Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - January 14, 2019
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Joseph Esposito (The Double-bind Theory of Scholarly Publishing); Lindsay McKenzie (Printing Delays Present ‘New Normal’ for Academic Books); and Jenny Fry and Simon Wakeling (Who are you writing for? The role of community membership on authors’ decisions to publish in… Read More
Nature honours four US scientists for mentorship - January 11, 2019
Nature, an international weekly journal of science, has honoured four US scientists for their mentorship of young scientists. The Nature Awards for Mentoring in Science were first established in 2005 to champion the importance of providing young scientists with valuable support to help further their careers.… Read More
EBSCO Information Services and the American Library Association award scholarships for five librarians to attend ALA Midwinter - January 11, 2019
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has awarded five librarians with $1,000 scholarships to attend the 2019 ALA Midwinter Conference in partnership with the American Library Association (ALA). The scholarships aim to defray the cost of travel and other expenses, helping librarians take advantage of the conference's professional… Read More
COAR hosts webinar on Plan S and repositories - January 11, 2019
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) recently provided a response to the guidance on the implementation of Plan S, and hosted a webinar with the repository community to discuss Plan S requirements and the potential implications of them for repositories. Kathleen Shearer, Executive Director… Read More
Credo Online Reference Service recognised with Choice OAT Award - January 11, 2019
Choice has announced that Credo Online Reference Service has been recognised with an Outstanding Academic Title (OAT) Award. The exploratory research platform added several new features in 2018, including a refreshed user-interface, a new content category providing currently trending topics, an update to its Mind Map… Read More
Frontiers and the Justus Liebig University Giessen form OA publishing agreement - January 11, 2019
The Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (Justus Liebig University Giessen, University of Giessen) has established an institutional agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. The Justus Liebig University Giessen supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. As part of this support, the University of Giessen… Read More
