Founders of Mendeley, Kopernio and Publons join forces to launch Cassyni, a smart academic seminar platform to run and publish academic seminars - September 6, 2021
The former founders of Kopernio, Mendeley and Publons have joined forces to launch a new company – Cassyni. This team demonstrates an outstanding track record in building and scaling software platforms in the scholarly-tech space, which have improved the professional lives of millions of… Read More
ACRL names Robert (Jay) Malone as executive director - September 6, 2021
The American Library Association (ALA) has announced that Robert (Jay) Malone will become the new executive director of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of ALA. Malone’s first day in his new role will be September 7. An experienced association executive with… Read More
IEEE and Edge partner to enhance research data management and collaboration with IEEE DataPort - September 3, 2021
Edge, a non-profit research and education network and technology partner, has announced a partnership with IEEE. The two organizations will collaborate to offer increased awareness of institutional subscriptions to IEEE DataPort - a web-based, cloud services platform supporting the data-related needs of the global technical community -… Read More
CRKN to manage central licensing and invoicing for D2O from the MIT Press - September 3, 2021
The MIT Press and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) have announced that CRKN will handle central licensing and invoicing for Direct to Open (D2O) for their member libraries. An innovative, sustainable framework for open access monographs, D2O moves professional and scholarly books from… Read More
Unbound Medicine announces major upgrade to Grasp using artificial intelligence - September 3, 2021
Unbound Medicine®, a leader in knowledge management solutions for healthcare, has announced a major upgrade to Grasp™, their personal mobile study system. Integrating curated content, proven study methods, and a community sharing component, Grasp™ helps learners memorize and understand new concepts. This latest version utilizes Unbound Intelligence™… Read More
Open science organizations collaborate on DocMaps - September 3, 2021
Beginning in the next few weeks, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), eLife/Sciety, EMBO, and the Knowledge Futures Group will pilot the new DocMaps framework by applying it to peer reviews and other evaluations of preprints posted on the bioRxiv and medRxiv preprint servers operated by CSHL. These… Read More
