LibQUAL+ library customer satisfaction survey 2021 registration is now open - August 17, 2020
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has opened 2021 registration for LibQUAL+®, a leading library customer satisfaction assessment tool. For the past 20 years, libraries have depended on LibQUAL+ survey data to evaluate the needs and satisfaction levels of their users. With LibQUAL+, libraries are able… Read More
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine journal names Dr. Robert C. Tasker as new editor-in-chief - August 17, 2020
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) has named Dr. Robert C. Tasker as its new editor-in-chief. Dr. Tasker will become the second editor-in-chief of PCCM, effective October 1, 2020, taking over for Dr. Patrick M. Kochanek who has served as editor-in-chief since 2000. PCCM is the official journal of the… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - August 17, 2020
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Rosalind Edwards (Unfunded research: Why academics do it and its unvalued contribution to the impact agenda); Jennifer Goodrich (The power of data in the management of peer review); Alice Meadows (Beyond publication — Increasing opportunities for recognising all research contributions);… Read More
The State of Journal Production and Access 2020: Report on survey of society and university publishers - August 14, 2020
Scholastica has announced the release of their first report on ‘The State of Journal Production and Access’ among scholarly society and university publishers. The report details the results of a global survey of 63 individuals working with scholarly society and university publishers… Read More
Dr. T. Brent Gunnoe to lead ACS Catalysis as interim editor-in-chief - August 14, 2020
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has appointed Dr. T. Brent Gunnoe of the University of Virginia as the interim editor-in-chief of ACS Catalysis. This move follows the appointment of the journal’s previous editor, Dr. Christopher W. Jones as editor-in-chief of JACS Au.… Read More
IET partners with J-STAGE to index 53 Japanese journals in Inspec - August 14, 2020
The Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) research database, Inspec, will now include content from J-STAGE, Japan’s largest database for reviewed academic papers. The partnership brings 53 journals from across Inspec’s coverage areas spanning: mechanical and production engineering; computers and control;… Read More
