IOP Publishing relaunches science news website, Physics World - March 2, 2018
IOP Publishing has relaunched its science news website Physics World, the start of a phased development programme for the specialist publisher's science news services that will run through the first half of 2018. To help readers explore the content programme, the publishing team has introduced… Read More
SPIE and Chinese Laser Press partner to launch new OA journal – Advanced Photonics - March 1, 2018
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, and Chinese Laser Press (CLP), sponsored by Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics and the Chinese Optical Society, have entered into a partnership for a new journal, Advanced Photonics. This will be a… Read More
HRB Open Research launches with its first articles - March 1, 2018
HRB Open Research, a dedicated platform for grantees of Ireland's Health Research Board (HRB), has launched with the publication of eight articles. All articles are freely available having been published using an immediate publication open access model, and will now undergo invited transparent peer review, post-publication.… Read More
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
