North American academic libraries struggle to meet demand for non-English language content, says new report - December 8, 2017
Academic libraries are struggling to meet a rising demand for non-English language content, according to new survey results published by ProQuest. Rising international student enrolments and the popularity of programs that use foreign language content are increasing the importance of foreign language materials in library collections,… Read More
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution launches new section – Coevolution - December 8, 2017
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution has launched a new speciality section on Coevolution. The section is led by Prof. Monica Medina from Pennsylvania State University and Prof. Elizabeth Arnold from the University of Arizona. The Coevolution section provides a unique platform to address the… Read More
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and Editage partner to launch author services - December 8, 2017
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has partnered with Editage to launch author services. The ASHA author services, powered by Editage, are designed to support authors with not only end-to-end pre-submission manuscript preparation, but also post-publication research communication. All the author support… Read More
New Nature Index data indicates surge in collaboration as businesses outsource discovery to academia - December 7, 2017
New data from the Nature Index show that as corporations have scaled back their own in-house research, there has been a surge in collaboration with academic and government research bodies, as they look to share the burden of scientific discovery. These findings are featured in the… Read More
German universities may lose access to Elsevier journals with still no sign of a deal to allow continued access - December 7, 2017
About 200 universities in Germany will reportedly lose their subscriptions to Elsevier journals. According to Nature News reports, negotiations have failed to end a long-term contract dispute. Academics in the country lost access to Elsevier content briefly earlier this year, but it… Read More
SAGE Publishing expands investment in CCC’s RightsLink for Open Access platform - December 7, 2017
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has substantially expanded their investment in the RightsLink® for Open Access platform from Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organisation. RightsLink for Open Access is a metadata-driven e-commerce platform that helps publishers… Read More
