Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 6, 2020
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Roger C. Schonfeld, Alice Meadows and Robert Harington (Community engagement amidst a crisis); Sara de Jong and Alena Pfoser (‘Success is not measured in how inspired we are’ – Reassessing artist-academic collaborations under neoliberalism); Michael Schulson (A revolution in science… Read More
Society for Scholarly Publishing Cancels 42nd Annual Meeting due to the global COVID-19 pandemic - April 3, 2020
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has announced that the 42nd Annual Meeting originally scheduled for May 27-29, 2020, in Boston, MA, has been canceled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The health and safety of all SSP meeting participants are of the utmost importance, and… Read More
Wiley acquires Bio-Rad’s Informatics Spectroscopy Software and Spectral Databases - April 3, 2020
John Wiley and Sons Inc., a global leader in research and education, has announced the acquisition of Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.’s Informatics products including the company’s spectroscopy software and spectral databases. The acquisition adds expertise, content, and powerful software to Wiley’s Science Solutions segment. Terms of the… Read More
Cambridge University Press officially launches open research platform, Cambridge Open Engage - April 3, 2020
Cambridge Open Engage, the early and open content and collaboration platform from Cambridge University Press, has officially launched and is now open to direct submissions from researchers. Developed in-house and in consultation with researchers, the platform builds on the state-of-the-art technology… Read More
The BMJ and the British Medical Association launch campaign to protect healthcare staff on the frontline of the covid-19 outbreak - April 3, 2020
The BMJ and the British Medical Association (BMA) have launched a campaign to highlight the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers on the frontline in the covid-19 outbreak and call for them to be given the appropriate level of… Read More
ACM signs new transformative open access publishing agreement with IreL, the Irish e-resource licensing consortium - April 3, 2020
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has entered into a transformative open access agreement with IReL, the Irish e-resource licensing consortium. The agreement covers both access to and open access publication in ACM’s journals, proceedings and magazines for eight Irish universities, including Dublin City University, Maynooth… Read More
