The American Society of Anesthesiologists expands partnership with Wolters Kluwer to publish and relaunch ASA Monitor - June 30, 2020
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) has announced its expanded partnership with Wolters Kluwer to publish and relaunch its publication, the ASA Monitor, to bring a full range of perioperative health care news and information to physician anesthesiologists, surgical care team members… Read More
ACS and the Norwegian Directorate for ICT and Joint Services in Higher Education and Research partner to move open science forward - June 30, 2020
The American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Norwegian Directorate for ICT and Joint Services in Higher Education and Research (UNIT) have announced a landmark ‘read and publish’ agreement to advance open access publication by researchers at the consortium’s nine member institutions. The agreement will run… Read More
NISO announces publication of revised version of its Recommended Practice Open Discovery Initiative - June 30, 2020
NISO has announced that a revised version of its Recommended Practice Open Discovery Initiative: Promoting Transparency in Discovery, is now published and freely available for use by the information community. Originally published in 2014, the proposed revisions to this Recommended Practice were… Read More
The MIT Press launches Rapid Reviews: COVID-19 - June 30, 2020
The MIT Press has announced the launch of Rapid Reviews: COVID-19 (RR:C19), an open access, rapid-review overlay journal that will accelerate peer review of COVID-19-related research and deliver real-time, verified scientific information that policymakers and health leaders can use. Scientists and… Read More
OpenAPC and Knowledge Unlatched launch public dataset on Book Processing Charges - June 30, 2020
Knowledge Unlatched (KU) and OpenAPC, operated by the University of Bielefeld, are expanding the OpenAPC dataset to support the inclusion of Book Processing Charges (BPCs). The first deposit includes all payments made by KU to publishers for the KU Select programs, equaling almost 1,000 books. KU… Read More
German National APC agreement between EDP Sciences and TIB – German National Library of Science and Technology to continue in 2020 - June 29, 2020
The German National APC agreement between EDP Sciences and the Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) – German National Library of Science and Technology will continue in 2020. The successful partnership is an excellent example of effective international cooperation and demonstrates how robust institutional arrangements can benefit individual scientists… Read More