ORCID announces road show series in the US and Europe - April 17, 2017
ORCID is starting its 2017 US road show series in Chicago in April, followed by a series of European workshops in May. These events bring together the cross-sector ORCID community and provide an opportunity to share stories, technology and outreach approaches, and meet directly with ORCID… Read More
OASPA issues call for contributions for 9th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing - April 11, 2017
The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, OASPA, will hold the 9th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP) at the Altis Grand Hotel on September 20- 21, 2017. Now established as a key event in the scholarly publishing calendar, COASP brings together the open access… Read More
IOS Press celebrates 30th Anniversary - April 10, 2017
STM publisher IOS Press is celebrating its 30th anniversary this week. Friends and colleagues came together on April 4, 2017, for a mini-symposium in Amsterdam venue De Balie to commemorate this special event. The rest of the week was filled with social events and meetings with… Read More
Clarivate Analytics hosts publishing partners to discuss trends - March 31, 2017
One of the key challenges faced by a publisher is reassuring their authors that their content will be found when someone searches for it. As a leader across the entire information services landscape and a company that collects, curates and indexes researcher content, Clarivate Analytics brought… Read More
NFAIS webinar – Taking Action Against Bias in Proprietary Content - March 29, 2017
Editors and writers know that talking about implicit bias in an article can be tricky but essential, especially in a "post-truth" world, and can ultimately lead to more inclusive and accurate content. Among researchers, talk of bias in the role of peer review for scholarly communication continues to include diverging… Read More
Plenaries at the American Chemical Society meeting to focus on energy, materials and partnerships - March 27, 2017
Scientists, in four plenary talks, will explore a variety of subjects related to the 'Advanced Materials, Technologies, Systems & Processes' theme of the 253rd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. The meeting will take place April 2- 6,… Read More
Registrations now open for EMUG 2017 - March 24, 2017
Online submission system provider Aries Systems has announced the 2017 Editorial Manager User Group Meeting. The meeting will take place at the Taj Hotel, Boston, MA on June 22 - 23, 2017. Aries will discuss its strategic development plans including updates to the author submission… Read More
NFAIS Half-Day Virtual Workshop – Beyond the PDF: Emerging Trends in Next Generation Articles - March 21, 2017
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) will be conducting a Half-Day Virtual Workshop, Beyond the PDF: Emerging Trends in Next Generation Articles, on March 23, 2017 from 9:00 am - 12:30 pm (EDT). This workshop will benefit scholarly researchers, publishers, discovery service providers, research… Read More
Panelists discuss JATS for Reuse at OASPA webinar - March 21, 2017
Kelly McDougall (MIT Press), Mary Seligy (Canadian Science Publishing), and Stephen Laverick (Maverick) recently joined OASPA for a webinar to discuss Open Access Publishing in the Global South. Melissa Harrison (eLife) chaired the discussion. The Copyright Clearance Center hosted the webinar. … Read More
Registrations for 9th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing now open - March 16, 2017
The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) has announced that registrations and accommodations for the 9th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing (COASP) are now open. This year, the annual conference will take place in Lisbon, Portugal at the Altis Grand Hotel on September 20-21, 2017.… Read More