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 London Info International 2017 conference opens its doors in just 2 weeks
London Info International 2017 takes place in just two weeks. Danny Kingsley, Deputy Director of Scholarly Communication University Library, University of Cambridge, Head of Scholarly Communications, University of Cambridge, will present the opening keynote, ‘So did it work? Considering the impact of Finch 5 years on,’ on December 6.
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 AMA, Harvard Health Publishing sever ties with Outcome Health
The American Medical Association and Harvard Health Publishing have reportedly suspended their partnerships with Outcome Health amid speculations that the Chicago-based tech and advertising startup misled advertisers. According to reports in The Wall Street Journal, the organisations have decided to ‘pause’ their partnerships with Outcome Health until the company’s legal matters are resolved.
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 Journal of Dairy Science celebrates 100 years of progress
The Journal of Dairy Science® (JDS), first published in 1917, is celebrating 100 years of progress. Since its first issue, the journal has published almost 30,000 articles and 200,000 pages. In the process, the work published in the journal has made a broad and invaluable contribution to scientific knowledge and to the production of a safe and affordable food supply.
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 Rebranded Alpine Entomology journal joins Pensoft’s OA portfolio
Scholarly publisher Pensoft has announced that the Swiss Entomological Society’s official journal Die Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft (Journal of the Swiss Entomological Society) is the latest historical scientific journal to join the lines of Pensoft’s portfolio. As a result of a unanimous vote at the Swiss Entomological Society’s general assembly in March, the journal is now rebranded as Alpine Entomology to reflect the shift in its scope and focus.
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 The University of Manchester selects Kudos to maximize research visibility and impact
Kudos, the service for maximising the reach and impact of research publications, has announced that the University of Manchester is the latest institution to sign up for Kudos for Institutions, which provides research tools and intelligence to help universities maximise dissemination of research. By channeling researchers’ communications about their work through a central system, and mapping these actions against a range of metrics, Kudos provides institutions with deep, actionable insight into the most effective ways to increase publication impact.
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 ProQuest adds 24 primary sources to its Jisc Purchasing Pilot
ProQuest is adding 24 primary sources to its offering through the Jisc Digital archival collections group purchasing pilot, following the successful adoption of its databases by 20 universities during the initial period earlier this year. The Jisc program’s goal is to lower customer cost, leveraging the collective purchasing power of UK Higher Education Institutions (HEI) to enable wider adoption of digital archives. The program will now run through July 2018.
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