The Royal Society’s new open-access title to publish papers covering a range of STEM disciplines - February 18, 2014
The Royal Society has announced the launch of Royal Society Open Science, a new open-access journal that will publish papers from a variety of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. The Royal Society's new journal will boast some non-traditional features, such as the option for… Read More
Nature Publishing Group signs major agreement with French national licensing programme ISTEX - February 18, 2014
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has signed a major agreement with the French national licensing programme ISTEX, to make key scientific resources available to the French research community. More than 1.9 million students, researchers and scientists at over 200 French universities and institutions will… Read More
Scope e-Knowledge Center at HIMSS 2014 - February 18, 2014
Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, has announced its participation at the upcoming HIMSS'14 Annual Conference and Exhibition to be held in Orlando, Florida, from February 23 – 27, 2014. With over a decade of experience… Read More
The Charlesworth Group to handle exclusive eBook sales for GeoScienceWorld in China - February 18, 2014
The Charlesworth Group is working with GeoScienceWorld (GSW) to handle exclusive eBook sales in China. Utilising its experience in the medical and academic sales' arena, and the company's established base in China, The Charlesworth Group will be working to support GSW by selling their eBook portfolio… Read More
Blackboard and Pearson announce collaboration to better support K-12 schools - February 18, 2014
Blackboard Inc. and Pearson, providers of technology and services to K-12 education, have announced a collaboration that will improve the integration and flow of data between their complementary K-12 solutions, in direct response to requests from educators. With this partnership, the… Read More
UNESCO publishes Guidelines to compare Institutional Repository Software - February 18, 2014
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has announced the publication of Guidelines to compare Institutional Repository Software as part of organisation's open access strategy. The publication compares the features of the major platforms and is intended to help libraries focus on which features… Read More
