ACS Publications expands open access publishing options - November 4, 2013
Scientific journal publisher ACS Publications, a Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS), has announced a far-reaching expansion of its open access publishing options - including a major new open access journal, more licensing choices for authors and a stimulus program to support authors who… Read More
The Semantic Web Journal launches first version of Linked-Data Driven and Semantically Enabled Journal Platform - November 4, 2013
The Semantic Web Journal, published by IOS Press, has launched the first version of its Linked-Data Driven and Semantically Enabled Journal Platform (SEJP). The portal publishes a wide variety of data that are obtained from the journal’s unique and open review process. Each submitted manuscript… Read More
Publishing Technology Director for Dartmouth Journal Services, Mary McRae, appointed to NISO’s Standing Committee for JATS - November 4, 2013
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced that its Standing Committee for Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS) has invited Sheridan’s Mary McRae to serve on the committee. The JATS Tag Suite began as the NLM Journal Archiving and Interchange Tag Suite and was sent… Read More
EMBO announces new publishing platform in partnership with HighWire Press - October 31, 2013
HighWire and EMBO have announced the December launch of EMBO Press, a new publishing platform for The EMBO Journal, EMBO Reports, Molecular Systems Biology and EMBO Molecular Medicine, providing opportunities for the future development of the journals. It is expected that EMBO Press will strengthen… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education and University of Pennsylvania collaborate to invest in education technology startup, Incubator - October 31, 2013
Digital learning company McGraw-Hill Education, US, has announced an investment in the Education Design Studio, Inc. (EDSi), a $2.1 million hybrid incubator and seed fund that was launched in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education (Penn GSE) and designed specifically to nurture,… Read More
Montana Higher Education Institutions select Ex Libris’ discovery suite for its flexibility and best-in-class consortial support - October 31, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of Montana and the Montana State University System - both multi-campus consortia - have selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution, the SFX OpenURL link resolver, and the bX Recommender. The Ex Libris solutions… Read More
