International repository networks meet to strengthen their aim to develop a global, open access knowledge commons - May 11, 2015
For a second year in a row, major open access repository networks met to develop closer ties and further align their expanding repository networks. The meeting, organised by the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), was held on April 16, 2015 in Porto, Portugal and included… Read More
Springer launches open access journal Clinical Phytoscience - May 11, 2015
STM publisher Springer has launched a new open access journal Clinical Phytoscience. The international, open access journal will publish high-quality research articles on clinical evidence and use of medicinal plants in the development of efficient and well-tolerated phytotherapy. As part of SpringerOpen,… Read More
Elsevier and the International Solar Energy Society renew publishing partnership - May 11, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier and the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) have announced a renewal of their publishing agreement. Elsevier and ISES have been publishing partners since 2002. Under the agreement, Elsevier will continue to provide publishing services for the society's journal Solar… Read More
Latest PA figures reveal digital innovation driving publisher revenues - May 11, 2015
Figures recently released by The Publishers Association reveal the UK publishing industry to be maintaining its strength, diversity and innovation. Overall book and academic journal sales remain steady at £4.3billion with digital revenues growing to 35 percent of the overall total. Export sales now account for… Read More
Reprints Desk and Association of Southeastern Research Libraries announce new purchasing agreement - May 11, 2015
Reprints Desk, Inc., a Research Solutions company and pioneer in providing on-demand access to scientific, technical and medical (STM) content, has announced a new preferred purchasing agreement with the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL). ASERL is a consortium of 38… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - May 11, 2015
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: David Crotty (Thumbs Down for the Freemium Model? Researchers Reject Nature's Fast Track Peer Review Experiment); Joe Wikert (Here's a dilemma every book publisher should hope to face); Eivind Engebretsen, Nina Køpke Vøllestad, Astrid Klopstad Wahl, Hilde Stendal Robinson and… Read More
