Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 22, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (The Dynamics of a Complex and Varied Expense for Journals); Mike Shatzkin (The three forces that are shaping 21st century book publishing: scale, verticalization, and atomization); Eli Horowitz and Russell Quinn (Publishing Companies Are Technology Companies. Now It's… Read More
Thomson Reuters releases ‘Research Fronts 2013: 100 Top Ranked Specialties in the Sciences and Social Sciences’ report - April 19, 2013
The IP & Science business of Thomson Reuters has released its report, 'Research Fronts 2013: 100 Top Ranked Specialties in the Sciences and Social Sciences,' identifying 100 important research areas across multiple fields of science. By examining highly cited research papers from 2007 through 2012,… Read More
Sparrows selects Knovel for global engineering teams - April 19, 2013
Sparrows, the global provider of oilfield engineering services, has selected Knovel to increase efficiency in its global business by enabling its engineering teams to work 'smarter and faster' with access to a consistent source of engineering references. Used by engineers worldwide, Knovel is a Web-based application… Read More
JISC’s metadata application profile for repositories to comply with RCUK’s new OA policy - April 19, 2013
Research Councils UK (RCUK)'s revised policy on open access (OA) for publicly-funded research to be disseminated through OA routes is coming into force this month. A new metadata application profile called RIOXX has been developed by JISC and UKOLN to ensure that university institutional repositories can… Read More
EBSCO appoints Paul Harwood as new GM to lead UK and Nordic operations - April 19, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO has appointed Paul Harwood to a new role as General Manager of the UK and Nordic operations for EBSCO Information Services. Paul will officially start with EBSCO on May 30, 2013. Well known in the library, publisher, and intermediary communities, Harwood… Read More
Mellon Grant awarded to NISO to encode e-resource license templates in ONIX-PL - April 19, 2013
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) a grant to support the encoding of a collection of template licences for e-resources into the ONIX for Publications Licenses (ONIX-PL) format. The encodings will be deposited into the GOKb and KB+ knowledgebase… Read More
