 Wellcome initiates open access requirements for publishers |
Wellcome has published a set of requirements for open access publications, which will come into force next spring. The policy outlines what is required of publishers in order to receive article processing charges (APCs) from the charity. These include uploading articles to PubMed Central (PMC), making updates available to PMC if they are corrected or retracted, publishing content under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY) and offering a reimbursement policy for APCs.
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 ARL appoints Catherine Davidson as visiting program officer for scholarly communication initiatives |
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has named Catherine Davidson as a visiting program officer (VPO) for scholarly communication initiatives from September 2016 through June 2017. Davidson, a 2009–2010 graduate of the ARL Leadership Fellows program, is the associate university librarian (AUL) for collections and research at York University in Toronto, Canada.
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Altmetric tracks data from Open Syllabus Project |
Altmetric has announced that it has begun to track data from the Open Syllabus Project (OSP), which details where individual books are included in the syllabi of over 4,000 academic institutions around the world. For the first time, these unique data are combined with other altmetric indicators to provide quantitative insights that can help authors and publishers monitor the uptake and influence of their books.
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University of Alabama at Birmingham selects Ex Libris campusM as its mobile platform |
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has selected the Ex Libris campusM Enterprise platform to provide UAB students, faculty, and staff with easy access to key systems, such as the university’s Banner ERP solution, library services, and class schedules. By leveraging the university’s authentication services, the campusM app will deliver an experience personalised for each user, displaying relevant services and information on any device.
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 Knowledge E implements plagiarism screening via Crossref Similarity Check |
Information resources and software solutions provider Knowledge E has joined the Crossref Similarity Check initiative by which all submitted journal articles and conference papers are subjected to comparison with previously published articles in thousands of publications from all over the world. Similarity Check is an initiative of Crossref using iThenticate technology to detect the proportion of a research paper that contains similar phrases to previously published material.
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Baker & Taylor and Coachella Valley Unified School District partner to provide digital content to students |
Baker & Taylor, the premier worldwide distributor of digital and print books, has announced a partnership with Coachella Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) to utilise the company’s digital education platform for simultaneous access to digital content for students. Coachella Valley Unified schools will now be able to access thousands of digital titles aligned to the districts units of study.
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