership team - Karen Foster. Karen will lead a new data analytics directorate as executive director, effective September 17. Karen joins Jisc from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), with 22 members of her team. Jisc and… Read More
BioDesign Research is fourth journal to join AAAS’s Science Partner Journal program - September 17, 2019
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has announced the launch of the fourth journal in its Science Partner Journal program, BioDesign Research, published in affiliation with Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU). The journal will be distributed by AAAS in association with NAU, institutions that… Read More
Journal of Biological Chemistry launches program for early-career scientists - September 17, 2019
The Journal of Biological Chemistry has launched a program designed to involve scientists at early stages of their careers in peer review. The JBC Early-Career Reviewer Board offers postdoctoral researchers and newly independent investigators a structured path for developing peer-review skills and learning about the… Read More
American Chemical Society announces changes to Publications Division leadership - September 16, 2019
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has named Dr. James Milne, senior vice president of the Journals Publishing Group, as acting president of the ACS Publications Division. Milne will take the reins from Dr. Brian Crawford, who had announced his plans to retire earlier this year. Milne… Read More
OA in the open white paper surfaces challenges, opportunities, next steps for open access collecting - September 16, 2019
A new white paper, ‘OA in the Open: Community Needs and Perspectives,’ from the Supporting OA Collections in the Open project documents a series of conversations with librarians with expertise in collections, acquisitions, scholarly communication, and administration, from diverse institutions, regarding their experiences and attitudes towards… Read More
Independent Report and Transformative Agreement Toolkit Launched to Support Learned Society Publishers’ Transition to Immediate Open Access and Align with Plan S - September 13, 2019
The report and toolkit are designed to help support learned society publishers to accelerate their transition to Open Access (OA), and enter into transformative agreements that unlock a multi-year transitional pathway compliant with Plan S for hybrid OA titles. Plan S, an initiative of international funders and charitable foundations called… Read More
