AGU appoints Randy Fiser as next CEO and executive director - June 1, 2020
AGU, an international nonprofit association that advances Earth and space sciences, has announced Randy Fiser as next CEO and executive director, effective August 17, 2020. Fiser is passionate about AGU’s mission and vision, has a demonstrated ability to creatively lead organisations and shares AGU’s commitment… Read More
LM Information Delivery announces release of comprehensive usage analytics tool, LibMetrix - June 1, 2020
LM Information Delivery, an international information services provider, has announced the latest release of their comprehensive usage analytics tool, LibMetrix. One of the key features of the spring 2020 release of LibMetrix is an external subscription data upload facility. Users can now easily upload the cost… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - June 1, 2020
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Roger C. Schonfeld and Oya Y. Rieger (Publishers invest in preprints); Sam Herbert (The academic digital revolution is here... again); Michael Healy (Around the World: International Copyright Outlook); Eric Jensen and Alexander Gerber (For science communication to be effective it… Read More
SAGE Publishing signs new open access publishing agreement with the FinELib Consortium - May 29, 2020
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has signed a new open access publishing agreement with the FinELib Consortium, serving member institutions including Finnish universities, universities of applied sciences, research institutes and public libraries. The three-year read and publish agreement applies to all articles received and accepted from January… Read More
IEEE shares global findings for the power and energy industry in response to COVID-19 pandemic - May 29, 2020
Technical professional organisation IEEE is committed to supporting a global response to COVID-19. A freely available new IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) white paper titled "Sharing Knowledge on Electrical Energy Industry’s First Response to COVID-19," draws upon input from global energy… Read More
Project MUSE to freeze journal collection prices for 2021 - May 29, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted both Project MUSE’s library customers and its participating not-for-profit publishers, along with the rest of the research and education community. After a great deal of consultation with their constituents, in light of the ongoing operational and financial pressures affecting all,… Read More
