Springer partners with Peerage of Science to streamline the manuscript-to-published-article process - October 30, 2014
STM publisher Springer has joined forces with Peerage of Science to help authors more easily submit their manuscripts for consideration in Springer journals. Both sides are looking at how they can make the process easier and less time consuming, reduce the time to publication, and eliminate… Read More
DynaMed adds 61 recently released ‘Choosing Wisely Canada’ recommendations - October 30, 2014
Choosing Wisely Canada recently released 61 recommendations that are now available in the evidence-based clinical support tool DynaMed™ from EBSCO Health. The new recommendations to avoid unnecessary tests and treatments are from 12 organisations and have been added to the Choosing Wisely… Read More
SAGE set to publish Workplace Health & Safety journal - October 30, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it will begin publishing Workplace Health & Safety (WHS), a journal that supports and promotes the practice of occupational and environmental health nursing, beginning in early 2015. The journal is the official journal of the American Association of Occupational Health… Read More
New Open Access Button launched - October 30, 2014
A brand new version of the Open Access Button was launched recently at an event in London. The new Open Access Button can be downloaded from openaccessbutton.org. The apps work by harnessing the power of search engines, research repositories, automatic contact with authors, and other strategies… Read More
HathiTrust Research Center seeks proposals for Advanced Collaborative Support projects - October 30, 2014
The HathiTrust Research Center is seeking proposals for Advanced Collaborative Support (ACS) projects. ACS is a newly launched scholarly service at the HTRC offering collaboration between external scholars and HTRC staff to solve challenging problems related to HTRC tools and services. By working together with… Read More
New PCG study shows 23 percent of libraries cover APCs for author submissions to OA journals - October 29, 2014
Marketing and sales consulting firm Publishers Communication Group (PCG), a division of Publishing Technology, has released the results of a new survey, according to which, academic libraries are getting more involved in the cataloguing and funding of Gold Open Access (OA) publications. Gold Open Access, though… Read More
