Springer Nature appoints Rachel Jacobs to Springer Nature Board - March 28, 2016
Springer Nature, a global research, educational and professional publisher, has announced the appointment of Rachel Jacobs, Group General Counsel, Springer Nature to the Springer Nature Board. Rachel was appointed Group General Counsel for Springer Nature in May 2015, following the creation of the new company… Read More
American Society of Hematology launches new cutting-edge publication, Blood Advances - March 28, 2016
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) will launch an open-access journal to complement Blood, its flagship publication and the most-cited journal in hematology. Blood Advances™ will offer a unique focus on scholarly and educational content that complements and expands on topics beyond the scope addressed in… Read More
IET and TESP join forces to promote new apprenticeship standard - March 28, 2016
The Electrotechnical Skills Partnership (TESP) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) recently organised an event bringing together employers and training providers to inform them about the latest apprenticeship developments. Sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS),… Read More
IEEE Computer Society Digital Library expands to over 600k articles and papers - March 28, 2016
The IEEE Computer Society has announced the expansion of their Computer Society Digital Library (CSDL) to include over 600,000 in-depth, peer-reviewed articles and papers from experts throughout the technology field. This expansion represents over 30 percent more documents than any other research and study tool… Read More
Figshare launches Collections – a ‘Pinterest’ for academic research outputs - March 28, 2016
Online digital repository Figshare, has launched Collections, which offers the research community, including publishers and funders, a 'Pinterest' for academic research outputs. It enables users to gather any data types on Figshare including video, posters and code, whether public or private to give it new context.… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - March 28, 2016
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: David Crotty (The Downside of Scale for Journal Publishers: Quality Control and Filtration); Oili-Helena Ylijoki (Organising logic: Project time versus process time in the accelerated academy.); Joe Wikert (A new take on ebook windowing); Ann Michael (Ask The Chefs: What… Read More
