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 Panelists discuss the future of open scholarship in the humanities and social sciences at OASPA webinar
Rebecca Kennison, Dr Jennifer Edmond and Ron Dekker recently joined OASPA for a webinar to discuss the future of open scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Caroline Sutton (Head of Open Scholarship Development at Taylor & Francis and member of the OASPA Board) chaired the discussion. The Copyright Clearance Center hosted the webinar.
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 Taylor & Francis and Macat sign sales and distribution agreement
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis and Macat International have announced an agreement under which Taylor & Francis will undertake exclusive sales and distribution for the Macat Library in the English language. All titles from the Macat Library will be marketed and sold under the Routledge imprint.
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 ASTM International signs MOU with four more national standards bodies
ASTM International, a global standards organisation, has signed memorandums of understanding with the national standards bodies of Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Ukraine, and Armenia, bringing the total number of MOUs to 105. The four MOUs were signed by ASTM International’s president, Katharine Morgan. The program supports use of ASTM International standards while also encouraging global participation in the continued development of new and revised standards.
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 EOSCpilot, OpenAIRE-DE joint workshop – Future Open Science services for scientific communities
The EOSCpilot project and OpenAIRE Germany have announced their joint workshop ‘Future Open Science services for scientific communities.’ The workshop will take place in Berlin, Germany, on October 24, 2017, the day before the FORCE 11 conference.
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 Ingram Publisher Services acquires Book Network Int’l Limited, expands UK footprint
Ingram Publisher Services LLC, an operating unit of Ingram Content Group, has acquired Book Network Int’l Limited (“NBNi”), an international physical and digital book distributor, based in the UK. NBNi’s client service business will stand alongside Ingram’s wide range of digital, physical and print-on-demand solutions to create a premier global services offering.
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 Latest edition of Blogspeak now online
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Independence Lost – Taxpayer Funding and Information Access Takes a Dark Turn); Stevan Bruijns (How access to knowledge can help universal health coverage become a reality); Retraction Watch Blog (Fake peer review strikes again for pair of authors); and Casey Pickering (What Types of Usage Data do Information Managers Actually Want? [Research]). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here.
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