SAGE Publishing’s premier broad-spectrum HSS OA journal celebrates strong growth on its fifth anniversary - May 20, 2016
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing is delighted to report that its pioneering broad-spectrum open access journal SAGE Open is marking its fifth anniversary with more than 1,350 published articles that together have been viewed or downloaded more than 3.5 million times. Spanning the humanities and social and… Read More
HARRASSOWITZ now accepting applications for the 2016 Charleston Conference Scholarship - May 19, 2016
International booksellers and subscription agents HARRASSOWITZ is once again offering a $1,000 scholarship to attend the Annual Charleston Conference that takes place November 2-5, 2016, in Charleston, SC. The scholarship is to be awarded to a librarian or paraprofessional who is currently working in a library… Read More
Ex Libris achieves ISO 27018 certification for cloud privacy - May 12, 2016
Ex Libris® Group, a ProQuest company, has announced that the company has achieved certification for ISO/IEC 27018:2014, an international standard recently published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that provides a code of practice for the protection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in cloud computing… Read More
Digital Preservation Coalition launches 2016 Digital Preservation Awards - May 12, 2016
The Digital Preservation Coalition's quest to find and celebrate the very best work in digital preservation across all sectors has begun again this year with the launch of the 2016 Digital Preservation Awards. The prestigious Digital Preservation Awards is the most prominent celebration of achievement for… Read More
SirsiDynix announces one-millionth digital content download - May 10, 2016
Library automation solutions provider SirsiDynix has announced the one-millionth digital content download through eResource Central (eRC). eRC is an electronic resource management and discovery system that simplifies access to library resources by uniting physical and digital content into a single discovery interface. Digital content is made… Read More
Emerald recognises and rewards research excellence - May 9, 2016
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has announced the winners of the 2015 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence. Now in its 23rd year, this awards programme is one of the largest, independent award schemes run by a publishing company – recognising and rewarding the outstanding contributions… Read More
Plymouth University plays a role in two BMJ Awards winners - May 9, 2016
Two winning projects from this year's national BMJ Awards have included important input from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry (PUPSMD). Winner of the Neurology Team Award was a project entitled enhanced safety in epilepsy. This is a partnership between Plymouth University, Cornwall Partnership… Read More
IOP Publishing wins Chinese Academy of Sciences ‘Service Star’ award - May 6, 2016
IOP Publishing has announced that it has been awarded the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 'Service Star' award for the second consecutive year. The award has been awarded to IOP for its continued support and service to CAS members. IOP Sales… Read More
PETA honours Elsevier with inaugural Progressive Medical Education Software Award - April 29, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier was recently awarded the inaugural Progressive Medical Education Software Award by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The award was presented to the locally-developed Elsevier Animal Simulator software, which recreates a virtual animal laboratory for students to learn without having to… Read More
Society for Scholarly Publishing awards twelve Fellowships for 2016 - April 27, 2016
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has announced that 12 students and early-career professionals have been awarded highly competitive Fellowships for 2016. The Professional Development Committee received nearly 100 applications for these coveted positions. The Fellowship Program, an extension of the former Travel Grant Program, offers… Read More
