University System of Georgia to use Ex Libris cloud-based Alma and Primo solutions to facilitate collaboration - July 14, 2015
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris® Group has announced that the University System of Georgia, with its 31 member institutions, has selected the cloud-based Ex Libris Alma® library management service and Primo® discovery and delivery solution to create a new shared library system. Using Alma… Read More
Kudos shortlisted for ALPSP Award for Innovation in Publishing - July 14, 2015
Kudos, which helps researchers, publishers and institutions to manage and increase the reach and impact of publications, has been shortlisted for the 2015 ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing. The Awards are a prestigious annual event in which the leading developments in scholarly and professional… Read More
AAAS acquires Peer Review Evaluation service to help promote transparency and public trust in science - July 13, 2015
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), publisher of the Science family of journals, has announced the acquisition of 'Peer Review Evaluation' (PRE), a web-based service that promotes public trust in science by making the review of original research more transparent and verifiable. Offering… Read More
BioMed Central launches Archives of Physiotherapy journal in partnership with the Italian Society of Physiotherapy and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland - July 13, 2015
Open access publisher BioMed Central has launched Archives of Physiotherapy in partnership with the Italian Society of Physiotherapy and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland. Archives of Physiotherapy is one of the few open access journals specializing solely in the subject of… Read More
Wiley partners with the University of Delaware to support extension of graduate education to new student markets - July 13, 2015
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced a new partnership with the University of Delaware that will support the extension of the University's graduate education to new student markets. The partnership will help grow the current online Master of Education in Teacher Leadership program,… Read More
Hindawi concludes in-depth investigation into peer review fraud - July 13, 2015
In November 2014 BioMed Central announced that it had uncovered systematic abuse within the peer review process of a number of its journals. This abuse seems to have been coordinated by a number of third-party agencies that were helping authors to get published in well-respected scholarly… Read More
