Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems appoints Prof. Claire Kremen as its Field Chief Editor - March 13, 2018
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems has announced the appointment of Professor Claire Kremen as its founding Field Chief Editor. Claire Kremen is Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at University of California, Berkeley. She is also the Faculty Director for the… Read More
MDPI becomes member of UKSG - March 13, 2018
MDPI, a publisher of peer-reviewed, open access journals, has become a member of UKSG, the UK's scholarly communications community. Through UKSG, different stakeholders share their knowledge and experience in order to improve the knowledge and information environment for researchers. UKSG’s members include universities, publishers, content providers,… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health completes divestment of ProVation Medical to Clearlake Capital Group - March 12, 2018
Wolters Kluwer Health has completed the divestment of ProVation Medical to Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., as originally announced on January 11, 2018. The divestment reflects the Health division's increasing focus on supporting healthcare providers in delivering improved patient outcomes by offering a broad and cohesive suite… Read More
Anna Akhmanova succeeds Fiona Watt as eLife’s third Deputy Editor - March 12, 2018
eLife has announced Anna Akhmanova, Professor of Cell Biology at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, as a new Deputy Editor. Working alongside Eve Marder (Brandeis University, US) and Detlef Weigel (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Germany), and reporting to Editor-in-Chief Randy Schekman (University of California… Read More
Peter Lang transitions eleven subscription-based scholarly journals to full open access - March 12, 2018
Academic publisher Peter Lang has announced plans to transition eleven of its subscription-based scholarly journals to full open access as part of its ongoing commitment to Open Access in academic publishing. Free online access to articles from these journals will be available on the new… Read More
Association of Research Libraries organises Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2018, highlights balance in the copyright system - March 12, 2018
The fifth annual Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week took place February 26-March 2, 2018, growing to 153 participating organisations-as well as numerous individuals-celebrating the important and flexible doctrines of fair use and fair dealing worldwide. This year's event was organised by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL)… Read More
