Emerald looks to widen scope of its Library & Information Science journals to address new trends, appoints a number of new editors - November 15, 2016
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has announced changes to some of its key Library & Information Science journals. The publisher has changed the names, broadened the scope and appointed new editors to some of these journals. According to Eileen Breen, Publisher at Emerald, Library Science is… Read More
Wellcome Open Research launches with first articles - November 15, 2016
Wellcome's publishing platform, Wellcome Open Research, has launched with its first articles published and freely available to view. These articles will shortly undergo open peer review. They span a range of formats - from more traditional research articles to data notes, software tools and study protocols,… Read More
Ithaka S+R and PALCI join NFAIS as new members - November 15, 2016
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS™), a global non-profit membership organization serving the information services community, has announced that Ithaka S+R and the Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc. (PALCI) have joined NFAIS as new members. Ithaka S+R is a not-for-profit service that helps… Read More
USDA and CHORUS sign MoU to advance public access to content reporting on USDA-funded research - November 15, 2016
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and CHORUS have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to advance public access to content reporting on USDA-funded research. USDA already links from the PubAg portal to CHORUS-verified, publicly accessible content on… Read More
Consortium partners for new European Commission funded SCOPE Project announced - November 15, 2016
The European Science Foundation (ESF), l'École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) have been selected as Consortium partners for the new European Commission funded SCOPE project. The Grant Agreement has been signed by all partners and the project… Read More
ACRL announces publication of Rewired: Research-Writing Partnerships within the Frameworks - November 15, 2016
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has announced the publication of 'Rewired: Research-Writing Partnerships within the Frameworks,' edited by Randall McClure. College and research librarians have been working alongside professors invested in writing in the disciplines for decades, but new kinds of partnerships are… Read More
