Cerebellum & Ataxias now open for submissions - December 2, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced that its new journal, Cerebellum & Ataxias, is now accepting submissions. Led by Editor-in-Chief Mario Manto, FNRS, Belgium, the journal hopes to mirror the success of its older, sister journal The Cerebellum, and complement its focus on the… Read More
Pharmaceutical Patent Analyst and the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research selected for coverage by MEDLINE - December 2, 2013
Publisher Future Science Group Ltd has announced that Pharmaceutical Patent Analyst and the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research have been selected for coverage by MEDLINE. Maintained by the US National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE® (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online) is a premier bibliographic database… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - December 2, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Holly Else (Open access funds 'adequate', government maintains); Rob Kitchin (Four critiques of open data initiatives); Jocelyn Kaiser (Scientists Ambivalent About Open Access); and Martha Gill (Scientific journals should stop trying to be exciting - and focus on being right).… Read More
Elsevier launches new OA journal – Case Studies in Construction Materials - November 27, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of a new open access journal - Case Studies in Construction Materials. Case Studies in Construction Materials seeks to provide a new forum for the rapid publication of structured case studies and short communications on construction materials. The journal… Read More
SAGE partners with academic news site The Conversation to support access to high quality academic research - November 27, 2013
Academic publisher SAGE has announced a new partnership with a major online news website, The Conversation, to support access to high quality academic research within the mainstream media. Originally launched in Australia in 2011 and now their largest independent news site, The Conversation UK, which… Read More
US Department of Commerce seeks comment on Green Paper on Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy - November 27, 2013
The US Department of Commerce is seeking comment on the recently released Green Paper on Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy. In response, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), of which ARL is a member, provided comments on a number of issues raised in… Read More
