Investment in digital infrastructure and workforce are key to improving federal government’s digital strategy, notes AMIA - August 6, 2018
The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) sent a set of recommendations to the federal government last week, commenting on its Draft Federal Data Strategy. The nation's health informatics professionals largely supported the Strategy, identifying ways it could help federal agencies improve data sharing and data availability… Read More
Kudos appoints Rosie Collins as Academic Outreach Manager - August 6, 2018
Kudos, a service for maximizing the reach and impact of research publications, has announced the appointment of Rosie Collins as Academic Outreach Manager. Rosie joins Kudos from the University of Westminster where she worked as a Research Development Manager, supporting academics in the development of… Read More
Knowledge Unlatched and National Contact Point Open Access develop quality criteria for OA books - August 6, 2018
Knowledge Unlatched (KU), the central platform for the sustainable funding of Open Access (OA) models, and the National Contact Point Open Access have developed quality criteria for Open Access books. The agreement aims to provide libraries and publishers with investment security in the future when… Read More
Frontiers in Psychiatry appoints Merete Nordentoft as new Chief Editor of Schizophrenia - August 6, 2018
Frontiers in Psychiatry has announced the appointment of Professor Merete Nordentoft as the new Specialty Chief Editor of Schizophrenia. Merete Nordentoft is professor in clinical psychiatry, and works as a clinician at the Mental Health Center Copenhagen. She also heads a research unit of more than… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - August 6, 2018
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: David Crotty (Measuring Societal Impact or, Meet the New Metric, Same as the Old Metric); Lucy Montgomery, Cameron Neylon, Alkim Ozaygen and Tama Leaver (How small open access monograph presses can make the most of an increasingly rich data landscape);… Read More
Elsevier signs definitive agreement to acquire Aries Systems - August 3, 2018
Elsevier, the global information analytics business specialising in science and health, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Aries Systems, a leader in scientific publication workflow solutions headquartered outside Boston, MA. Aries' offerings are used by journals, books and other publications for… Read More
