The CCDC appoints Jürgen Harter as CEO - June 12, 2018
The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) has announced that Jürgen Harter has accepted the position of CEO. Jürgen is a highly commercially driven scientist, who has acquired more than 20 years of life sciences, information technology, and big data expertise in the biopharmaceutical domains by working… Read More
Scope e-Knowledge Center now part of SPi Global - June 11, 2018
SPi Global, the market leading content technology and content solutions enterprise that provides data services and subject matter expertise (SME) to multiple industries, has completed the transaction for the acquisition of Scope e-Knowledge Center, a leading provider of specialised knowledge services for… Read More
Artificial intelligence will bring back the ‘glittering spires’ of universities, predicts Jisc chief executive - June 11, 2018
Artificial intelligence will bring back the ‘glittering spires’ of universities, chief executive at Jisc Paul Feldman predicted at a conference recently. Speaking during a session exploring the challenges for the sector posed by artificial intelligence, Feldman described how little more than two decades after the internet… Read More
Altmetric to organise publisher workshop - June 11, 2018
Altmetric is organising an afternoon of talks and workshop sessions at Warwick Business School in London – on level 17 of The Shard. The event will feature a mixture of talks from publishers already making use of altmetrics, product updates, interactive workshops and a panel… Read More
Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine to preserve OA e-journals with Portico - June 11, 2018
Digital preservation service Portico has announced that the Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine (JSNM) will preserve their Open Access e-journals with Portico, ensuring that they will be secure and available into the future. Established in 1964, the Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine has aided in… Read More
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft signs up as sustainable funder - June 11, 2018
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) has announced that Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft has signed up to the growing list of organisations who have committed funds, via SCOSS, to support DOAJ on its way to a sustainable form of funding and future. According to Angela Holzer,… Read More
