YBP Library Services and EBSCO increase collaboration with Irish academic community - October 9, 2015
YBP Library Services (YBP) and EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) will be working more closely with academic institutions in Ireland after agreeing to new contracts to supply e-books and journals. The tenders were issued and managed by Education Procurement Services (EPS) over the… Read More
Public access to results of NSF-funded research - October 9, 2015
The National Science Foundation (NSF or Foundation) has developed a plan outlining a framework for activities to increase public access to scientific publications and digital scientific data resulting from research using the foundation funds. The plan, entitled 'Today's Data, Tomorrow's Discoveries,' is consistent with the objectives… Read More
De Gruyter’s new open access pricing model to prevent ‘double dipping’ - October 9, 2015
Academic publisher De Gruyter is introducing a new pricing model that prevents 'double dipping' with open access publications. Double dipping is when publishers are paid twice for articles in hybrid journals, on the one hand through charging for the open access publication itself and, on the… Read More
New course materials solutions from ProQuest SIPX reduce costs for students and improve workflow efficiency - October 9, 2015
ProQuest SIPX, provider of the most complete digital course materials solutions in higher education, has launched three new options to support unique teaching and learning workflows: SIPX Central, SIPX Campus and SIPX for MOOCs. The SIPX innovative digital course materials solutions address a variety of copyright… Read More
Bioscientifica collection now discoverable across ReadCube platform - October 9, 2015
BioScientifica, an international provider of services to medical and scientific societies and the pharmaceutical industry, has announced a partnership with Boston-based publishing technology company ReadCube. Bioscientifica publishes academic journals and case reports focused on endocrinology, and its overlapping disciplines. Through this partnership… Read More
Future Oncology tenth anniversary Special Focus issue celebrates the past, present and future in cancer - October 9, 2015
Future Oncology from Future Medicine is celebrating its tenth anniversary by publishing a Special Focus issue documenting the past, present and future of several cancers. Such is the extent of the progress seen in all fields of oncology since the journal's debut in 2005, that authors… Read More
