IMPORTANT: Knowledgespeak to be published weekly - February 10, 2021
Knowledgespeak has been a daily newsletter servicing the Scholarly Publishing industry for the past 15 years, delivering all relevant developments within the scientific, technical, and medical information industry. While we will continue to be your go-to resource to understand and respond to the Scholarly publishing industry's continuous… Read More
Elsevier provides COVID-19 online learning for nurses - February 9, 2021
Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, is working with the State of California Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Authority to provide COVID-19 online training to nurses in the state. The two-day online curriculum by Elsevier, created in collaboration with the American… Read More
BMJ and Jisc agree to support open access publishing across the UK - February 9, 2021
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ and not-for-profit technology provider for research and education Jisc have agreed a ‘publish and read’ pilot as part of their commitment to enhance knowledge and speed-up discoveries to improve healthcare across the UK. The 12-month pilot agreement builds on… Read More
AUPresses launches pilot program to pair member presses with non-member presses - February 9, 2021
The Association of University Presses (AUPresses) has launched a pilot program that seeks to deepen transnational dialogue and collaboration among mission-driven scholarly publishers. The AUPresses Global Partner Program will pair member presses with non-member presses in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America, aiming not only to… Read More
Bioscientifica launches new open-access journal Endocrine Oncology - February 9, 2021
Bioscientifica is launching a new, fully open-access, peer-reviewed journal, Endocrine Oncology, with free article publication charge to the journal’s authors. Led by Editor-in-Chief Edward Gelmann, from the University of Arizona, Endocrine Oncology’s highly accomplished and internationally diverse Editorial Board will oversee the rigorous yet… Read More
CLOCKSS announces participation of seven additional publishers - February 9, 2021
In a rapidly-changing world of digital publishing, agile solutions for safe preservation of academic publications are becoming more important than ever. CLOCKSS, the decentralised preservation archive that ensures that the digital assets of the community will survive intact, has announced the participation of seven additional publishers. … Read More
