Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - May 1, 2017
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (Decline and Fall of the Editor); Dom Galeon (A New Browser Plug-In Lets You Access Millions of Scientific Papers for Free); Keri Heath (The Journals That Prey on Academic Research); Duncan Green (The NGO-Academia interface: obstacles to collaboration,… Read More
Springer Nature announces two new ORCID initiatives - April 28, 2017
Springer Nature has announced two new initiatives in support of ORCID, which gives researchers a unique, personal, persistent identifier (an iD) that distinguishes them from every other researcher. ORCID also enables organisations to link researchers' affiliations and works – including their publications… Read More
Clarivate Analytics releases Thomson IP Manager 4.5 - April 28, 2017
Clarivate Analytics, the source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has announced its next release of Thomson IP Manager, featuring Microsoft Outlook integration; SAML 2.0-based single sign-on and USPTO PAIR. These features are available on both Enterprise and Cloud editions of Thomson IP Manager. … Read More
Elsevier updates comprehensive text on sustainable farming systems - April 28, 2017
Elsevier, the information analytics company specialising in science and health, has announced the publication of Agricultural Systems: Agroecology and Rural Innovation for Development, Second Edition, edited by Sieglinde Snapp and Barry Pound. It presents an overview of the emerging area of agroecology applications transforming farming systems… Read More
CERN and the American Physical Society sign agreement for SCOAP3 - April 28, 2017
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the American Physical Society (APS) have signed an agreement for SCOAP3 – the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics. Under this agreement, high-energy physics articles published in… Read More
New OCLC Research report offers framework for developing culture of collaboration between archivists and IT professionals - April 28, 2017
Global library cooperative OCLC has released Demystifying IT: A Framework for Shared Understanding between Archivists and IT Professionals, a follow-on report in the popular Demystifying Born Digital series designed to help archivists achieve a better understanding of how information technology professionals work so that they can… Read More
