Ovid expands its research collections to enhance global health preparedness and health equity - October 5, 2022
Wolters Kluwer, Health has added two research collections to its medical research platform, Ovid®, to meet the demand for credible resources that support global public health efforts and evidence-based practice. The Public Health Advantage collection brings together the CABI Global Health… Read More
ResearchGate and Maximum Academic Press partner to boost visibility and accessibility of gold OA publications - September 22, 2022
ResearchGate, the professional network for worldwide researchers, and Maximum Academic Press (MAP), an academic publisher which has launched 17 journals, have established a content partnership. The goal of the partnership is to boost the visibility and accessibility of gold open access publications, consistent with… Read More
LSHTM Press launches with a mission of equity in publishing in global health - September 16, 2022
A new publishing platform for open access biomedical research has launched. LSHTM Press will provide an open access platform to publish peer-reviewed research and high-quality educational resources, in accordance with the LSHTM mission to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide. The Press is… Read More
Oxford University Press and the Royal National Institute of Blind People extend agreement to improve academic content accessibility - August 25, 2022
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), has announced a new agreement with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)—one of the UK’s leading sight loss charities and the largest community of blind and partially sighted people. As part of the agreement, OUP’s Academic… Read More
DE&I and Sustainability top priorities for new society members, reveals Wiley survey - August 24, 2022
Learned societies need to prioritize Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) and Sustainability to attract new members, according to a recent survey by Wiley, a global leader in research and education. Wiley shared four major findings from its 2022 Society Member Survey. In addition to identifying DE&I and… Read More
SAGE Publishing and Booksquare partner to provide accessible digital textbooks for college students - August 18, 2022
SAGE Publishing and Booksquare have announced a partnership to provide accessible digital textbooks for higher education students in Sweden. The collaboration will bridge the gap between Swedish students and English textbooks as the demand for English content in universities continues to rise. The deal… Read More
The EUTOPIA European University and OpenAIRE partner to create a research portal for ten EUTOPIA universities - July 25, 2022
The EUTOPIA European University and OpenAIRE have announced a partnership. Under the deal, both will work together to create a research portal for the ten EUTOPIA universities. The aim is to increase the findability and accessibility of EUTOPIA research and to serve as a… Read More
American College of Cardiology appoints Melvin R. Echols as Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer - July 8, 2022
American College of Cardiology (ACC) names Melvin R. Echols as Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, effective July 18. Echols will lead the College's diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy and programs while maintaining a portion of his current clinical and research responsibilities at Morehouse School of Medicine… Read More
NISO’s Video and Audio Metadata Recommended Practice is now available for public comment - June 22, 2022
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced that its draft Video and Audio Metadata Recommended Practice is available for public comment through August 5, 2022. This new Recommended Practice establishes guidelines for metadata for video and audio assets, including administrative metadata, semantic metadata,… Read More
ResearchGate and Royal Society partnership to increase accessibility of research - June 9, 2022
The Royal Society, the UK’s national science academy, and ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, have announced a content syndication partnership that will see the addition of 5,000 open access (OA) articles from journals Open Biology and Royal Society Open Science to ResearchGate. … Read More
