SAGE Open Engineering opens for submissions - October 15, 2012
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that its journal SAGE Open Engineering is now open for submissions. Building on SAGE's expanding portfolio in engineering, SAGE Open Engineering is a new Open Access journal aimed specifically at engineers. Overseen by a world leading Advisory Board Chaired by… Read More
Copyright Clearance Center launches Open Access Solutions - October 12, 2012
Licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), US, has announced the launch of Open Access Solutions. CCC helps publishers manage variable Open Access (OA) models through its RightsLink platform, which supports unique pricing rules, licenses and messaging for OA journals, encouraging compliance with funding… Read More
John Wiley & Sons and Society of Chemical Industry announce new OA journal – Energy Science & Engineering - October 11, 2012
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced the launch of Energy Science & Engineering as part of the Wiley Open Access publishing programme. The journal provides authors with a new platform for the rapid dissemination of the latest energy research and will be published… Read More
Apress unveils ApressOpen, offers free and full access to professional-level content - October 10, 2012
Technology books publisher Apress has announced the launch of ApressOpen, a program that offers technology companies and professionals the opportunity to publish technical and business content under an open access model. With ApressOpen, content will be freely available through multiple online distribution channels and electronic formats… Read More
De Gruyter announces new partnership for open-access distribution with the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe - October 10, 2012
Academic publisher De Gruyter, Germany, has launched an innovative new partnership for open-access distribution with the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). A new study, "Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations in Europe: First Results from SHARE after the Economic Crisis," will appear… Read More
IET President moots open access for SMEs to IP created by UK universities - October 8, 2012
Professor Andy Hopper, an academic, innovator and serial entrepreneur, has called on the UK government to give small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) open access to the intellectual property (IP) created in UK universities. He has been named the new President of Europe's largest professional society for engineers and technicians,… Read More
University of Florida and the University of Miami libraries sign MoU to create a shared collection - October 8, 2012
The University of Florida and the University of Miami have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create the Collaborative Academic Library Collection. The Collaborative Academic Library Collection is a shared collection that will be housed in Gainesville for long-term preservation and retention of low use… Read More
20 MM counters AAP response to California’s free college textbooks legislation - October 4, 2012
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has reportedly released a "knee-jerk" national press release announcing its challenge to the notion that historic college textbook legislation unanimously passed by the California State Senate could indeed be provided to undergraduates for "free." Stating that "there's no such… Read More
Open Access initiative SCOAP3 launched at CERN - October 2, 2012
Representatives from the science funding agencies and library communities of 29 countries met at CERN on October 1, 2012, to launch the SCOAP3 Open Access initiative. CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, claims to be world's leading laboratory for particle physics.… Read More
Two high energy physics journals from Springer to participate in SCOAP3 - September 28, 2012
The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) has chosen two Springer journals to participate in the initiative. The SCOAP3 consortium aims to convert journals in high energy physics to open access. The two Springer journals are: the… Read More
