IPR License and SAGE announce partnership at LBF 2015 - April 14, 2015
IPR License, the global rights and licensing trading platform, teamed up with academic publisher SAGE to further extend its remit into the international content rights marketplace on the opening day of the London Book Fair 2015. SAGE will look to utilise… Read More
Springer and Altmetric launch Bookmetrix, a new platform for book impact - April 14, 2015
STM publisher Springer has become the first publisher to offer title and chapter level metrics across all of their books via a new platform, Bookmetrix. Developed in partnership with metrics provider Altmetric, the data captured via Bookmetrix is displayed on the book pages on Springer’s content… Read More
New State of America’s Libraries Report finds shift in role of US libraries - April 14, 2015
The American Library Association (ALA) has released The State of America’s Libraries Report, according to which, academic, public and school libraries are experiencing a shift in how they are perceived by their communities and society. No longer just places for books, libraries of all types are… Read More
The University of Minnesota Press and Columbia University Press to join OUP’s University Press Scholarship Online - April 14, 2015
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced that The University of Minnesota Press will join University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO) in August 2015. The Minnesota Scholarship Online (tentatively called MPSO) site will go live with 389 titles across a broad range of subject areas. … Read More
EDP Sciences in deal with Portico to preserve e-journals - April 13, 2015
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that EDP Sciences, a learned-society owned publisher, will preserve its e-journals with Portico, ensuring that their content will be secure and available into the future. EDP Sciences (Édition Diffusion Presse Sciences), a subsidiary of several… Read More
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration releases plan for public access to NOAA-funded research - April 13, 2015
In early April 2015, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released the 'NOAA Plan for Increasing Public Access to Research Results'. The plan details the extensive, long-term investments that NOAA has made in the preservation of and access to digital data and how the… Read More
