ALPSP partners with UCL Press and Liverpool University Press Association to deliver the University Press Redux Conference biennially - November 30, 2016
Following the success of the founding University Press Redux conference, organised by Liverpool University Press (LUP) and held in March 2016, the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has announced a partnership with the presses to deliver the event every two years. The next… Read More
American Society of Hematology to debut new OA journal Blood Advances at 58th Annual Meeting in San Diego - November 30, 2016
American Society of Hematology has announced the launch of the open-access online journal Blood Advances. Blood has led the way in experimental and clinical hematologic research as the flagship journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH). Blood Advances will fill a niche that complements and… Read More
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awards grant for arXiv upgrade - November 30, 2016
arXiv.org, the influential open access repository for global scientific research, will begin the first phase of a three-year overhaul and modernization with the help of a $445,000 grant by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The Sloan Foundation grant will fund the… Read More
German hbz Consortium selects Ex Libris Rosetta digital asset management and preservation solution - November 30, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the Hochschulbibliothekszentrum des Landes Nordrhein Westfalen (hbz) has chosen the Ex Libris Rosetta digital asset management and preservation solution to serve the consortium's member institutions. More than 40 hbz member institutions from North Rhine-Westphalia will be able… Read More
ACS Publications and the Royal Society of Chemistry jointly commit to integration with ORCID - November 29, 2016
The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) have become signatories to the ORCID Open Letter, reasserting the commitment of both organisations to enhancing the scholarly publishing experience for researchers worldwide… Read More
Wiley announces plans to require ORCID iDs as part of the manuscript submission process - November 29, 2016
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc. has announced plans to require ORCID iDs as part of the manuscript submission process for a large number of journals. Beginning in winter 2016, more than 500 Wiley journals using ScholarOne Manuscripts will require the submitting… Read More
