U.S. Congress funds another $5 million appropriation for Open Textbook Pilot - October 1, 2018
The U.S. Congress recently reaffirmed the national role of ‘open’ in the path to college affordability by renewing the $5 million federal Open Textbook Pilot for another year. Contained in the broader Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act of 2019, the program answers… Read More
Adoption of blockchain on the rise, lack of skilled staff hampering its development in the life science industry, says new Pistoia Alliance survey - September 27, 2018
The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that works to lower barriers to innovation in life sciences R&D, has announced the results of a survey on the adoption of blockchain in the pharmaceutical and life science industries. According to the survey, 60 percent of pharmaceutical and… Read More
ConTech 2018 is open for business in just two months from now - September 26, 2018
The world of publishing has been forged from two great waves of technology - the invention of the printing press and the creation of the internet. Those who attend ConTech 2018 will get to grips with the next, third wave of technology that is already revolutionising… Read More
ScienceOpen partners with Compuscript/International Science Editing in China - September 26, 2018
Discovery platform ScienceOpen has announced a partnership with Compuscript/International Science Editing in China to develop new products tailored specifically for the Chinese market. Chinese researchers face tremendous hurdles in communicating their research results to the rest of the world - from language barriers to internet… Read More
PKP and SciELO to develop open source Preprint Server system - September 24, 2018
The Public Knowledge Project (PKP) and SciELO Program have announced an agreement to develop a Preprint Server system on the principles that have guided these two organisations over the last two decades. These governing principles include recognising the value of: independent manuscript evaluation systems and… Read More
JMU Libraries in partnership with ARL receives IMLS national forum grant - September 21, 2018
James Madison University (JMU) Libraries, in partnership with the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), has been awarded $89,000 by the US Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to convene a national forum of experts and stakeholders to… Read More
