25 Russian and Belarusian Universities select EBSCO Discovery Service - November 25, 2014
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that its EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) is now being used by more universities and academic institutions in Russia and Belarus. To date, 25 institutions have chosen EDS as their discovery solution. Among the institutions that have implemented EDS in… Read More
UpToDate receives 2014 eHealthcare Leadership Award for Best Health/Healthcare Content - November 25, 2014
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that UpToDate was recognized as a 2014 eHealthcare Leadership Award Winner in the Best Health/Healthcare Content website category. UpToDate was recognised for its comprehensive clinical content, unique format and user-friendly search capabilities. There were more than 1,000… Read More
SPIE Digital Library now available to high schools, two-year colleges at no or low cost - November 25, 2014
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced that it is making access to the complete SPIE Digital Library available to high schools for free and two-year colleges at a subsidised price. According to SPIE Director of Publications Eric Pepper, the new program… Read More
Jisc Digital Festival 2015 opens for registration - November 25, 2014
Jisc has announced that registration for the Jisc Digital Festival 2015 is now open. The festival, scheduled for March 9-10, 2015 at the ICC in Birmingham, will showcase the very best in UK digital talent. Simon Nelson, chief executive of FutureLearn, the social learning platform… Read More
London Higher and SPARC report on the cost to UK research organisations of implementing funder open access policies - November 24, 2014
London Higher and SPARC Europe have commissioned a new report on the cost to UK research organisations of implementing funder open access policies. The report 'Counting the Costs of Open Access' highlights the compliance burden associated with the move to open access… Read More
Gates Foundation may call for immediate free access for journal articles - November 24, 2014
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a major funder of global health research, plans to require that the researchers it funds publish only in immediate open-access journals. The policy is expected to be initiated by January 2017. Until then, grantees can publish in subscription-based journals… Read More
