Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - May 6, 2019
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Rick Anderson (Cabell’s Predatory Journal Blacklist: An Updated Review); Helen Lippell (The importance of industry associations); Robin Crewe (How to approach the revolution in scholarly publishing); Gal Oestreicher-Singer, Hilah Geva, and Maytal Saar-Tsechansky (Building online personas: Has social media become… Read More
Plan S drafters urged to ‘stand their ground’ in advance of a revised proposal - May 3, 2019
European research funders are being urged to stay true to their original objective and make all journal papers published with their support free to read by 2020, when they present revised proposals later this month. The new draft of Plan S, now being coordinated by Robert Kiley of the
New OA policy at Penn State to expand reach of University research - May 3, 2019
A new open access policy at Penn State, recently endorsed by the University Faculty Senate, will greatly increase public availability of original, peer-reviewed Penn State scholarly research in support of the University’s land-grant mission. Under the policy — expected to be implemented by Penn State… Read More
Mercer University selects Ex Libris Alma library services platform and the Ex Libris Primo discovery and delivery solution - May 3, 2019
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that Mercer University has selected the Ex Libris Alma® library services platform and the Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution. Alma and Primo will replace the Innovative Sierra library system and EBSCO Discovery Service™. One of America’s oldest… Read More
American Association for Physician Leadership announces acquisition of Greenbranch Publishing - May 3, 2019
The American Association for Physician Leadership® (AAPL), an organisation for lifelong professional growth and support of physicians in health care leadership and management, has announced the acquisition of Greenbranch Publishing. Among the Greenbranch assets that AAPL will acquire as part of the acquisition include the publisher’s… Read More
American Society for Cell Biology names Matthew D. Welch as editor-in-chief of Molecular Biology of the Cell - May 3, 2019
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) has named Matthew D. Welch as the new editor-in-chief of its online peer-reviewed scientific research journal, Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC), effective January 1, 2020. Welch is a professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of… Read More
