Open-access platform Libre set for October launch, academics invited to publish papers and solicit reviews - July 15, 2013
Three academics are set to launch a new open-access platform that they hope will allow researchers to wrest control of peer review from journals and remove academic publishers' justification for charging high prices for their titles. The Libre platform, slated for launch in October, will host open reviews of… Read More
MetaMetrics partners with five major publishers to provide Quantile measures for over 30 new mathematics textbooks - July 12, 2013
MetaMetrics, developer of The Quantile Framework for Mathematics, recently collaborated with five major publishers to provide Quantile measures for more than 30 new mathematics textbooks that cover materials intended for students in Kindergarten to 10th grade. These textbooks will join over 600 textbooks and 3,500 resources… Read More
Blackboard announces free, flexible option for running massive open online courses - July 11, 2013
Enterprise technology and innovative solutions provider Blackboard Inc., US, has announced a free, flexible option for running massive open online courses (MOOCs): a hosted instance of Blackboard Learn, the company's flagship learning management system (LMS). With more institutions looking to offer large, open courses, the offer… Read More
Elsevier launches two new modules in Pure, its research information management system - July 10, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of two new modules in Pure, Elsevier's research information management system. These modules are: Award Management and Research Intelligence. Pure, one of the latest additions to Elsevier's SciVal research management tools, aggregates an institution's research and faculty information… Read More
Elsevier articles on ScienceDirect and datasets in the ORNL DAAC data repository now reciprocally linked - July 9, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier has announced its implementation of reciprocal linking between Earth Science content on ScienceDirect and related data sets of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory Tennessee (ORNL). The ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC), which is funded by the National Aeronautics… Read More
PLoS journals now optimised for tablets - July 8, 2013
PLoS has announced that its journals are now optimised for tablets. In December 2012, PLoS redesigned its journals, and although these journals have always worked on tablets, they are now tailored to suit these devices as part of a continued roll-out of site enhancements to meet… Read More
