Digital Science and Boston Library Consortium workshop to address emerging needs of the research ecosystem - November 20, 2014
Digital Science, a technology company with a focus on the sciences, and the Boston Library Consortium are organising a workshop focused on the management, dissemination, and collaboration around research data in the university. Today's research ecosystem is increasingly complex and includes… Read More
NPG and Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences renew contract for Cell Research, strengthen partnership with the launch of new OA journal, Cell Discovery - November 19, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has cemented its partnership with the Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences (SIBS) by renewing the contract for Cell Research for a second time and by launching a new open access journal, Cell Discovery. Cell Discovery will be China's first broad-spectrum… Read More
Elsevier unveils new journal – Big Data Research - November 19, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of a new journal, Big Data Research. The first issue is now available for free on ScienceDirect. Big Data Research was recently launched at the IEEE International Conference on big data in Washington DC. The journal provides a… Read More
Jisc launches collaborative initiative for UK research - November 19, 2014
Teams across universities and others that support research in the UK are being offered the opportunity to submit their ideas to a collaborative funding initiative being launched by Jisc. Called research data spring, the project aims to engage all individuals and groups with an interest… Read More
American Mathematical Society partners with CCC to automate permissions requests using RightsLink - November 19, 2014
Global licensing and content solutions organisation Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) has announced that the American Mathematical Society (AMS) has implemented CCC's RightsLink®, a technology solution that allows visitors to the AMS website to license content quickly and easily. AMS is a publisher of mathematics books,… Read More
University of Rhode Island opts for Ex Libris library solutions - November 19, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of Rhode Island (URI) has selected the Ex Libris Alma library management service along with the Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution to replace multiple homegrown and commercial systems. Housing extensive physical,… Read More
