New SPARC Europe report on Open Data and Open Science policies in Europe - March 17, 2017
SPARC Europe, together with the Digital Curation Centre (DCC), has released a report that provides a snapshot of various Open Data and Open Science policies, as they currently stand throughout Europe. The report gives an overview and quick access via live links to the sourced policy… Read More
Germany’s Common Bibliographic Data Zone goes live with University of Mannheim as first member institution - March 15, 2017
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the University of Mannheim, a member of the Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Württemberg (BSZ) consortium, has become the first university in Germany to be connected to the Common Bibliographic Data Zone (CBDZ). The CBDZ is a collaboration between BSZ and two… Read More
ProQuest joins Jisc’s Digital Archival Collections group purchasing pilot - March 15, 2017
ProQuest is working with Jisc to enable UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to build strong, user-centered research collections that better support their research focus areas and budgets. ProQuest is taking part in an innovative group purchasing pilot program aimed at supporting… Read More
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene launches new online journal platform on Ingenta CMS Go - March 15, 2017
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) has launched its new online journal platform on Ingenta's packaged publishing platform solution, Ingenta CMS Go. Just three months after starting the implementation, ASTMH's new fully branded, feature-rich, cloud-hosted website has launched,… Read More
Terry Leatherman joins Allen Press’ Association Management Services division as Association Manager - March 14, 2017
Allen Press, Inc. has announced that Terry Leatherman has joined its Association Management Services division as Association Manager. Leatherman comes to Allen Press from Housing and Credit Counseling, Inc. where he served as President and CEO. Prior to that, Leatherman held positions as Executive Vice… Read More
Springer Nature’s new semantic platform with Linked Open Data to serve the needs of the research community - March 13, 2017
Publisher Springer Nature is giving a boost to researchers with the launch of its new Springer Nature SciGraph. The new Linked Open Data (LOD) platform aggregates data sources from Springer Nature and cooperating partners, making it easier to analyze information related to Springer Nature publications. With… Read More
