ORCID collaborates with Crossref and DataCite to launch Auto-Update functionality - October 27, 2015
ORCID, the non-profit organisation that is working to address the name ambiguity problem in scholarly communications by providing a registry of persistent identifiers for researchers, has announced the launch of Auto-Update functionality, in collaboration with Crossref and DataCite. ORCID registrants who use their unique ORCID… Read More
Columbia University Libraries participate in eighth annual Open Access Week - October 26, 2015
Columbia University Libraries announced its participation at the eighth annual Open Access Week. Open Access Week, a global event now entering its eighth year, is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share… Read More
ARL awarded IMLS, Sloan Foundation grant to expand and enhance SHARE - October 22, 2015
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has been awarded a joint $1.2 million grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to expand and enhance SHARE's open data set of research and scholarly activities across their life cycle.… Read More
SPARC launches Open Access Spectrum Evaluation Tool to independently analyse publications’ policies - October 20, 2015
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced the launch of the Open Access Spectrum (OAS) Evaluation Tool, which provides a concrete, quantifiable mechanism to independently analyse publications' policies. The OAS Evaluation Tool generates an 'Openness' score that is straightforward, easy to understand,… Read More
First ICSTI, NISO webinar to address the topic ‘A Pathway from Open Access and Data Sharing to Open Science in Practice’ - October 19, 2015
The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) will organise its first webinar titled 'A Pathway from Open Access and Data Sharing to Open Science in Practice,' in close partnership with NISO. This webinar is scheduled for November 10, 2015, from… Read More
Highlights of the third day of Frankfurt Book Fair - October 16, 2015
On the third day of the Frankfurt Book Fair, highlighted events included the opening of the 'Media and Technology Forum' as part of the 'New European Media Summit; Peace Prize winner Navid Kermani discussed Iranian literature; and a press conference highlighted the results of the 'Frankfurt… Read More
