Integration of Airbus’ Vision-1 satellite imagery and the GeoSeer search tool give academics access to millions of open data maps - November 18, 2019
Jisc has announced the launch of the improved Jisc geospatial data service providing universities and colleges easy and free access to more than 1.6 million geographical datasets from around the world, including the most comprehensive index of maps ever brought together. The service features the implementation… Read More
ProQuest announces new look and new features for SIRS Issues Researcher and SIRS Discoverer - November 13, 2019
ProQuest has announced that its popular SIRS Issues Researcher and SIRS Discoverer products have been enhanced with a new look and new features to engage students and help them achieve better outcomes with guidance from customers and users. SIRS products – staples for research, teaching and… Read More
Healio launches new online education platform, Healio CME - November 12, 2019
Multichannel information platform Healio has announced the launch of its all new online education platform, Healio CME. The launch is the most significant for the company since the original release of Healio.com in 2012. Through months of research and usability testing, Healio has developed a platform… Read More
Automated Crossref DOI registration for journals using Scholastica for open access publishing - November 8, 2019
Scholastica, a peer review and publishing platform for academic journals, has announced that journals using Scholastica for open access publishing can now set up automated DOI registration and metadata deposits via Crossref. With the new automation, publishers can eliminate all manual and technical work around content… Read More
NIH releases Draft NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing and supplemental draft guidance for public comment - November 7, 2019
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a Draft NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing and supplemental draft guidance for public comment. The purpose of this draft policy and supplemental draft guidance is to promote effective and efficient data management… Read More
EBSCO Information Services releases PsycTHERAPY, an online streaming video database to support clinical and counselling psychology education - November 6, 2019
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has introduced PsycTHERAPY®, a unique streaming video database of therapy demonstrations to support clinical and counselling psychology education. Produced by the American Psychological Association (APA), the PsycTHERAPY library offers more than 500 therapy demonstrations using the latest psychotherapy techniques. PsycTHERAPY provides clinicians,… Read More
MUSE announces 2020 books collections, new publishers - November 4, 2019
Pricing and other details are now available for all of Project MUSE’s 2020 book collections. By the end of the 2020 calendar year, MUSE will host over 63,000 titles from more than 120 distinguished not-for-profit publishers from around the world. The 2020 Complete collection will offer… Read More
NISO releases draft FASTEN Recommended Practice for public comment - November 1, 2019
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is seeking comments on a new draft Recommended Practice pertaining to the modernisation of library-vendor technical interoperability using RESTful web service application programming interfaces (APIs) and standard mobile application intent calls. In the interest of streamlining information transfer between vendor… Read More
SPARC Europe releases summary and implementation guidance of Open Data Directive - November 1, 2019
The Directive on open data and the re-use of public sector information, also called the “Open Data Directive” went into effect in July this year. To aid in the implementation of this new legislation, of which members states have until July 16, 2021 to transpose,
SAGE Publishing launches SAGE vantage, a digital course platform for instructors and students - October 30, 2019
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced the launch of SAGE vantage, a digital course platform for instructors and students designed to enable time-effective and evidence-based teaching, engaged learning, and critical thinking. The platform offers instructors a three-step course set up, auto-grading, integration into institutional learning management… Read More
