Bumper year end signals ongoing success for Kudos - January 14, 2016
Kudos, a service for maximizing the reach and impact of research publications, has announced that an unprecedented number of new clients joined its services during December 2015. These include the American Association of Petroleum Geologists; American Nuclear Society; American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; Federation of American Societies… Read More
Publishers require authors to use an ORCID identifier during the publication process - January 8, 2016
A group of seven publishers have announced, during 2016, they will begin requiring authors to use an ORCID identifier (iD) during the publication process. The American Geophysical Union (AGU), eLife, EMBO, Hindawi, the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the Public Library of Science… Read More
ProQuest SIPX recognized as a way to reduce adoption barriers to OER content - January 8, 2016
ProQuest SIPX is paving the way for higher education institutions and campus leaders to reduce students' cost of education by leveraging increased use of open educational resources (OER) as part of the SIPX® complete course materials solution. ProQuest SIPX has generated more than $3.6million to… Read More
Boopsie reports notable growth in 2015 with impressive awards and new content and technology partners - January 5, 2016
Boopsie, a mobile platform-as-a-service provider for libraries worldwide, reported on its remarkable growth in 2015, which includes an impressive number of awards and recognitions, three new content and technology partners, four new updates to its app and services, over 50 new libraries that utilise its white… Read More
The professional publishing landscape – key events that made headlines in 2015 - December 18, 2015
The professional publishing landscape looks a bit different heading into 2016 after a busy 2015 that brought some unexpected headlines. The year's top stories centered on changes and challenges affecting the market's most recognisable players. Ever since its 2007 merger, Thomson Reuters has held probably the… Read More
Library, Higher Education Groups urge US Congress to support open internet order - December 14, 2015
The American Library Association (ALA), Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and EDUCAUSE recently sent a joint letter to US Congressional leaders, asking them to oppose the inclusion of any language in the current Omnibus Appropriations bill that would undermine the authority of the Federal Communications Commission… Read More
Research Councils launch new programme for all peer reviewers and decision-makers, to raise awareness and reduce impact of unconscious bias - November 25, 2015
The Research Councils have launched a new programme for all peer reviewers and decision-makers, to raise awareness and reduce the impact of unconscious bias. Over a period of three years, beginning in January 2016, more than 1,300 people involved in peer review from all seven Research Councils will be… Read More
Royal Society to investigate potential impacts and applications of machine learning in the UK - November 23, 2015
The Royal Society, the UK's national academy of science, will start a policy project on how machine learning, the powerful technology that allows machines to learn from data and self-improve, might impact the UK society. Machine learning underpins many of the services people rely on every… Read More
World’s first collaborative data centre for education and research gains momentum - August 21, 2015
In the 12 months since the first shared data centre for research and education was launched by Infinity SDC and Jisc, many of the country's top universities, colleges and research institutions have joined to improve efficiency, decrease costs and advance collaboration on world-leading research. A… Read More
Springer retracts 64 articles from 10 Springer subscription journals - August 20, 2015
STM publisher Springer has confirmed that 64 articles are being retracted from 10 Springer subscription journals, after editorial checks spotted fake email addresses, and subsequent internal investigations uncovered fabricated peer review reports. After a thorough investigation it was discovered that the peer review process on these… Read More
