STM Publishers carve out future with data and analytics - January 22, 2020
Scientific, technical and medical publishers face upheaval from open access and open data, but this transition represents opportunity in online services, particularly for competitors that can develop broader discovery tools and dynamic content capabilities to win users' loyalty. This is according to the most recent report from media and publishing… Read More
Partnership between EBSCO Information Services and Code Ocean lays the groundwork for growth and impact of open research - January 22, 2020
A new strategic partnership between EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and Code Ocean will provide to the global research community a platform to facilitate the sharing and reuse of computational code and data. It guarantees the reproducibility of reported research, and it makes research open, organised, accessible… Read More
IOP Publishing signs new OA agreements with Dutch universities - January 22, 2020
Researchers from four institutions in the Netherlands will soon benefit from unlimited open access publishing in IOP Publishing (IOPP) journals. The move is the result of a series of recently agreed ‘read and publish’ agreements. IOPP, a pioneer in open access physics publishing, has secured the… Read More
Viticulture Data Journal: Non-conventional papers foster Open Science & sustainability - January 22, 2020
Non-conventional, yet pivotal research results: data, models, methods, software, data analytics pipelines and visualisation methods, related to the field of viticulture, find a place in a newly launched, open-access and peer-reviewed Viticulture Data Journal (VDJ). The journal went live with the publication of an introductory editorial and a data paper.… Read More
Nicola Arnold joins Jisc as chief finance officer - January 22, 2020
Jisc has announced the appointment of Nicola Arnold as chief finance officer, effective January 13, 2020. Nicola steps into the shoes of Mark Wright, who retired from the post in the summer of 2019. Previously the finance director at St George’s University of London, Nicola’s focus… Read More
NISO Plus Conference Scholarships announced - January 21, 2020
The first-ever NISO Plus conference is scheduled to be held from February 23-25, 2020, in Baltimore, MD. Building on the success of the former NFAIS annual conference, the idea is to make the meeting as inclusive as possible for the information community. The NISO Plus Conference… Read More
