Clarivate Analytics acquires Publons - June 2, 2017
Clarivate Analytics has announced the acquisition of Publons and its leading global platform for researchers to share, discuss and receive recognition for peer review and editing of academic research. The acquisition brings together the world's preeminent citation database and the world's largest researcher-facing peer-review data and… Read More
OCLC in deal with leading publishers worldwide - June 2, 2017
Global library cooperative OCLC has signed agreements with distinguished publishers from around the world to add metadata for high quality books, e-books, journals, databases and other materials that will make their content discoverable through WorldCat Discovery. OCLC has agreements in place with 315 publishers and… Read More
Portico announces 1,000th library supporting digital preservation - June 1, 2017
Digital preservation service Portico has announced that the University Library of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, as its 1,000th participating library. Since its inception in 2006, libraries have relied on Portico to preserve academic e-journals, e-books, and other digital scholarship, and ensure that it remains available for future generations.… Read More
New SPARC Europe report provides analysis of Open Data and Open Science policies in Europe - June 1, 2017
Providing an analysis of Open Data and Open Science policies across Europe, SPARC Europe has released a new report. Produced in collaboration with the Digital Curation Center (DCC), it follows on the heels of a previous work that listed national research data policies. This latest… Read More
Sheridan acquires PubFactory hosting platform from O’Reilly Media - May 31, 2017
Sheridan, a provider of print, publishing services and technology solutions to publishers, has acquired PubFactory, the industry-lauded online publishing platform for journals, books, and reference works, from O'Reilly Media. PubFactory will continue to be based out of Boston,… Read More
ALPSP partners with ACCUCOMS’ Aggregagent to offer sales services for members - May 31, 2017
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has announced a new collaboration that opens up the Aggregagent to a large number of ALPSP member organisations, and sees the relaunch of the ALJC (ALPSP Learned Journals Collection) as 'ALPSP Collections' within the Aggregagent framework. The… Read More
