Digital Science announces Carnegie Mellon University as key customer and development partner - February 14, 2017
Digital Science, a technology company serving the needs of scientific and research communities, has announced Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) as a key customer and development partner. By implementing a suite of products from the Digital Science portfolio, Carnegie Mellon will unveil a solution to capture, analyse… Read More
Luiz Schwarcz to receive The London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award 2017 - February 13, 2017
The London Book Fair has announced that the recipient of the LBF Lifetime Achievement Award 2017 will be Luiz Schwarcz, Publisher, Companhia das Letras, Brazil. Luiz Schwarcz is one of the most commercially successful and culturally influential figures in Brazilian publishing. He co-founded Companhia das Letras,… Read More
American Chemical Society’s first OA journal ACS Central Science wins PROSE innovation award - February 13, 2017
ACS Central Science, the first fully open access journal published by the American Chemical Society (ACS), has won the PROSE Journal/Award for Innovation. Presented by the Association of American Publishers, the PROSE awards recognise excellence in professional and scholarly publishing. The PROSE innovation award, which acknowledges… Read More
IOP Publishing and The Biophysical Society announce new partnership to create ebooks program for the biophysics community - February 13, 2017
IOP Publishing and the Biophysical Society have announced a new publishing partnership to support the development and dissemination of knowledge in biophysics, through the creation of a comprehensive collection of ebooks. The collaboration will bring the world-leading expertise and domain knowledge… Read More
Western Sydney University and ProQuest team up to offer digital textbooks to students - February 13, 2017
The Western Sydney University and ProQuest have collaborated to provide digital textbooks for commencing university students through the University's library, reducing the cost of education to students and increasing access to required learning materials. One of the world's largest initiatives of its kind, Western Sydney… Read More
OASPA to host Twitter Chat on open access publishing in the Global South - February 13, 2017
The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) will host a live Twitter chat about open access publishing in the Global South with Xin Bi (Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University/DOAJ), Ina Smith (Academy of Science of South Africa), Abel Packer (SciELO), and Lars Bjørnshauge (DOAJ) on February 22, 2017,… Read More
