Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - February 13, 2017
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Sharon McCulloch (The importance of being REF-able: academic writing under pressure from a culture of counting); John Tennant (Providing Context for Research and the Ever-Evolving Field of Altmetrics); Jack Grove (A Call to Punish Tardy Journal Editors); Angela Cochran (How… Read More
ACS Publications join CCC’s RightFind® XML for Mining solution - February 10, 2017
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), which creates global licensing and content solutions that make copyright work, has announced that the Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society, is participating in RightFind® XML for Mining, CCC's cloud-based… Read More
SAGE publishes The BERA/SAGE Handbook of Educational Research - February 10, 2017
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced the launch of The BERA/SAGE Handbook of Educational Research, providing a comprehensive account of education research today. The Handbook provides a comprehensive guide for researchers, both new and existing, as well as a resource to prompt further thinking about… Read More
Elsevier publication by Indiana University Public Health Informatics Prof wins HIMSS Book of the Year Award - February 10, 2017
STM publisher Elsevier and the IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis have announced that HIMSS (Healthcare Information Management Systems Society), an international not-for-profit organisation focused on better health through information technology (IT), will award its… Read More
AAP urges more direct U.S. government engagement in IIPA Special 301 Report - February 10, 2017
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has asked the U.S. government to encourage trading partners to fulfill their pledges to the U.S. to improve protection and enforcement of copyright. The submission was filed by the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) in response to the 2017 Special… Read More
ProQuest launches no-cost access to its databases for students and researchers - February 10, 2017
ProQuest has launched a program to provide no-cost access to its databases for students and researchers who have been separated from their universities and libraries because of travel bans or other immigration changes. The company has an email hotline ContinueMyResearch@proquest.com where these displaced researchers can… Read More
