CCC’s new OA Agreement Manager to help automate and streamline funding of APCs - February 28, 2018
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global leader in content management, copyright licensing, discovery and delivery solutions, recently launched the OA Agreement Manager, the first integrated publishing workflow solution to help eliminate the cost and friction from processing funded open access (OA) articles for all stakeholders.… Read More
Journal AWWA now available in over 100 developing countries through Research4Life - February 27, 2018
The American Water Works Association has announced that Journal - American Water Works Association has expanded its reach to more than 100 developing countries through Research4Life. Research4Life is a collection of programs that provides research communities in developing countries with affordable access to academic and… Read More
International Organization for Standardization publishes latest edition of ISBN Standard - February 26, 2018
The fifth and latest edition of the ISBN Standard (ISO 2108) has now been published by ISO (International Organization for Standardization) - the world's largest developer of voluntary International Standards. ISBN (International Standard Book Number) is one of the best known standards in the world -… Read More
ARL releases Infographic illustrating how fair use promotes creation of new knowledge - February 26, 2018
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is releasing an infographic that illustrates how fair use advances innovation, creativity, and scholarship, ultimately allowing new knowledge to be created and shared, in conjunction with the Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week 2018. Fair use is an essential right under… Read More
SAGE Publishing to publish official publication of the Society for Vascular Ultrasound - February 23, 2018
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced a new partnership with the Society for Vascular Ultrasound (SVU) to publish its official publication, the Journal for Vascular Ultrasound (JVU). A quarterly journal, JVU publishes original scientific and educational articles, case studies, book reviews, technical reviews, reviews of ultrasound… Read More
OCLC unveils ‘Syndeo,’ a suite of services designed to facilitate national and regional library collaboration - February 23, 2018
OCLC is introducing SyndeoTM, a flexible suite of services specifically designed to facilitate national and regional library collaboration. Syndeo, which means 'I connect' in Greek, supports OCLC cooperative cataloging, resource sharing and library management services necessary to run individual institutions along with the technology and… Read More
American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science launches its journal on HighWire’s BenchPress and JCore - February 21, 2018
The American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science (ASCLS) has launched its flagship journal, Clinical Laboratory Science, on HighWire's JCore content delivery platform and BenchPress manuscript system. BenchPress and JCore are components of HighWire's Intelligent Platform, a next-generation solution for publishing that… Read More
Elsevier to publish British Journal of Anaesthesia and BJA Education - February 20, 2018
Elsevier, the information analytics business specialising in science and health, is now the new publisher of the British Journal of Anaesthesia (BJA) and its companion title BJA Education (BJA Ed), beginning in 2018. Both journals are official publications… Read More
Mary Ann Liebert announces inaugural issue of The CRISPR Journal - February 16, 2018
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, has announced the publication of the inaugural issue of The CRISPR Journal, a groundbreaking new peer-reviewed journal. The issue features an array of cutting-edge international original research papers as well as a compelling mixture of front matter content from luminaries in… Read More
CARL releases new brief on the increasingly alarming situation of escalating subscription costs for international journals - February 16, 2018
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) has released a new brief entitled Responding to Unsustainable Journal Costs, which addresses the increasingly alarming situation of escalating subscription costs for international journals. Authored by CARL Research Associate Kathleen Shearer, with input from the Canadian Research Knowledge… Read More
