OCLC and Google partner to connect web searchers directly to library collections - April 15, 2022
OCLC and Google are working together to link directly from books discovered through Google Search to print book records in the catalogs of hundreds of U.S. libraries. This feature is part of Google’s ongoing effort to connect people to their local libraries through Google… Read More
Project MUSE names Matthew Treskon as Metadata Strategist - April 15, 2022
Project MUSE has named Matthew Treskon as its new Metadata Strategist working as a liaison with MUSE’s libraries and discovery partners. Prior to arriving at Project MUSE, Treskon served as the Technology Librarian and subsequently Assistant Director at the Loyola Notre Dame Library (the academic library of… Read More
Springer Nature and Figshare launch pilot program to enhance data sharing - April 13, 2022
Springer Nature and Figshare have launched a free pilot to better support authors in making their data openly available. Authors submitting to a number of Nature research journals and Academic Journals will now be able to easily opt into data sharing, via Figshare, as… Read More
Elsevier Foundation invests in early career researchers - April 13, 2022
The Elsevier Foundation, funded by Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, is investing more than half a million dollars this year to support inclusive career progression through a series of innovative partnerships, which will nurture early-career researchers’ (ECRs’) ability to secure funding, expand… Read More
Hindawi announces first partnership journal with a Chinese partner - April 13, 2022
Hangzhou Aimeida BioTech Co., Ltd., an innovation-oriented organization, focusing on research, technology consulting, and development in relevant areas, and open access publisher Hindawi have recently entered into a publishing partnership agreement whereby the latter will publish and develop a fully open access journal – Advanced Gut &… Read More
New Science journals site named among best science websites in 26th Annual Webby Awards - April 13, 2022
The new Science journals website (www.science.org), which launched last September, has been honored among the Best Science Websites in the 26th Annual Webby Awards. Voting is open to the public through April 21 at: vote.webbyawards.com. Being honored as a Webby Award finalist makes… Read More
