Frontiers integrates AIRA into its digital peer-review platform - December 17, 2018
Open-access scholarly publisher Frontiers has announced the integration of Artificial Intelligence Review Assistant (AIRA) into its digital peer-review platform to enable better, more efficient quality control and manuscript handling. AIRA assists editors, reviewers and internal teams by analysing, interpreting and communicating the quality of submitted manuscripts… Read More
University of California and Elsevier in negotiations for academic journals subscriptions - December 17, 2018
The University of California system is currently negotiating the potential renewal of its contracts with scholarly journal publishers, including Elsevier. The Elsevier contract will expire on December 31, 2018. The UC is advocating for an integrated agreement with Elsevier that would cover both subscription charges and… Read More
CRKN releases 75,497 MARC records for Canadiana Online collection - December 17, 2018
Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) has released 75,497 MARC records for the Canadiana Online collection. MARC records are now available for 85 percent of the monographs currently in the Canadiana Online collection. Early in 2019, MARC records for the remaining Canadiana Online monographs, as well as… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - December 17, 2018
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Roger C. Schonfeld (Why Is the Digital Preservation Network Disbanding?); Lindsay McKenzie (Shifting Focus of Publishers Signals Tough Times for Textbook Authors); Megan Molteni (How Do You Publish the Work of a Scientific Villain?); and Diane-Laure Arjaliès, Santi Furnari, Albane… Read More
Dutch universities and Elsevier extend current license agreement by six months - December 14, 2018
Agreements about subscription fees for academic journals are made with academic publishers on behalf of all Dutch universities. The Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) is currently negotiating with these publishers on the universities' behalf. The universities are only willing to renew the subscription agreements… Read More
SAGE Publishing and the British Orthodontic Society partner to publish Journal of Orthodontics - December 14, 2018
Academic Publisher SAGE Publishing has partnered with the British Orthodontic Society to publish its flagship journal, the Journal of Orthodontics (JOO). The Journal of Orthodontics aims to publish original research that furthers orthodontic care, either by strengthening existing research or by providing new analysis within… Read More
