Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - July 13, 2015
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Catherine Chimes (Impact and attention: what can the metrics tell us?); Elizabeth Loder (Why medical journals must make researchers share data from clinical trials); Glyn Moody (New Boycott In Support Of Open Access: Third Time Lucky?); and Mark Reed and… Read More
The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges opts for Ex Libris Alma and Primo - July 10, 2015
Ex Libris Group, a global provider of SaaS solutions for libraries and higher education, has announced that the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) has selected the Ex Libris Alma® resource management solution, and the Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution. Alma… Read More
ACCUCOMS announces new agreements with Future Science Group, The World Bank and Institutional Investor Journals - July 10, 2015
ACCUCOMS, a provider of sales and marketing services for publishers, has announced several new agreements representing prestigious publishing clients and their online publications into a number of key territories. ACCUCOMS is extending its representation agreement with Future Science Group to cover India and South Korea.… Read More
VitalSource expands accessibility support for digital educational content - July 10, 2015
VitalSource Technologies Inc., an Ingram Content Group Company and an educational technology company, is showcasing new accessibility features of its VitalSource Bookshelf platform at the National Federation of the Blind National Convention, July 5-10, in Orlando, FL. For more than a decade, VitalSource has provided accessible… Read More
Elsevier unveils seven new food science and safety books at Institute of Food Technologists’ IFT15 conference - July 10, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of seven new food science books, including Food Safety: Emerging Issues, Technologies and Systems edited by Steven Ricke, Janet Donaldson and Carol Phillips. In this book, experts in the field discuss recent scientific innovations and complex challenges, to improve… Read More
PeerJ becomes a signatory of the Transparency and Openness Promotion Committee Guidelines - July 10, 2015
Open access publisher PeerJ has expressed its commitment to the principles of transparency in scientific research by becoming a signatory of the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Committee Guidelines, a set of author guidelines that journals can adopt to enhance the transparency of the research they… Read More