CAS releases special report highlighting COVID-19 diagnostic test research - May 4, 2020
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society specialising in scientific information solutions, has issued a special report in ACS Central Science titled ‘Assay Techniques and Test Development for COVID-19 Diagnosis.’ Drawing from global scientific publications, this report provides a detailed overview of COVID-19 diagnostic tests,… Read More
Cengage, McGraw-Hill merger agreement terminated - May 4, 2020
Cengage, an education and technology company, has announced that its merger agreement with McGraw-Hill has been terminated by mutual agreement due to a prolonged regulatory review process and the inability to agree to a divestitures package with the U.S. Department of Justice.… Read More
CRKN calls on members and stakeholders to participate in a survey on digitisation, access, and digital preservation - May 4, 2020
On behalf of the Heritage Content Priorities Task Group (HCPTG), CRKN invites members and stakeholders to participate in a survey on digitisation, access, and digital preservation activities in Canada. The survey covers the strategies and practices used when carrying out digitisation projects, as well as opportunities,… Read More
Knowledge Unlatched launches new global open access funding round - May 4, 2020
Knowledge Unlatched (KU), the international initiative for Open Access (OA), has announced the launch of the seventh round of funding. It includes the KU Select Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) collection of books familiar to libraries, as well as nearly 20 discipline-specific collections developed in partnerships… Read More
The International Journal of Public Health transitions to Open Access - May 4, 2020
The International Journal of Public Health has announced its transition from a subscription model to Gold Open Access, effective January 2021. The journal, which celebrates its 100th anniversary soon, is owned by the Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+). The journal will also be transferring from its current publisher… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - May 4, 2020
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Michael Clarke (Scientific and Scholarly meetings in the time of pandemic); Jim A. Reekers (Open peer-review: time for a closer look); Angela Cochran (What will we learn about Scholarly Publishing as a result of COVID-19?); Jana Bacevic (Science in inaction… Read More
