Cambridge University Press launches new website for its higher education textbooks to meet changing needs of students - August 24, 2020
Cambridge University Press has brought its higher education (HE) textbooks together on a new, tailor-made website to meet the changing needs of students, instructors and universities. Higher Education from Cambridge University Press gives higher education institutions and their students easy, affordable… Read More
Qatar National Library joins global open access network to help improve OA support across the world - August 24, 2020
Qatar National Library has joined the Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services (SCOSS), thus furthering its commitment to helping researchers in Qatar and beyond publish their findings on international publishing platforms. The Library was named as a representative of the Middle… Read More
ARL, CNI and EDUCAUSE publish report on future scenarios for research libraries and emerging technologies - August 24, 2020
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), and EDUCAUSE have published a report on two invitational workshops with experts in learning and research applications of emerging technologies. The workshops, held this spring, focused on identifying likely futures for partnerships with libraries.… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - August 24, 2020
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joshua Z. Rappoport (How to best approach COVID-19 research); Retraction Watch blog (‘Beggers’ can’t be choosers as another meta-analysis is retracted); scholastica blog (Agile journal management: An overview for editorial teams); Jennifer Goodrich (COVID-19: Can the scientific ecosystem fight off… Read More
Clarivate unveils Coronavirus, Virology, and Infectious Disease (CVID) Data Lake to accelerate research, preparedness and response to future pandemics - August 21, 2020
Clarivate Plc, a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, has announced the launch of its Coronavirus, Virology, and Infectious Disease (CVID) Data Lake to support global researchers and policy makers in their efforts to make data-driven decisions that… Read More
Elsevier acquires semantic AI company SciBite to accelerate solutions for life sciences and corporate R&D industries - August 21, 2020
Elsevier, a global research publishing and information analytics provider, and part of RELX, has acquired SciBite, a semantic AI company headquartered in Cambridge, UK, to help customers make faster, more effective R&D decisions through advanced text and data… Read More
