SAGE opposes America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 1806) - April 24, 2015
Academic publisher SAGE has joined the leading scientific associations and American universities in opposing the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 1806). H.R.1806 challenges the value of the social and behavioral science research and restricts the proven processes of the experts at the National Science… Read More
Columbia University Press selects De Gruyter as distribution partner for electronic content - April 24, 2015
Academic publisher De Gruyter and Columbia University Press have announced their global distribution partnership for ebook content. De Gruyter will electronically distribute a selection of current CUP publications and an extensive backlist of over 1,000 eBooks. Furthermore, in a joint digitalisation… Read More
UK universities save over £1.38bn through shared services, streamlined processes - April 24, 2015
Loughborough University and the Efficiency Exchange, the service operated by Universities UK (UUK) in partnership with Jisc, Leadership Foundation and HEFCEA have launched a new report on the potential of collaboration and shared services in UK higher education (HE). Praise is given to the efficiency… Read More
Gale supports public libraries with new digital early literacy resource - April 24, 2015
Supporting public libraries’ life-long learning initiatives, Gale, a part of Cengage Learning has announced Miss Humblebee's Academy, a new early literacy product that will assist the library's youngest learners in building foundational literacy skills. Partnering with Miss Humblebee LLC., Gale has co-developed a robust product tailored… Read More
Elsevier launches SoftwareX online journal - April 23, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of a new concept journal, SoftwareX. The online-only journal provides a dedicated publishing home for all software which fundamentally impacts the research process, but traditionally would not be acknowledged or reported on systematically. SoftwareX is an open access journal… Read More
Syrian Books and Journals return to US - April 23, 2015
A coalition of leading publisher and author associations has commended the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Treasury Department for an amendment to the Syrian Sanctions Regulations permitting the publishing and marketing of manuscripts, books, journals, and newspapers from the war-torn nation under a general license. The
