CABI’s first open access book tackles global health - October 27, 2016
Scientific publisher CABI, has published its first open access book - Global Health Research in an Unequal World: Ethics case studies from Africa. Written by Gemma Aellah, Tracey Chantler and P. Wenzel Geissler, this book is a collection of fictionalised case studies of everyday ethical dilemmas… Read More
Brill appoints Marti Huetink as Publishing Director of the History program - October 27, 2016
Academic publisher Brill has announced the appointment of Marti Huetink, Publishing Director of the History program, effective November 1, 2016. As Publishing Director of the History program at Brill, Huetink will begin coordinating all business development activities of the company in the area of Digital Humanities.… Read More
Ex Libris becomes first global library vendor to establish data center in China - October 27, 2016
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced the opening of an Ex Libris data center in Beijing, the fifth such center established by Ex Libris worldwide. The decision to set up a Chinese data center results from the rapid growth in the number of Ex Libris… Read More
UCL Press becomes first UK publisher to provide OA monographs on the JSTOR platform - October 27, 2016
UCL Press has become the first UK publisher to provide open access monographs on the JSTOR platform. UCL Press books are amongst an initial set of open access books available from four leading publishers, which also includes university presses University of California Press, University of… Read More
Language Science Press and Knowledge Unlatched announce partnership - October 27, 2016
Knowledge Unlatched (KU), a not-for- profit company based in England, has announced that it has been selected by the Language Science Press (LangSci) as its partner for creating sustainable funding starting in 2017. Based on its global network of over 380 scholarly libraries, KU will… Read More
Nature Index 2016 Australia and New Zealand supplement names Melbourne and Sydney as leading hotspots for innovation in Australia - October 27, 2016
According to the Nature Index, Melbourne was Australia's leading city in terms of high-quality science output in 2015, followed by Sydney. The index also shows that Brisbane saw the fastest growth in output between 2012 and 2015, and is home to the highest-placed institution in Australia,… Read More
