Ringgold to open access to ISNI Identifiers and data for organisations - November 3, 2016
Ringgold, an ISNI Registration Agency, has released a free service to provide open access to the ISNI Identifiers and data for organisations. This includes an API to obtain and resolve existing ISNIs for organisations; a complete dataset download of ISNIs, organization names, locations, alternate names, and… Read More
Springer and BioMed Central to retract 58 articles published across seven journals - November 2, 2016
Springer and BioMed Central are retracting 58 articles published across seven journals this week, after a thorough investigation which revealed evidence of plagiarism, peer review and authorship manipulation, suggestive of attempts to subvert the peer review and publication system to inappropriately obtain… Read More
Two Taylor & Francis ebook platforms now available to order through ProQuest OASIS - November 2, 2016
ProQuest has announced a partnership with publisher group Taylor & Francis to provide libraries with more choices for purchasing ebooks though OASIS. The OASIS system provides end-to-end acquisition workflow support to the market's largest selection of ebooks (more than 1.7 million… Read More
SAGE Publishing launches collection of over 480 videos that illustrate how research is done - November 2, 2016
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has launched a collection of streaming videos designed to help students and researchers learn and develop research skillsets and navigate the research process. Titled SAGE Research Method Video, the collection includes 484 videos on the broad spectrum of social science research methods… Read More
Sheridan to provide printing services for SSP’s membership and informational resources - November 2, 2016
Sheridan, a provider of print, publishing services and technology solutions to publishers, associations, university presses, and cataloguers, will provide printing services for the Society for Scholarly Publishing's (SSP) membership and informational resources. Sheridan responded to SSP's Request for Proposal for in-kind printing… Read More
Association of Research Libraries publishes Funding Article Processing Charges, SPEC Kit 353 - November 2, 2016
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released Funding Article Processing Charges (APCs), SPEC Kit 353, an exploration of the strategies that ARL member institutions are using to address APCs. This SPEC Kit covers how the funds are established and how they are handled (e.g.,… Read More
