Jisc appoints Liz Bal as new director of open research services - June 16, 2020
Jisc has announced the appointment Liz Bal as director of open research services. Acting for and with Jisc members, Liz will provide strategic direction for Jisc’s services to ease the move to open research for UK researchers, institutions and funders. Liz comes to Jisc with ten… Read More
INPI and CAS sign Technical Cooperation Agreement to tackle Brazil’s patent application backlog - June 15, 2020
The National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) of Brazil and CAS, a division of the not-for-profit American Chemical Society that specialises in scientific information solutions, have signed a formal Technical Cooperation Agreement. This agreement is the culmination of more than 18 months of work and collaboration… Read More
Nature Research authors the latest to benefit from In Review, a free integrated preprint sharing service - June 15, 2020
In Review, the innovative service which integrates early sharing and increased transparency in peer review with the journal submission and peer review process, is being made available for the first time to authors submitting primary research to Nature Research titles. Authors submitting to two Nature Research titles, Nature Communications and… Read More
VCU Libraries unveils VCU Publishing, a digital press for faculty, students and the community - June 15, 2020
VCU Libraries is launching an initiative that will spearhead the digital publishing of scholarship by Virginia Commonwealth University faculty, students and the community, including books, peer-reviewed journals, digital scholarship and more. The initiative, VCU Publishing, aims to amplify scholarly and research findings… Read More
OCLC and Center for Research Libraries launch Shared Print Data Infrastructure Project - June 15, 2020
Global library cooperative OCLC will be hosting a webinar on June 17, 2020 to introduce the new registration service and the updated API to the wider shared print community. Registration for the webinar can be done at: http://click.e.oclc.org/?qs=4469a1b8b83fe956592581c676bbf8d2542e712bc0dabb198c5812a0f326e103f65f3ee2c6629fd38c42facd3154d180e7350e1a0c5e8fae. In 2018 OCLC… Read More
ARPHA Platform welcomes fourth medical academic journal – Bulgarian Cardiology - June 15, 2020
In June 2020, ARPHA Platform welcomed the fourth medical academic journal to its portfolio: Bulgarian Cardiology, the official publication venue of the Bulgarian National Cardiac Society since 1995. The Society is a member of the European Society of… Read More