Cornell University Press and De Gruyter sign distribution partnership - April 11, 2016
Cornell University Press, a division of Cornell University housed in Sage House, and academic publisher De Gruyter have formed a partnership for the worldwide sales of electronic publications. These include a frontlist of over 100 titles and a selection of backlist and… Read More
Semantico’s access and identity management solution SAMS Sigma shortlisted for CODiE award - April 11, 2016
Semantico, suppliers of digital publishing solutions to the scholarly and professional market, has announced that its trail-blazing access and identity management solution SAMS Sigma has been shortlisted for a 2016 SIIA CODiE award for Best Content Rights and Entitlement Solution. The prestigious CODiE awards recognise… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 11, 2016
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Tamar Loach and Martin Szomszor (What impact evidence was used in REF 2014? Disciplinary differences in how researchers demonstrate and assess impact); Alice Meadows (ORCID: what, why, how?); Joseph Esposito (A Multiplicity of University Publishing); Roger C. Schonfeld (Will the… Read More
ProQuest SIPX partners with OpenStax and OpenSUNY to boost access to Open Educational Resources - April 8, 2016
ProQuest has announced that as part of its continuing commitment to support Open Educational Resources (OER), it is making OER content more discoverable and visible to instructors through SIPX and Summon. OpenSUNY OER textbooks are now indexed and available in Summon, and soon the full catalogue… Read More
SAGE set to publish OA journal Methodological Innovations - April 8, 2016
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing will begin publishing Methodological Innovations, an international, open access journal, focused on debating and considering innovation within, and the wider issues around, innovative research methods. In a time of great advancement in the production and study of innovation and practice of… Read More
International publishers to gather in London for International Publishers Congress and The London Book Fair - April 8, 2016
London will be the setting for the 31st International Publishers Congress, beginning April 9 -12, for the second time in the event's history. Alongside panels on copyright and freedom to publish, the Congress will hear from renowned authors Philip Pullman and Alaa Al-Aswany, and Hachette… Read More
