NISO’s Z39.4 Criteria for Indexes Working Group releases its draft standard for public comment - December 15, 2020
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced that the Z39.4 Criteria for Indexes Working Group has released its draft standard for public comment. It replaces the original ANSI/NISO Z39.4 standard (Guidelines for Indexes and Related Information Retrieval Devices) and is an updated and… Read More
ACM announces inaugural issue of Transactions on Quantum Computing - December 15, 2020
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has announced the inaugural issue of ACM Transactions on Quantum Computing (TQC), a new peer-reviewed journal with a focus on the theory and practice of quantum computing. TQC publishes high-impact, original research papers and select surveys on topics… Read More
Cambridge University Press launches Environmental Data Science journal - December 11, 2020
Cambridge University Press is launching a new, Open Access journal – Environmental Data Science – dedicated to the potential of artificial intelligence and data science to enhance understanding of the environment, and to address climate change. The Press seeks to enhance interdisciplinary approaches that allow… Read More
Taylor & Francis Online enhanced with new feature - December 11, 2020
Taylor & Francis Online, the journal and article platform, is enhanced with ‘further reading’ feature for its journal articles. With an ever-growing volume of research available online, manually searching and compiling a list of relevant articles to read can be time-consuming. For this reason, the… Read More
TDM data visualisation interface now accessible to all research - December 11, 2020
Users with and without coding experience can now use ProQuest’s TDM Studio™ solution to identify trends, generate insights and make new discoveries. The new interface enables Text and data mining (TDM) to extend beyond pure research and into teaching and learning by enabling students to explore… Read More
UC’s eScholarship Publishing platform launches Combinatorial Theory journal - December 11, 2020
The eScholarship Publishing program of the University of California has announced the launch of Combinatorial Theory, a new mathematics journal expecting its first issue in Spring 2021. The journal will publish papers in Combinatorics, an active area of mathematical research with applications throughout the mathematical, computational… Read More
PLOS announces peer-reviewed article types for PLOS ONE - December 10, 2020
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) and protocols.io have announced an extension to their partnership to support increased sharing of open research methodologies. In early 2021 PLOS is launching two new peer-reviewed article types in PLOS ONE: Lab Protocols and Study Protocols.… Read More
Jisc launches Plan S-compliant repository - December 8, 2020
Jisc is launching a new multi-content repository for storing research data and articles that will make it easier for university staff to manage the administration around open access publishing. The new repository offers simple, cost-effective ways to manage, store and share digital… Read More
FOLIO launches Honeysuckle Release - December 4, 2020
The FOLIO Open Source Community has issued its latest named release as the platform continues to add features and functionality to the library services platform (LSP). The Honeysuckle Release includes platform updates and integration improvements in addition to user experience (UX) improvements and accessibility features. … Read More
Taylor & Francis enhances remote access with SeamlessAccess - December 3, 2020
Taylor & Francis is using SeamlessAccess to automatically recognise if the user have previously logged into Taylor & Francis Online using Shibboleth or OpenAthens and present previously used institution as the first option, removing the need to manually search each and every time the user want… Read More
