ClinOwl and OpenAthens partner to benefit healthcare researchers - June 22, 2020
OpenAthens has announced a partnership with ClinOwl, a new and free content discovery platform for healthcare professionals and medical researchers. There is a wealth of high quality clinical content available online. However, the content is spread across hundreds of medical journals and… Read More
ORNL launches COVID-19 rapid access licensing program to help fight pandemic - June 22, 2020
The Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has launched a program designed to accelerate deployment of innovations that may help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 Rapid Access Licensing Program will allow companies to license these select technologies at… Read More
The University of St Andrews joins Frontiers – JISC national open access deal - June 22, 2020
Open access publisher Frontiers has announced that the University of St Andrews has joined the national open access deal agreed between Jisc Collections and Frontiers. The landmark deal provides a simplified and streamlined route to open access publishing for researchers in the… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - June 22, 2020
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Jamie Carmichael (RightsLink for scientific communications puts customer experience first); Nature blog (Peer review should be an honest, but collegial, conversation); Peter Walter and R. Dyche Mullins (To fight Covid-19, open access to scientific publishing); and Chris Carroll and Andy… Read More
NISO E-Book Metadata Recommended Practice now available for public comment - June 19, 2020
The NISO Working Group on E-Book Bibliographic Metadata Requirements in the Sale, Publication, Discovery, Delivery, and Preservation Supply Chain is inviting comments on its proposed Recommended Practice. Everyone involved in producing and using e-book metadata — publishers, retailers, libraries, service providers, and preservation agencies — is… Read More
The Geological Society of London renews partnership with HighWire - June 19, 2020
Scholarly publishing technology provider HighWire, currently celebrating its 25th year of business, has renewed its hosting agreement with The Geological Society of London (GSL). GSL has been a long-term and highly valued partner since 2006, with its online publications growing and diversifying… Read More
