Publons announces winners of 2017 Publons Peer Review Awards - September 13, 2017
Publons has announced the winners of the 2017 Publons Peer Review Awards, honouring the top contributors to peer review across all the world's journals. The complete list of winners by category is available at: https://publons.com/awards/. Publons Peer Review Awards were established… Read More
ScienceOpen and UCL Press announce new hosting partnership - September 13, 2017
ScienceOpen has announced a new hosting partnership with UCL Press, the first fully Open Access university press in the UK, based at the University College London. With this, ScienceOpen extends its portfolio of dedicated features for publishers to enhance the visibility and… Read More
Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar appointed as Library Director of King Abdullah University of Science & Technology - September 12, 2017
Dr. J. K. Vijayakumar has been appointed as the Library Director of King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia as of July 1, 2017. Vijay joined KAUST in 2009 and has contributed to the library's growth in many leadership roles, including… Read More
CHORUS and IARPA sign participation agreement - September 11, 2017
CHORUS has announced an agreement with the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), part of the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), to expand public access to the results of its funded research. IARPA adheres to the OSTP… Read More
The Frankfurter Buchmesse is industry partner in the digital EU project ‘EMMA’ - September 8, 2017
As the world’s largest publishing industry trade fair, the Frankfurter Buchmesse sees itself as a platform and trailblazer for innovation and digital development in the sector. Now, it is also an industry partner in the digital project EMMA, which has received funding by the European Union… Read More
LIBER signs open letter to stop potentially harmful copyright reform - September 8, 2017
LIBER has signed an open letter directed at the EU’s Legal Affairs Committee (JURI), in an attempt to stop recent EU copyright reform developments which threaten Open Access and Open Science. In the letter, LIBER and 14 other organisations express particular alarm at the potential… Read More
