IFLA to continue fight for access to knowledge at 33rd meeting of the SCCR at the World Intellectual Property Organisation - November 14, 2016
Libraries in too many countries around the world lack the basic laws needed to do the best by their communities. And even where laws exist, they frequently fail to take account of the realities of the digital age. As such, the gap between what our communities expect and what libraries… Read More
RCVS Knowledge launches RCVS Vet History – Archive Catalogue - November 14, 2016
RCVS Knowledge has announced a new way to access their unique veterinary history collections. The new Archive catalogue is now available to view online, with detailed descriptions of hundreds of items from the last 150 years. RCVS Knowledge holds the historic archive collections belonging to the… Read More
Open Access books set to grow 30% a year through 2020, says Simba report - November 14, 2016
Media and publishing intelligence firm Simba Information has released a report titled 'Open Access Book Publishing 2016-2020.' The report notes that while the movement to unlock the vaults of scientific, technical and medical (STM) research is revolutionizing academic journal publishing, scholarly and… Read More
COASP 2016 showcases global innovation in Open Access publishing - November 11, 2016
In September this year, over 160 delegates working in scholarly publishing, librarianship, academia, government, startups, scholarly societies, consultancies and for non-profits descended on Arlington, Virginia, for the 8th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP). From the evening of September 20 through to the afternoon of September 22, delegates listened… Read More
Authorea acquires research publisher The Winnower - November 11, 2016
Authorea, the online collaborative platform for researchers, has acquired The Winnower, a pioneering research publisher that offers advanced publishing tools to individual authors. With the acquisition, Authorea seeks to enhance the foremost online platform for researchers to write, cite, collaborate, host data,… Read More
Plum Analytics expands Clinical Citations metrics in its PlumX Suite to include clinical practice guidelines indexed in PubMed - November 11, 2016
PlumTM Analytics, an EBSCO company, has expanded its Clinical Citations metrics in its PlumX Suite to include clinical practice guidelines indexed in PubMed®. Researchers now have an additional way to see the impact of their work in clinical practice by tracking when their research is cited… Read More
