First ever Conference on Open Access and Scholarly Publishing in Asia to begin June 2 - March 31, 2014
The first ever Conference on Open Access and Scholarly Publishing in Asia (COASP Asia) will begin June 2, 2014. Discussions will focus on open access publishing as a global industry with a key focus on Asia as an emerging market. The conference aims to provide a… Read More
Elsevier launches new OA journal – Schizophrenia Research: Cognition - March 31, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, a new open access journal dedicated to publishing original research, concise research reports, brief reports, letters to the editor, and review papers addressing the role of cognitive functioning in schizophrenia. Dr. Philip D. Harvey will… Read More
Australia continues to perform strongly in earth and environmental sciences - March 31, 2014
Australia retained the third place in the Asia-Pacific region, with its greatest strengths still in earth and environmental sciences, according to the Nature Publishing Index 2013 Asia-Pacific released as a supplement to Nature. The country improved its NPI score by almost every measure, with the… Read More
British Library welcomes new exceptions to copyright - March 31, 2014
The Intellectual Property Office has issued five draft statutory instruments on exceptions to copyright, following the Government's 2010 review of intellectual property law, Digital Opportunity. The British Library welcomes the new exceptions, which will bring significant benefits for library users across the UK, and will… Read More
IMLS, Sloan Foundation jointly award ARL $1 million grant to develop and launch SHARE Notification Service - March 31, 2014
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has been awarded a joint $1 million grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to develop and launch the SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) Notification Service. SHARE is a collaborative initiative… Read More
Health and Social Care Information Centre and BMJ Informatica sign agreement for GP software - March 31, 2014
Health and Social Care Information Centre ('HSCIC'), the national provider of information, data and IT systems for health and social care, has signed an agreement with BMJ Informatica to provide its patient check-in, online appointments and clinical decision support services through the… Read More
