Kudos launches new research project - October 1, 2020
Kudos, the award-winning service for accelerating research impact, is launching a new research project to provide publishers, societies and service providers with critical intelligence about the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for research funding policy, university budgets and practices, and researchers’ capacity, processes and publishing choices.… Read More
Aries Systems announces upcoming release of new Editorial Manager - October 1, 2020
Aries Systems Corporation, a leading technology workflow solutions supplier to the scholarly publishing community, has announced the upcoming release of a new Editorial Manager® API for repositories. The application will be developed as a ‘generic’ API, enabling flexible integration opportunities for independent… Read More
Springer Nature launches its first virtual hub at Frankfurt Book Fair 2020 to maintain tradition of live panel discussions on book presentations - September 29, 2020
With the Frankfurt Book Fair not taking place as a physical event in 2020, Springer Nature is launching its first virtual hub. Following the decision back in June 2020 to not have a physical presence at the book fair, Springer Nature Group… Read More
University of Buckingham Press launches the Journal of Medical Education Research - September 29, 2020
University of Buckingham Press (UBP) has announced the launch of the Journal of Medical Education Research (JMER) to be published in conjunction with the University of Buckingham Medical School. The first Issue is scheduled to be launched mid-2021. With medical research currently at the forefront… Read More
eScholarship releases ‘Ultrasound in Resource-Limited Settings: A Case Based, Open Access Text’ using the Manifold platform - September 29, 2020
Faculty at UC Davis Health has collaborated with the California Digital Library (CDL) and Blaisdell Medical Library to release Ultrasound in Resource-Limited Settings: A Case Based, Open Access Text using the Manifold platform. The new online resource aims to provide an open… Read More
SSP announces Quick Connect, an innovative micro-mentoring program - September 28, 2020
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has announced their latest professional development and mentoring resource for scholarly publishing professionals, Quick Connect. Quick Connect - a type of micro-mentoring - allows SSP members to learn and connect on an ad-hoc basis for short-term, focused interactions. Fuelled… Read More
RLUK launches the Digital Shift Forum - September 25, 2020
RLUK is launching the Digital Shift Forum (RLUKDSF) to bring together colleagues from across the information, research, cultural and heritage communities, and third and commercial sectors, to discuss the future of the digital shift in research collections, services, and audiences. The… Read More
Initiative for Open Abstracts calls for unrestricted availability of abstracts to boost discovery of research - September 24, 2020
The Initiative for Open Abstracts (I4OA) calls on all scholarly publishers to open the abstracts of their publications, and specifically to distribute them through Crossref, in order to facilitate large-scale access and promote discovery of critical research. I4OA - a collaboration between… Read More
ASM centralises ethics efforts in new portal - September 22, 2020
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has launched a new, centralised ethics portal. The ethics portal will communicate to and educate ASM members on ASM’s ethics policies and will streamline the way ethical concerns are handled. The new portal seeks to ensure… Read More
CARL releases final version of the Competencies for Librarians in Canadian Research Libraries - September 21, 2020
Reporting to the Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ (CARL) Strengthening Capacity Committee, the CARL Competencies Working Group (CWG) was struck in the summer of 2017 to refresh the 2010 publication, ‘Core Competencies for 21st Century CARL Librarians.’ The process has been highly consultative – with… Read More
