NIH launches database to track neurological symptoms associated with COVID-19 - January 28, 2021
A new database will collect information from clinicians about COVID-19-related neurological symptoms, complications, and outcomes as well as COVID-19 effects on pre-existing neurological conditions. The COVID-19 Neuro Databank/Biobank (NeuroCOVID), which was created and will be maintained by NYU Langone Health, will be a resource of clinical information as well as… Read More
ARL, CDL, AAU and APLU release communication toolkit for implementing effective data practices - January 28, 2021
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), California Digital Library (CDL), Association of American Universities (AAU), and Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) have released a communication toolkit for facilitating institutional communication and discussions around the broad adoption of persistent identifiers (PIDs) and machine-readable… Read More
Gale In Context: For Educators launches new Learning Center for teachers - January 28, 2021
Gale, a Cengage company, is helping educators enhance skills for virtual lesson planning and online teaching. The company has launched Gale In Context: For Educators’ new Learning Center, an on-demand professional learning hub for finding, organising and learning how to teach – virtually or… Read More
SSP releases 2021 webinar series - January 27, 2021
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has released 2021 webinar series, curated to provide highly informative, thought-provoking programming designed to challenge and stimulate discussion. Covering timely topics and regularly offered throughout 2021, the SSP Education Committee works hard to develop programming aimed at professions… Read More
Karger offers interactive version of ISCN - January 25, 2021
With the new edition of ISCN 2020, Karger offers the first online and interactive version of the International System for Human Cytogenomic Nomenclature (ISCN). The ISCN Committee has created an updated version of ISCN 2020 with an extended version of the Human Genome Variation Society (HGVS)… Read More
New journal from Cambridge University Press to push boundaries of biological imaging - January 22, 2021
A new Open Access journal from Cambridge University Press will provide a home for interdisciplinary research in the fast-growing field of quantitative and computational imaging in the life sciences. The Press has launched Biological Imaging`` in recognition of the way computer science, machine… Read More
CABI launches Author Services and Education portal - January 21, 2021
CABI has announced the launch of a new Author Services and Education portal created to support researchers in successfully publishing impactful studies across all agriculture and biosciences. The new portal has been developed in partnership with Editage and Impact Science, part of
Willo Labs and Elsevier announce DIRECT 2 STUDENT a new learning content delivery model - January 20, 2021
Willo Labs, the leading technology platform for digital learning delivery, and Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, have announced ‘DIRECT 2 STUDENT,’ a new learning content delivery model combining instant digital learning access with doorstep delivery of print textbooks. The DIRECT 2 STUDENT… Read More
ProQuest joins Patron Point to build reading recommendation service - January 20, 2021
EdTech leader ProQuest has joined Patron Point, a library marketing automation partner, to build Patron Point Recommends – a new reading recommendation service that helps public libraries market content to their patrons, increasing engagement and usage. Patron Point Recommends automatically creates eye-catching branded… Read More
SSP launched Solutions Source for Scholarly Communications - January 18, 2021
As a niche sector within the broader world of publishing, scholarly communications has not been well-served by existing directories. Anyone who has ever had to contend with incomplete web search results, wade through hundreds of exhibitors in a global book fair catalog, or try and visit every booth during the… Read More
