Ten members of the Dutch library consortium renew agreement with Karger Publishers - June 12, 2019
Ten members of the Dutch library consortium ‘samenwerkingsverband van Nederlandse universiteitsbibliotheken en de Koninklijke Bibliotheek’ (UKB) have renewed an agreement with Karger Publishers which includes the publication of Open Access (OA) articles for authors at these universities. This transformative agreement is an important step in… Read More
University of Turku gain access to 75 online multidisciplinary resources from ProQuest - June 12, 2019
Faculty and students at the Finland-based University of Turku now have access to 75 online multidisciplinary resources from ProQuest. It is the first university in the Scandinavian region to adopt this expansive selection of primary sources – the same sources that are staples in the world’s… Read More
IOP Publishing launches new open-access journal – Journal of Physics: Complexity - June 12, 2019
IOP Publishing is launching JPhys Complexity, a new multidisciplinary, open access journal focusing on the science of complex systems and networks. Representing a further addition to IOP’s Journal of Physics series, JPhys Complexity will publish significant research where concepts and methods of physics and related… Read More
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy moves journal hosting to HighWire - June 12, 2019
Scholarly publishing tech provider HighWire has announced that the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) has selected HighWire as its new publishing platform and hosting provider. JCore, which is part of the HighWire Hosting solution, uses the world-class HighWire Open… Read More
First ConTech Forum to focus on smart content with AI and machine learning, author led content marketing, modelling student data and more - June 11, 2019
The ConTech Forum, scheduled for June 21 in London, will see speakers tackle the impact of AI, machine learning, data science and other emerging technologies on content creation, dissemination and consumption. Elsevier’s Jabe Wilson will talk about delivering answers from smart content with AI and machine… Read More
Directorate of National Research Data Infrastructure to be located in Karlsruhe - June 11, 2019
The National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) has the objective to systematically index, edit, interconnect and make available the valuable stock of data from science and research. So far, these data have mostly been available in a decentralised, project-related, or temporary form. The federation and the states… Read More
