New Springer Nature white paper proposes five essential factors to accelerate data sharing - April 3, 2019
Academic publishing company Springer Nature has released a white paper titled Five Essential Factors for Data Sharing. The white paper draws on surveys of over 11,000 researchers to make concrete recommendations that ensure good data practice. Five Essential Factors for Data Sharing… Read More
Cambridge University Press and the Bavarian State Library announce major OA agreement in Germany - April 3, 2019
Cambridge University Press has reached a major Open Access agreement with the Bavarian State Library (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB) on behalf of higher education and research institutions across Germany. The three-year ‘read and publish’ agreement has been concluded with the German academic library consortium, which represents… Read More
Health Education England partners with BMJ to provide all NHS staff in England with the best available clinical information - April 3, 2019
Health Education England (HEE) has announced a new partnership with the BMJ, a medical knowledge provider, to provide BMJ Best Practice to the whole of the NHS workforce in England. HEE has invested in this national ‘point of care’ tool as a result of requests from… Read More
Frontiers and MIT form OA publishing agreement - April 3, 2019
Open-access scholarly publisher Frontiers and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. Under the terms of this… Read More
Future Science Group launches new initiative, PharmaPlatforms - April 3, 2019
Future Science Group has announced the launch of a new arm of its business, PharmaPlatforms, recognising the need for cohesive and collaborative communication plans around published content. Taking published content from FSG’s journals, knowledge networks and content hubs, PharmaPlatforms will provide a range of solutions… Read More
United Arab Emirates University selects OCLC’s WorldShare Management Services as its library services platform - April 3, 2019
In transitioning into a research-intensive institution, the United Arab Emirates University has selected OCLC’s WorldShare Management Services to bring added value to students and faculty. WorldShare Management Services (WMS) is a cloud-based library services platform with WorldCat as its foundation, which… Read More
