UKSG appoints Bev Acreman as Interim Executive Director - November 10, 2017
UKSG, the key professional interest group for the scholarly communications community, has announced the appointment of Bev Acreman as Interim Executive Director. Bev replaces Sarah Bull who is moving on to pursue other opportunities. She is well known by the UKSG community, having held senior… Read More
Elsevier’s new Opioid Resource Center brings together latest medical and scientific information to tackle opioid crisis - November 10, 2017
Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, has created the Opioid Epidemic Resource Center to help healthcare professionals, medical researchers and the public understand the ongoing opioid epidemic. The Opioid Epidemic Resource Center, freely available on Elsevier Connect, Elsevier's public news and information… Read More
CHORUS signs MoU with Elsevier to strengthen its services for institutions and funders - November 9, 2017
CHORUS, a not-for-profit organisation committed to making articles reporting on funded research easily and permanently accessible, and Elsevier, an information analytics business specialising in science and health, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding setting out how they will work together to further… Read More
Wiley and Kortext partner with the Egyptian Knowledge Bank for etextbook delivery - November 9, 2017
John Wiley and Sons Inc., a global research and learning company, and Kortext, a digital textbook and personal study platform, have secured a partnership with the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB). The scheme will provide digital textbooks to every Egyptian citizen and all universities, empowering their students… Read More
New Research Information report warns of a ‘failing system’ in scholarly publishing - November 9, 2017
Research Information has commissioned a new report asking publishers, librarians and researchers about challenges in the scholarly publishing cycle. The Scholarly Publishing Research Cycle: Perspectives of a failing system from the publishing, library and research sectors will be published on December 4, and unveiled at… Read More
Italy’s LUISS – Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli – selects Ex Libris Alma Library Services Platform - November 9, 2017
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that LUISS - Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli - will be building its new and enhanced library services on the Ex Libris Alma® platform while continuing to work with the Ex Libris Summon® discovery solution. The… Read More
