New research shows impact of open data on agriculture and nutrition - June 1, 2015
The Global Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) initiative, of which CABI is a partner, released new research in collaboration with the Open Data Institute (ODI): How can we improve agriculture, food and nutrition with open data? Launched at the 3rd International Open Data Conference… Read More
British Library Chief Executive Roly Keating elected President of CENL - June 1, 2015
British Library Chief Executive, Roly Keating, has been elected President of the Conference of European National Libraries (CENL) at their recent meeting in Switzerland for a period of three years. Founded in 1987, CENL aims to develop and support the role of national libraries in… Read More
Digital Science to host second webinar: Articulating Research Impact – Strategies from Around the Globe - June 1, 2015
Laura Wheeler, Community Manager at Digital Science will be hosting the second webinar, 'Articulating Research Impact – Strategies From Around The Globe'. Ben McLeish from Altmetric will be questioning and moderating the panel consisting of: Jonathan Adams, Digital Science's Chief Scientist, Stacy Konkiel, Research Metrics Consultant… Read More
American University of Sharjah selects OCLC WorldShare Management Services - June 1, 2015
The American University of Sharjah, based in the United Arab Emirates, has selected OCLC's WorldShare Management Services as its new library management solution. WorldShare Management Services (WMS) provide cloud-based library management and discovery applications in an integrated suite. WMS offers librarians a cost-effective way to… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - June 1, 2015
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (Can We Stop Talking about the "System" of Scholarly Communications, Please?); Virgina Barbour (Elsevier's new sharing policy is really a reversal of the rights of authors); Jigasha Patel (Publish or perish: is there an alternative?); Scholarly Kitchen Blog… Read More
SAGE acquires Pion Limited, strengthens geography and psychology portfolio - May 29, 2015
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the purchase of Pion Limited, independent publisher of high quality academic journals founded by Adam Gelbtuch and John Ashby in 1959. The sale was announced jointly by Chairman of Pion, David Cohen and Stephen Barr, President SAGE International. The acquisition (brokered… Read More
