U.S. Congress funds another $5 million appropriation for Open Textbook Pilot - October 1, 2018
The U.S. Congress recently reaffirmed the national role of ‘open’ in the path to college affordability by renewing the $5 million federal Open Textbook Pilot for another year. Contained in the broader Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act of 2019, the program answers… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - October 1, 2018
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Tim Vines (Does Adopting a Strict Data Sharing Policy Affect Submissions?); Ryan Clark (Is Knowledge Management Lagging in Fast-Moving Pharma Market?); Sarah Foxen (The academic conference is an underexploited space for stimulating policy impact); Denise-Marie Ordway (7 ways journalists can… Read More
ACCUCOMS’ Aggregagent includes journals from Bone & Joint Publishing - September 28, 2018
ACCUCOMS has announced that Aggregagent™ now includes journals from Bone & Joint Publishing. Bone & Joint Publishing has a portfolio of five journals which it is adding to Aggregagent, including its flagship title The Bone & Joint Journal. With the inclusion of the titles from… Read More
Digital Science and the Ohio Department of Higher Education launch new online platform, OIEx - September 28, 2018
Research technology company Digital Science and the Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE) have launched The Ohio Innovation Exchange (OIEx). The new online platform connects industry with faculty, students, equipment, and facilities available at Ohio's research universities. OIEx consolidates these academic resources from multiple universities into… Read More
OCLC announces East View Information Services as new material provider for WorldCat cataloguing partner collections - September 28, 2018
Non-profit global library cooperative OCLC has announced East View Information Services as a new material provider for WorldCat cataloguing partner collections available in WorldShare Collection Manager. East View Information Services is headquartered in Minneapolis, with major offices in Russia and Ukraine, and is a provider of… Read More
Wiley and British Academy announce winners of 2018 Wiley Prizes in Economics and Psychology - September 28, 2018
John Wiley & Sons Inc., a global research and education company, and the British Academy have announced the winners of the 2018 Wiley Prize in Economics and the Wiley Prize in Psychology. The annual Wiley Prize in Economics, made in partnership with the British Academy, rewards… Read More
