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
The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers launches ‘STM 2020 Research Data Year’ - January 21, 2020
To accelerate the implementation of research data solutions, The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has launched the ‘STM 2020 Research Data Year’ – a dedicated action plan to increase the number of journals with data policies, expand the number of journals depositing… Read More
BMJ Best Practice now available across Norway - January 21, 2020
BMJ’s clinical decision support tool BMJ Best Practice has been selected to provide healthcare professionals and patients across Norway with full access to its content over the next three years. BMJ Best Practice is a clinical decision support tool that gives… Read More
The Institute of Physics and IOP Publishing appoint Professor Qi-Kun Xue as chief scientific advisor for China - January 21, 2020
The Institute of Physics (IOP) and IOP Publishing (IOPP) have announced the appointment of Professor Qi-Kun Xue as chief scientific advisor for China. In the newly created role, Professor Xue will support the IOP and IOPP as they continue to strengthen… Read More
SPIE collaborates with OpenAthens to provide SPIE digital library partner platforms with OpenAthens’ single sign-on software - January 21, 2020
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced a new partnership with OpenAthens, an industry leader in institutional authentication for digital libraries. The new collaboration will leverage OpenAthens' institutional authentication for each of SPIE's digital library partner platforms, including… Read More