Applications for CARL Research in Librarianship Grant called for - May 10, 2019
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is now accepting applications from established and newly appointed librarians working in a CARL member library. When merited, up to $4,000 is awarded annually to one or more of the applicants, to help achieve the following objectives: to… Read More
The Charlesworth Group appoints Mark Allin as its non-executive Director - May 10, 2019
The Charlesworth Group has appointed Mark Allin as its non-executive Director. Mark is an industry-leading figure, working within senior management positions in publishing for over 30 years across academic, trade and educational sectors in Asia, USA and Europe. Formerly COO and then CEO of Wiley, Mark… Read More
Open Science essential for new Horizon Europe funding programme - May 10, 2019
SPARC Europe is satisfied with the endorsement, on April 17, by the European Parliament (EP) of the Political Partial Agreement on Horizon Europe, the next research and innovation framework programme. Back in March 2019, the EP and Council of the European Union had reached a provisional… Read More
IOP Publishing’s Materials Research Express to become fully gold OA journal from 2020 - May 10, 2019
IOP Publishing has announced that Materials Research Express (MRX) will become a fully gold open access journal from 2020 to reflect increasing demand for more accessible and open science. All articles published in MRX from volume 7 (2020) onwards will be immediately free to read… Read More
SAGE Publishing and Gold Leaf release new report examining UK’s pedagogical landscape - May 9, 2019
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing and Gold Leaf have released a major study of the UK higher education pedagogical environment. How students, faculty and librarians interact with pedagogical resources is changing. But how is this impacting on learning? How is this influencing the type of resources being… Read More
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Adopts CCC’s RightsLink Author e-commerce platform - May 9, 2019
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) has announced that the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has implemented CCC’s RightsLink® Author, the industry-leading solution for managing Open Access and related publication charges. PNAS, one of the world’s most-cited and comprehensive multidisciplinary scientific journals, now has… Read More
