Dr. Theresa S. Byrd takes seat on OCLC Board of Trustees - November 12, 2019
Dr. Theresa S. Byrd, Dean of the University Library at the University of San Diego, took her seat on the OCLC Board of Trustees during the board's regular November meeting. Dr. Byrd was elected to the board by OCLC Global Council in March 2019. There are… Read More
Healio launches new online education platform, Healio CME - November 12, 2019
Multichannel information platform Healio has announced the launch of its all new online education platform, Healio CME. The launch is the most significant for the company since the original release of Healio.com in 2012. Through months of research and usability testing, Healio has developed a platform… Read More
ConTech 2019 – Three new lightning talks added - November 8, 2019
Three new lightning talks have been added to the ConTech 2019 programme. These talks are designed to let start-ups, vendors, publishers and data scientists the opportunity to talk about their latest ideas. These two additions underline the range and diversity of the opportunities at the intersection… Read More
American Chemical Society names Teri W. Odom as the new editor-in-chief of Nano Letters - November 8, 2019
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has named Dr. Teri W. Odom of Northwestern University as the new editor-in-chief of Nano Letters. The journal features fundamental research in all branches of the theory and practice of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Odom is the Charles… Read More
ARL supports MIT Framework for Publisher Contracts - November 8, 2019
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) supports the MIT Framework for Publisher Contracts as an important pathway to making scholarly content more openly available. The framework sets forth six core principles for library contracts with publishers, such as author retention of copyrights, automatic deposit of manuscripts… Read More
Automated Crossref DOI registration for journals using Scholastica for open access publishing - November 8, 2019
Scholastica, a peer review and publishing platform for academic journals, has announced that journals using Scholastica for open access publishing can now set up automated DOI registration and metadata deposits via Crossref. With the new automation, publishers can eliminate all manual and technical work around content… Read More
