EBSCO Information Services wins 2016 Copova Award - January 27, 2017
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has been awarded the 2016 Copova Plaque. Given by the Slovenian Library Association, the plaque is awarded to organisations introducing innovations and improvements to the working environment and work processes of libraries. EBSCO was selected for being the first global provider… Read More
Virginia Steel elected as Chair of SPARC Steering Committee - January 27, 2017
Virginia Steel, the Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian at UCLA, has been elected to the position of Chair of the SPARC Steering Committee. Steel has served as member of the Committee, which provides strategic advice and guidance to the SPARC staff, since 2015. Steel… Read More
New sponsorship model to broaden arXiv membership - January 27, 2017
A new sponsorship model for arXiv.org aims to encourage more libraries and research institutions around the world to support the repository by becoming members. To help broaden membership, arXiv's leadership and Anurag Acharya, co-creator of Google Scholar, have worked together to develop a model in… Read More
Peter Frishauf joins FMC Board of Directors - January 27, 2017
Frontline Medical Communications (FMC) has announced that Peter Frishauf is joining the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Peter is a digital health consultant, entrepreneur, business leader, and pioneer, and is best known as the founder of Medscape. He is widely regarded as an innovator, whose… Read More
Elsevier to offer HFMA courses through its healthcare eLearning system - January 26, 2017
STM publisher Elsevier will offer multiple HFMA (Healthcare Financial Management Association) courses, from understanding the business side of health care to communicating with patients. Elsevier has entered into a reseller agreement with HFMA to offer courses for clinical, revenue cycle and administrative hospital staff to improve… Read More
PKP joins HIRMEOS Project Advisory Board - January 26, 2017
Public Knowledge Project (PKP) has been invited to join the Advisory Board for the HIRMEOS (High Integration of Research Monographs in the European Open Science infrastructure) Project. Funded by the European Commission, the project will improve five important open access monograph publishing platforms in the SSH… Read More
