Free online collection of coronavirus research sees 1.7 million downloads - October 16, 2020
A free, online collection of coronavirus research from Cambridge University Press has proved hugely popular, with around 1.7 million articles downloaded in the eight months to September, 2020. The collection was launched in January, 2020 when COVID-19 – then still unnamed… Read More
Frontiers and the Institute of Marine Research form open access publishing agreement - October 16, 2020
The Institute of Marine Research form open access publishing agreement with Frontiers to support their authors in publishing open access. As part of the support, the Institute of Marine Research will cover Article Processing Charges (APCs) for eligible articles centrally for their eligible authors. As part… Read More
Portico to preserve scholarly content - October 16, 2020
Recent research has demonstrated that dozens of online-only Open Access journals are no longer available, while hundreds of others are inactive and at risk of being lost. Important scholarship may be lost to future generations of researchers if there is no preservation plan in place. … Read More
Ex Libris adds Leganto and Esploro to FedRAMP Authorisation to Operate - October 16, 2020
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced that the Ex Libris Leganto® course resource list solution and Ex Libris EsploroTM research information management solution are now included in the United States Federal Risk and Authorisation Management Program (FedRAMP) and, under the sponsorship of the United States… Read More
Launch of the SDG Publishers Compact: Inviting publishers to make a more sustainable future - October 15, 2020
Players from across the publishing industry are being invited to pledge their commitment to the future by signing a new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Publishers Compact, launched at the start of Frankfurter Buchmesse (October 14-18, 2020). The compact features 10 action points… Read More
CNR and AIP Publishing enter into Read and Publish agreement - October 15, 2020
AIP Publishing, a leading not-for-profit scholarly publisher in the physical sciences, has announced a Read and Publish agreement with the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) [National Research Council], Italy’s largest public research institution. All researchers at CNR-affiliated institutes throughout Italy will have… Read More
