Digital Science appoints Simon Porter as VP Academic Relationships and Knowledge Architecture - August 6, 2015
Digital Science, a technology company that invests in and incubates technology companies serving the needs of scientific and research communities, has announced the appointment of Simon Porter to the role of VP Academic Relationships and Knowledge Architecture. Porter joins Digital Science's Research Metrics team from the… Read More
Minnesota-based Bridge Consortium adopts Ex Libris Alma and Primo - August 6, 2015
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group® has announced that the Minnesota-based Bridge Consortium, consisting of St. Olaf College and Carleton College, has selected Ex Libris Alma® for resource management and Ex Libris Primo® for resource discovery and delivery. The Bridge Consortium is migrating from an… Read More
Kuansan Wang, Director of the Internet Service Research Centre at Microsoft Research, to give keynote at ALPSP Conference - August 5, 2015
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has announced that Kuansan Wang, Director of the Internet Service Research Centre at Microsoft Research, is now confirmed as a keynote speaker at next month's ALPSP Conference. Kuansan will consider how we are on a journey,… Read More
SPARC joins broad coalition in urging Administration to open up access to federally funded educational resources - August 5, 2015
The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), along with a broad coalition of more than 85 education, library, technology, public interest, and legal organisations, called on the White House to take administrative action to ensure federally funded educational materials are made available as Open Educational… Read More
Springer Media set to acquire Dutch health portfolio from Reed Business Netherlands - August 5, 2015
The board of Springer Media has announced the intended acquisition of the Dutch healthcare publishing activities of Reed Business Netherlands. The portfolio consists of Dutch language books, events and magazines for healthcare professionals. Springer Media, part of Springer Nature, publishes Dutch language professional and educational… Read More
Elsevier launches new open access journal covering all areas of surgery - August 5, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of the International Journal of Surgery Open (IJS Open), a new open access journal covering all areas of surgery. This peer-reviewed, online-only journal will make significant contributions to knowledge in clinical surgery, experimental surgery, and surgical education and history… Read More
