Seventh profile in ARL series: University of Iowa Libraries support digital scholarship - August 24, 2016
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the seventh profile in a series highlighting digital scholarship support at ARL member libraries. The latest installment in this series features the work of the University of Iowa Libraries. The University of Iowa (UI) profile presents a… Read More
OCLC partners with the Association of College & Research Libraries for collaborative project - August 24, 2016
Global library co-operative OCLC has announced a partnership with the Association of College & Research Libraries to design, develop and deliver a new ACRL agenda 'Action-Oriented Research Agenda on Library Contributions to Student Learning and Success.' The team will be led… Read More
Taylor & Francis and NCSL International announce new partnership to publish the NCSLI Measure journal - August 22, 2016
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis and the NCSL International (established in 1961 as the National Conference on Standards Laboratories) have announced a new partnership from 2016 to publish the Society's prestigious journal NCSLI Measure. The NCSLI is an organisation serving the world… Read More
John Wiley & Sons to acquire Atypon - August 19, 2016
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Atypon, a Silicon Valley-based publishing-software company, for $120 million in cash. Atypon is a trusted technology partner that enables scholarly societies and publishers to deliver, host, enhance, market and… Read More
bioRxiv deploys Editorial Manager Ingest Service to simplify author submission to journals such as PLOS ONE - August 19, 2016
Aries Systems has announced that Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's preprint service, bioRxiv, has added to its technical repertoire an interface to the Editorial Manager Ingest Service. This means that authors who post a preprint to bioRxiv, enabling pre-publication sharing of findings, can submit - with… Read More
Elsevier and the NCTE collaborate to strengthen educational system and promote long-term growth in science and innovation in Ghana - August 17, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has announced collaboration with the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE). This collaboration will provide nearly 45 thousand students and faculty at Ghana's 38 Colleges of Education with access to 2,000 books through ScienceDirect College Edition, Elsevier's full-text platform… Read More
Taylor & Francis announce new trial with Peerage of Science for simple, streamlined peer review - August 17, 2016
Academic publisher Taylor and Francis has announced a new trial with Peerage of Science, offering a simpler, transparent peer review process across its portfolio of Botany, Ecology and Zoology journals. Peerage of Science is now available across 30 journals within this… Read More
CHOR and the Japan Science and Technology Agency sign six-month Pilot project to explore and support public access compliance needs - August 17, 2016
CHOR, Inc. has signed a Letter of Agreement with the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), for a six-month Pilot project to explore and support its public access compliance needs. This is the organisation's first agreement with a funder outside of the… Read More
Cambridge University Press selects Scope’s ConSCIseTM platform for book chapter abstracts - August 16, 2016
Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope) has been selected by Cambridge University Press (CUP) to create chapter abstracts and keywords for Cambridge Histories Online (CHO) titles. With access to the most up to date and authoritative scholarly content, Cambridge Histories are an invaluable resource… Read More
Springer Nature partners with Publons for a 12-month pilot to revive peer review and speed up science - August 12, 2016
Global research, educational and professional publisher Springer Nature is teaming up with Publons in a 12-month pilot to revive peer review and speed up science. Peer review matters. Expert peer review improves the work of others and protects the world from… Read More
