DOAJ survey reveals global trends in OA publishing - January 9, 2019
A survey of publishers with journals indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) has revealed surprising trends in the way that content is published; what types of organisations are publishing the content; on how publishing standards are being accepted globally; and geographical trends on… Read More
Figshare now available on custom domains - January 9, 2019
Figshare, an online digital repository for academic research, has announced that the customers of 'Figshare for Institutions' and 'Figshare for Publishers' will now be able to host content on a custom domain. Figshare portals have historically lived on a Figshare subdomain eg. university.figshare.com but now can… Read More
McGill University to upgrade its knowledge management infrastructure to OCLC WorldShare Management Services - January 9, 2019
McGill University will be upgrading its knowledge management infrastructure and fully integrating OCLC WorldShare Management Services (WMS) as its cloud-based library services platform in May 2019. In the summer of 2018, McGill Library upgraded the existing WorldCat Local online catalogue and search tool to its… Read More
Frontiers and the University of Würzburg form OA publishing agreement - January 9, 2019
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (University of Würzburg) has established an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. The University of Würzburg supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. As part of this support, the University of Würzburg has entered into an institutional… Read More
CAS and INPI collaborate to enhance patent application examination efficiency with new AI approach - January 8, 2019
The National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) of Brazil and CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society that specialises in scientific information solutions, have initiated a collaboration to speed the processing of patent applications at INPI by improving the efficiency of… Read More
Marty Kahn, Chairman of Code Ocean, selected to receive the NFAIS 2019 Miles Conrad Award - January 8, 2019
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAISTM), a global non-profit membership organisation serving the information services community, has announced that Marty Kahn, Chairman of Code Ocean, has been selected to receive the NFAIS 2019 Miles Conrad Award. NFAIS' Miles Conrad Award, long considered the… Read More
