IOP Publishing signs DORA affirming its commitment to raising standards in research evaluation - October 19, 2020
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) as part of its commitment to support more equitable, inclusive approaches to research evaluation in line with open science practices. DORA was developed in 2012 during the Annual Meeting of the American… Read More
AIP Publishing implements ORCID reviewer recognition service - October 16, 2020
AIP Publishing has announced that reviewers of AIP Publishing journal articles can now record their efforts through ORCID. Peer review is at the heart of the scholarly publication process, but because it is traditionally ‘blind’ – meaning the author does not know… Read More
BibliU and Jisc agree to provide UK libraries with sustainable e-textbook programme - October 15, 2020
Jisc and BibliU have announced a joint offer to provide UK libraries with a flexible and sustainable e-textbook programme. The offer addresses concerns about managing library budgets due to the high volume of usage across textbooks, while acknowledging the invaluable contributions… Read More
PLOS accesses Dimensions on Google Cloud’s BigQuery - October 15, 2020
Digital Science and PLOS have announced an agreement that will provide PLOS, the leading Open Access (OA) publisher with access to Dimensions on BigQuery. Dimensions is a comprehensive database that covers the full research and innovation lifecycle. BigQuery, Google Cloud’s serverless and… Read More
OCLC signs agreements with publishers and other content providers worldwide - October 15, 2020
OCLC has signed agreements with leading publishers and other content providers around the world to add metadata for high-quality electronic and print books, journals, databases, and other learning materials that will make their content discoverable through WorldCat Discovery.… Read More
EBSCO Information Services and Sygnity Business Solutions announce services agreement for libraries instituting FOLIO - October 14, 2020
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and Sygnity Business Solutions have collaborated to ensure that libraries in Poland looking to adopt the FOLIO Library Services Platform (LSP) will have access to local support services. Sygnity Business Solutions will provide FOLIO… Read More
CAS and MoA Technology embed chemical substance data into MoA’s R&D workflow through API - October 13, 2020
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society that specialises in scientific information solutions, and MoA Technology, an innovator in herbicide R&D and related technology, have announced an agreement to embed chemical substance data from the CAS REGISTRY®, as well as related… Read More
ECS partners with Wiley to enhance book series - October 13, 2020
The Electrochemical Society (ECS) and Wiley have renewed a publishing partnership to enhance ECS’s book series with the goal of publishing multiple titles per year. ECS’s long-time sponsored series in publishing cooperation with Wiley provides authoritative, detailed accounts on specific topics in… Read More
EBSCO Information Services collaborates with three Institutions to develop analytics platform - October 13, 2020
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is collaborating with University of Denver, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Chalmers University of Technology to develop a next-generation analytics platform. The platform will combine and streamline data sets from library and campus systems, allowing library staff to demonstrate a library’s impact while… Read More
Accucoms and Microbiology Society extend sales representation agreement to North America - October 13, 2020
Accucoms, the specialist in global sales and marketing for publishers and societies, has announced that Microbiology Society (MS) has extended its agreement with Accucoms to represent its publications in North America, in addition to the territories where an agreement already exists: Latin America, MENA, Turkey and… Read More
