Digital Science Invests in London-based scientific start-up, WriteLaTeX - July 24, 2014
Macmillan Science and Education has announced that Digital Science, its global technology division providing software and technology tools to scientists and researchers, has invested in WriteLaTeX - a London based scientific start-up and creators of the leading online collaboration platform for scientific… Read More
Library, Higher Education organisations file net neutrality comments with FCC - July 21, 2014
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), together with 10 other library and higher education groups, filed comments with the FCC on net neutrality. These comments largely expand on the points made in the Net Neutrality Principles jointly filed by library and higher education groups on July… Read More
NLM Invites nominations for IHTSDO Standing Committees - July 17, 2014
As the US member of the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO), the National Library of Medicine (NLM) is soliciting nominations of potential candidates for the four IHTSDO Standing Committees – Content, Quality Assurance, Implementation & Education (formerly Implementation and Innovation),… Read More
ProQuest integrates Flow research management and collaboration solution with Summon discovery service - July 16, 2014
Reinforcing the value of libraries as the hub for university research, ProQuest is transforming end-to-end researcher workflows by integrating Flow, a research management and collaboration solution, with the Summon discovery service. Serving as the digital front door to the library, the Summon service provides discovery of… Read More
PeerJ raises Series A investment from SAGE and O’Reilly - July 10, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE and PeerJ Inc., publisher of the Open Access journal PeerJ and pre-print server PeerJ PrePrints, have announced that SAGE has led a new investment as part of a second round of funding for PeerJ. With the investment, SAGE joins… Read More
SAGE retracts 60 articles implicated in a peer review and citation ring at the Journal of Vibration and Control - July 9, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the retraction of 60 articles implicated in a peer review and citation ring at the Journal of Vibration and Control (JVC). The full extent of the peer review ring has been uncovered following a 14 month SAGE-led investigation, and centres on… Read More
LexisNexis Risk Solutions expands healthcare solutions for the life sciences marketplace - July 2, 2014
LexisNexis Risk Solutions has expanded its healthcare solutions for the life sciences marketplace. The company will leverage its leading, healthcare provider and claims databases to improve effectiveness and efficiencies, resulting in reduced costs, competitive advantage and greater identity transparency for life sciences organisations. LexisNexis estimates… Read More
European Research Organisations call on Elsevier to withdraw TDM policy - July 2, 2014
Eighteen European research and library organisations, including LIBER, have called on STM publisher Elsevier to withdraw its current policy on text and data mining (TDM). The organisations have laid out their request in an open letter to Michiel Kolman, Senior VP Global Academic Relations at the… Read More
EBSCO announces support for open discovery initiative recommendations - June 27, 2014
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) fully supports the final recommendations of the Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) working group for best practices for discovery services. EBSCO participated in the ODI Committee and the resulting recommendations are in line with EBSCO's open policies around metadata sharing… Read More
AAP statement on BISG withdrawal from Bookstats joint venture - June 24, 2014
On June 19, the Book Industry Study Group Board voted not to renew its joint agreement with the Association of American Publishers to continue as co-producers of the annual BookStats survey capturing the estimated size and scope of the publishing industry. … Read More
