Society for Scholarly Publishing to co-sponsor new Academic and Professional Publishing track at the IDPF Digital Conference at BookExpo America 2016 - November 17, 2015
The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) and the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) have announced that SSP is co-sponsoring a new Academic and Professional Publishing track at the IDPF Digital Conference at BookExpo America 2016 (May 11-12, McCormick Place, Chicago). IDPF Digital… Read More
CHORUS in deal with the U.S. Geological Survey to advance public access to research - November 17, 2015
CHORUS, a non-profit organisation, has signed an agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a science agency for the US Department of the Interior, a federal agency, to work together to implement the plan to increase public access to publications resulting from research funded by USGS.… Read More
SPARC, Higher Education groups support Lingua Editors, Open Access - November 16, 2015
Following in the footsteps of other editors and authors, the six editors and thirty-one editorial board members of the Elsevier journal Lingua resigned on October 27, 2015, in protest of Elsevier’s practices. The Lingua editors argued that the journal’s price has steadily increased year after year, far outpacing the cost… Read More
ARL announces SPEC Survey webcast on Evolution of Library Liaisons - November 5, 2015
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is offering a series of webcasts that present the findings from the latest SPEC surveys and allow webcast participants to discuss trends with the survey authors. A 45-minute webcast will follow the publication of each SPEC Kit in 2015. … Read More
Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal launches at the 26th GW-ICC meeting in Beijing, China - November 3, 2015
Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (CVIA), a new journal affiliated with the Great Wall-International Congress of Cardiology, was introduced at the opening ceremony of GWICC by Congress Chairman Prof. Changsheng Ma. Dr. C. Richard Conti, past president of the American College of Cardiology and former Editor… Read More
IEEE announces participation at this year’s Web Summit - November 2, 2015
IEEE has announced its participation in this year's Web Summit. Scheduled to be held from November 3-5 in Dublin, the Summit has become one of the world's most influential and international tech events. IEEE is the exclusive sponsor and host of the Enterprise X dinner,… Read More
