14th Annual BISG-NISO Forum to focus on the changing standards landscape - June 8, 2021
Librarians are well-aware that high quality metadata is the key to a user successfully identifying a useful resource. Provider awareness of this has shifted with workflows being enhanced to deliver more complete, accurate, and reliable data. That said, twenty-first century systems do more and require more than simple matching of… Read More
UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science - June 8, 2021
UNESCO member states have agreed upon a final draft of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science as of May 11, 2021. The Recommendation defines shared values and principles for Open Science and puts forward concrete measures on Open Access and Open Data. It serves… Read More
Dr. Madjid Tavana appointed editor in chief of two research journals – Decision Analytics Journal and Healthcare Analytics - June 8, 2021
Dr. Madjid Tavana, professor and department chair of business systems and analytics, has been appointed editor in chief of two new academic journals from Elsevier, the largest scholarly journal publisher in the world. Tavana will serve as editor in chief of Decision Analytics… Read More
Flagship journal of the European Association of Social Anthropologists to transition to Open Access starting in 2022 - June 8, 2021
Starting with Volume 30, Berghahn Journals will be the new publisher of Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale, the journal of the European Association of Social Anthropologists. The journal will be leaving Wiley to embark on becoming a fully open access journal as a part of the Berghahn Open Anthro… Read More
OpenAthens revamps MyAthens service - June 8, 2021
Identity and access management specialist OpenAthens has overhauled its established MyAthens service. The service supports librarians in curating and managing resources through a central place, with users being able to access a wide range of materials. MyAthens has now been completely redesigned to incorporate a new suite… Read More
Elsevier supports UN’s World Environment Day 2021 with free special issue - June 7, 2021
Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, has launched a free access special issue of curated content focused on environmental issues, in recognition of the UN’s World Environment Day. Consisting of journal articles and book chapters supporting the United Nation’s… Read More
