Emerald Group Publishing and Portico extend relationship to preserve e-books - July 6, 2015
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing is extending its relationship with Portico to preserve its e-books in the Portico archive. With this move, Emerald seeks to ensure that their e-book content will be secure and available into the future. Established in 1967,… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - July 6, 2015
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kevin L. Smith (Does the Copyright Office Belong in a Library? | Peer to Peer Review); Phill Jones (What Do You Hear When You Buy a Researcher a Beer? Frustration!); Lettie Conrad (Guest Post: Lettie Conrad on Metadata Promiscuity and… Read More
Elsevier acquires clinical decision support technology provider, InferMed - July 2, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the acquisition of InferMed, a London-based clinical decision support (CDS) technology company. InferMed's Arezzo technology supports clinicians in choosing the most appropriate treatment path for each patient. Arezzo matches appropriate evidence-based guidelines with patient information and dynamically evaluates best-practice options in… Read More
Springer Nature creates new global Policy & External Relations and Communications teams - July 2, 2015
Springer Nature has created a new Policy & External Relations team as well as a combined Communications team to work in the recently-merged organisation. The two teams have global responsibility and will be led by Eric Merkel-Sobotta and Joyce Lorigan respectively. Both will report to Derk… Read More
Brill joins International Publishers Copyright Protection Coalition in China - July 2, 2015
Academic publisher Brill joins the International Publishers Copyright Protection Coalition in China to support efforts to create awareness about intellectual property rights and enter into dialogue with important stakeholders. The International Publishers Copyright Protection Coalition in China (IPCC), celebrating its 5th anniversary, acts as a… Read More
The BMJ becomes first general medical journal to require data sharing for all submitted trials - July 2, 2015
The BMJ, a weekly peer-reviewed medical journal, requires sharing of individual patient data for all clinical trials, effective July 1, 2015. This means that trials will be considered for publication only if the authors agree to make the relevant anonymised patient level data available on reasonable… Read More
