New pay-per-use licensing solution for over 20m STM Journal articles launched - July 1, 2016
Copyright Agency has launched a new pay-per-use licensing solution, RightsPortal Journals, for world class scientific, technical and medical (STM) journal content. Developed in partnership with STM publishers Elsevier, Wiley, and Read More
ScienceOpen and Altmetric to co-host webinar on the future of altmetrics - June 30, 2016
Altmetric and ScienceOpen will be co-hosting a webinar on July 4, 2016, at 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM BST titled 'The future of altmetrics.' Altmetrics are non-traditional metrics that can be used as alternative measures of scholarly impact. As an article-level… Read More
Amsterdam Universities select Figshare For Institutions to manage research data - June 30, 2016
Online digital repository Figshare has announced that The University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA) are the latest institutions to sign up for the Figshare for Institutions offering. Figshare for Institutions helps academic institutions manage, disseminate and measure the public impact… Read More
Atypon unveils Edinburgh University Press’ new responsive website - June 30, 2016
Edinburgh University Press (EUP) recently relaunched its publication website on Literatum, Atypon's online publishing platform. EUP's 40 journals have been hosted by Atypon since 2008. The new, fully responsive site was constructed using Page Builder, Literatum's widget-based user experience (UX) design… Read More
Cameron Neylon joins OpenAIRE Advisory Board - June 30, 2016
Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe (OpenAIRE) has announced that Cameron Neylon will join the OpenAIRE Advisory Board effective immediately. Cameron Neylon is Professor of Research Communication at the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University and well known agitator for opening up… Read More
UK wide survey cites the growing importance of online libraries to academics - June 30, 2016
The 2015 survey of academics, jointly commissioned by Jisc and RLUK and conducted by research organisation Ithaka S+R, has revealed a substantial increase in the way academics use and value online libraries. According to the report, 88% of researchers now see their… Read More
