2016 SSP Early Career Professional Survey results to be detailed at Annual Meeting - May 31, 2016
The SSP Early Career Task Force will release the results of their February survey aimed at early career professionals in the scholarly communication industry at the 2016 Society for Scholarly Publishing Annual Meeting, being held June 1-3 in Vancouver, BC. The session, 'Sharing the Future… Read More
OASPA announces support for declarations relating to text & data mining and data citation - May 31, 2016
Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) has announced its support for two important declarations which relate to data publication and reuse - The Hague Declaration and the Joint Declaration of Data Citation Principles. Both declarations set out key considerations when using data that will lead… Read More
BioDiscovery joins Pensoft’s portfolio as the first biomedical journal for the publisher - May 31, 2016
Academic publishing company Pensoft has announced that BioDiscovery, an open access peer-reviewed online journal, has joined Pensoft's portfolio as the first biomedical journal for the publisher. BioDiscovery covers a large scope of research fields, stretching from life sciences to medicine, and encompassing everything in between. … Read More
LibLynx offers full integration with Squid Solutions’ analytics - May 31, 2016
LibLynx, a provider of flexible, independent Identity & Access management solutions for publishers, has announced a new integration partnership with Squid Solutions. By making it easy to track individual and institutional identities across a diverse range of resources, platforms and user devices, LibLynx captures the raw… Read More
The University of Cincinnati set to launch new academic press - May 31, 2016
The University of Cincinnati has announced today the formation of a new academic press. With a dual publishing focus on social justice and community engagement, the mission of the University of Cincinnati Press is to cultivate and disseminate scholarly works of the highest quality for the… Read More
CAS and BioOhio team up to organise Big Data: Data-Driven Insights in Health Care - May 27, 2016
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, and BioOhio, Ohio's bioscience membership organisation, are organising the Harnessing Big Data: Data-Driven Insights in Health Care. This highly anticipated event will share real world examples and case studies of how Big Data is being leveraged to address… Read More