Upcoming ConTech webinars - July 7, 2020
ConTech’s insightful series of webinars at 4.30pm BST each Wednesday continues. Open science is important, but it is also hard. Unfortunately, “hard” has often meant that scientific quality checks are both slow and inadequate, falling in an unsatisfactory middle ground between two opposing goals. Currently, it can take months… Read More
Spanish National Research Council and the Microbiology Society sign three-year transformative agreement - July 7, 2020
Not-for-profit Society publisher, the Microbiology Society, and the largest public institution dedicated to research in Spain, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), have announced a three-year pilot transitional open access (OA) agreement from 2021– 2023. The ’Publish and Read’ deal, will allow researchers at all CSIC’s… Read More
The Company of Biologists freezes e-journal price for 2021 - July 7, 2020
The Company of Biologists has announced that there will be no increase in their e-journal prices in 2021 in recognition of the unprecedented and ongoing challenges facing the library and research communities worldwide. As a not-for-profit publisher committed to maximising the availability of high-quality biological science… Read More
University of California libraries acquire ebook collection - July 7, 2020
The University of California (UC) libraries have acquired a comprehensive collection of ebooks from the UC Press. The acquisition, which was funded by CDL, gives UC libraries perpetual access to nearly every UC Press title published since 1928, including the 2020 frontlist. In total, UC has… Read More
Rhodes University launches institutional research data repository, powered by Figshare - July 7, 2020
Rhodes University (RU) has announced the launch of a platform for storing and sharing research data and open educational resources available at https://researchdata.ru.ac.za/, powered by Figshare. The new platform will allow researchers to maintain control over the storing and sharing of… Read More
cOAlition S successfully completes tender process to develop the Plan S Journal Checker Tool - July 6, 2020
cOAlition S has announced that the tender process to develop the Plan S Journal Checker Tool has been successfully completed. The tender has been awarded to Cottage Labs, a UK data services and software company with solid experience in managing open access data for academia. Cottage… Read More
