Learning House releases research brief on Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education - December 7, 2018
Learning House, a Wiley brand and an online program manager, has released Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education, a research brief summarising AI developments in higher education. The paper explains how universities may use AI at their institution in the future and includes recommendations on how to… Read More
OCLC Research and euroCRIS publish report on international research information management practices - December 5, 2018
OCLC Research and euroCRIS, the international organisation for research information, have published a joint research report, Practices and Patterns in Research Information Management: Findings from a Global Survey, which examines how research institutions worldwide are applying research information management (RIM) practices. … Read More
ChemRxiv announces Direct Journal Transfer to streamline submission of research for journal peer review - December 3, 2018
ChemRxiv, a chemistry preprint server for the global chemistry community, has announced Direct Journal Transfer, a new feature that will help authors submit their posted preprints to established journals for editorial consideration and peer review. This feature, which is now available on the ChemRxiv website, currently… Read More
Jisc and Elsevier in deal to support UK institutions with REF compliance and identify article metadata more effectively - November 27, 2018
Jisc, a not-for-profit organisation committed to providing UK universities and colleges shared digital infrastructure and services, and Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, have signed an agreement setting out how they will work together to support institutions to… Read More
ARL, Wikimedia, and Linked Open Data – Draft white paper open for comments through November 30 - November 19, 2018
In June 2018, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) charged a task force to look at Wikidata. The task force emerged from several years of discussion between ARL and the Wikimedia Foundation on where the two communities can effectively collaborate. The focus on Wikidata and Wikibase… Read More
Arab Open University students in all major courses gain access to McGraw-Hill Connect course materials - November 19, 2018
A new agreement that expands the collaboration among Arab Open University (AOU), McGraw-Hill Education and Growmore will make McGraw-Hill's high quality digital content available to students at AOU's nine branches in the Middle East and Africa. Students in all major first- and second-year course areas will… Read More