ICSTI 2016 Annual Members’ Meeting & Workshops scheduled for February 20 - January 22, 2016
The ICSTI 2016 Annual Members' Meeting & Workshops meeting will be held on February 20 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Philadelphia, and will immediately precede the NFAIS 2016 Annual Conference, which follows on February 21-23 at Hyatt at the Bellevue also in Philadelphia. The overall Event… Read More
Mellon grant, association support, to establish career pipeline for diversity in scholarly publishing - January 19, 2016
The University of Washington has received a $682,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to create a pipeline program to diversify academic publishing through funded acquisitions apprenticeships at four university presses. The collaborative project involves the University of Washington Press, the MIT Press, Duke University… Read More
Three Yorkshire universities join forces to launch new digital publishing platform - January 14, 2016
Three Yorkshire universities have joined forces to set up a new open access digital platform to publish research across academic disciplines. Established by the universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York, the White Rose University Press (WRUP) is now open for submissions. It will publish peer-reviewed academic papers, books, textbooks,… Read More
EBSCO Information Services introduces $150,000 grant to fund solar adoption - January 12, 2016
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is introducing a grant to help libraries Go Solar. As part of the EBSCO Solar initiative, EBSCO is currently soliciting grant applications to help libraries in the United States fund solar installations. EBSCO is making a total of $150,000 available to one… Read More
Publishers and librarians give green light to continue Access to Research initiative - January 11, 2016
The Access to Research initiative, which gives users in public libraries free access to over 10 million academic articles, has been given the green light by publishers and librarians to continue. The service was originally launched as a pilot by the Universities and Science Minister… Read More
Publishers require authors to use an ORCID identifier during the publication process - January 8, 2016
A group of seven publishers have announced, during 2016, they will begin requiring authors to use an ORCID identifier (iD) during the publication process. The American Geophysical Union (AGU), eLife, EMBO, Hindawi, the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the Public Library of Science… Read More
