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 SPARC and Johns Hopkins University Libraries collaborate to launch resource analyzing US federal data sharing policies |
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University Libraries, has released a new resource for tracking, comparing, and understanding U.S. federal funder research data sharing policies. This free tool, launched at datasharing.sparcopen.org, provides a detailed analysis of 16 federal agency responses to the directive issued by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Research.
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 Applications called for ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing 2016 |
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers is inviting applications for this year’s ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing. The ALPSP Awards recognise and celebrate the best innovators in the industry at a time when scholarly publishing is changing rapidly. The finalists will be showcased at the ALPSP Conference and the winners announced at the Awards Dinner on September 15.
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SCOAP3 initiative extended for three more years |
The SCOAP3 collaboration has announced the extension of this Open Access initiative for three more years, from January 2017 through December 2019. Following the success of the first years of operation of SCOAP3, representatives of the 3,000 SCOAP3 partners in 47 countries, ten scholarly publishers and CERN as the host organisation of the collaboration have now agreed the terms for this continuation.
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Cambridge University Press launches new OA journal – Global Sustainability |
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press has announced a major new open-access journal, Global Sustainability, to publish significant research advances and policy-relevant reviews and commentaries addressing Earth-system resilience, sustainability and solutions in the context of rapid global change. Professor Johan Rockström has been named as Editor-in-Chief of the journal.
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FMC partners with Decision Support in Medicine to provide 1,000 condition-specific diagnosis and treatment texts to online users |
Frontline Medical Communications (FMC), a leader in digital, print and live events, has formed a partnership with Decision Support in Medicine (DSM) to provide their extensive reach of online readers with clinical decision support information for use at the point of care. Decision Support in Medicine has hundreds of texts in multiple specialties, written by key leaders in their field. This timely clinical content informs physicians with what they need to know before, during, or after a patient consult.
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Endocrine Society selects Sheridan |
Sheridan, a provider of print, publishing services and technology solutions to publishers, associations, university presses, and cataloguers, has been selected to be the sole source copyediting and production partner for the Endocrine Society’s (ES), industry leading publications for practitioners, international and national scientific researchers, government health policy legislators, and the general public. Sheridan will help ES deploy a new workflow for the newly launched Journal of the Endocrine Society, an open access journal that will begin publication in the fall of 2016.
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Follet acquires Baker & Taylor |
Follett Corporation has acquired Baker & Taylor, LLC, a distributor of books, video and music products to public libraries and institutions, and a major wholesaler to retailers worldwide. With combined sales of $3.6 billion, the two businesses will offer librarians, patrons, educators and students unprecedented access to the best curated physical and digital content wherever learning and reading take place in the community.
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