ASTM International signs MOU with four more national standards bodies - July 3, 2017
ASTM International, a global standards organisation, has signed memorandums of understanding with the national standards bodies of Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Ukraine, and Armenia, bringing the total number of MOUs to 105. The four MOUs were signed by ASTM International's president, Katharine Morgan. The program supports… Read More
EOSCpilot, OpenAIRE-DE joint workshop – Future Open Science services for scientific communities - July 3, 2017
The EOSCpilot project and OpenAIRE Germany have announced their joint workshop 'Future Open Science services for scientific communities.' The workshop will take place in Berlin, Germany, on October 24, 2017, the day before the FORCE 11 conference. … Read More
Ingram Publisher Services acquires Book Network Int’l Limited, expands UK footprint - July 3, 2017
Ingram Publisher Services LLC, an operating unit of Ingram Content Group, has acquired Book Network Int'l Limited ("NBNi"), an international physical and digital book distributor, based in the UK. NBNi's client service business will stand alongside Ingram's wide range of digital, physical and print-on-demand solutions to… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - July 3, 2017
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Independence Lost - Taxpayer Funding and Information Access Takes a Dark Turn); Stevan Bruijns (How access to knowledge can help universal health coverage become a reality); Retraction Watch Blog (Fake peer review strikes again for pair of authors);… Read More
Holiday Notice - July 3, 2017
This is to inform our esteemed subscribers that there will be no newsletter dispatch on July 4, 2017 on account of US Independence Day. We will resume our newsletter service on Wednesday, July 5, 2017. The newsletter will contain all the headlines that have appeared after the July 3rd issue.… Read More
Elsevier and Wiley collaborate to provide more trusted and accessible answers and insights to engineers in industry and academia via Knovel platform - June 30, 2017
Elsevier, the information analytics company specialising in science and health, is enabling engineers, researchers and students to confidently solve engineering problems and prepare the next generation of engineers through its collaboration with Wiley and the Knovel platform. This collaboration empowers companies and institutions to create what's… Read More
