OpenAIRE and Knowledge Unlatched Sign Agreement to Develop Open Research Analytics Service - September 13, 2019
OpenAIRE and Knowledge Unlatched (KU) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop an Open Infrastructure for Open Research Analytics. Both organisations share the common goal of building infrastructure that accelerates the scholarly community’s transition to Open Access. The service will… Read More
Caitlin Carter of Johns Hopkins Selected as SPARC VPO for Negotiations - September 13, 2019
SPARC has appointed Caitlin Carter to its team as a visiting program officer. Carter, Scholarly Communication and Open Access Policy Fellow at The Johns Hopkins University Welch Medical Library Baltimore, Maryland, will spend about a quarter of her time in the newly established role. Carter… Read More
Dr. Andreas Laupacis appoints new Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Medical Association Journal - September 12, 2019
Canada's major medical journal, Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), has appointed a new editor-in-chief. Dr. Andreas Laupacis will take on the position with the CMAJ Group of publications on October 7, 2019, which includes the world-renowned CMAJ. An accomplished medical leader, mentor and researcher, Dr. Laupacis… Read More
Project Euclid and SPIE announce Publishing Technology Partnership - September 11, 2019
Project Euclid and SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced a publishing technology partnership to launch a new Project Euclid platform late in 2020. Project Euclid, jointly managed by Cornell University Library and Duke University Press, is an online… Read More
ConTech 2019 Keynote speakers announced - September 10, 2019
ConTech.Live has announced the keynote speakers for its flagship event, ConTech 2019, a conference that looks at the transformation of content through data science, AI and emerging technologies. The event takes place from December 5-6 in London. Content creation and consumption is changing faster than… Read More
The Wellcome Trust and UK Research & Innovation back project to push OA ‘transparent pricing’ framework - September 9, 2019
The Wellcome Trust and national funding agency UK Research & Innovation are backing a project to push “more transparent” communication around the nature and prices of OA publishing services. The project is being run on behalf of the international research consortium cOAlition… Read More
