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 Wiley Digital Archives and RGS-IBG partner to digitise millions of pages of unique primary source content
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc. has announced its newest Wiley Digital Archives partner, the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG). The partnership between Wiley and RGS-IBG, one of the world’s largest and most active scholarly geographical societies, is a new endeavour in a continuing relationship that spans over 18 years and includes an extensive journals and books program.
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 SAGE Publishing unveils MentorSpace – a how-to hub for research methods
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced the launch of MentorSpace, a new free-to-access online community space that allows users to tap into the wisdom of those who have executed a specific aspect of the research process and want to share their knowledge with others. The site is a place for users to connect, share insights, learn from their colleagues, and broaden their professional networks.
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 ISTIC- Taylor & Francis jointly established Research Lab to fund research projects focusing on areas of key importance to the Chinese research community
A jointly established Research Lab will provide a grant to finance research projects on a specific annual topic, focusing on areas of key importance to the Chinese research community and providing an opportunity to drive significant change on issues most affecting Chinese researchers. The first topic for 2019 is research integrity, a topic of key importance for many researchers globally. Trust and truth in science are universal values, andTaylor & Francis Group as a publisher and Institute of Scientific and Technological Information of China (ISTIC) as a research body both look to support and promote this.
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 Frontier Economics’ new report outlines integral role of academic publishing in the UK
Frontier Economics has released an independent research that sets out publishing’s contribution to the innovation cycle, incorporating existing research with stakeholder views. The report finds that without the highly specialised and time-intensive tasks carried out by UK academic publishers, innovation may be less effective.
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 Sheridan and Society for Scholarly Publishing partner to support membership growth through sponsorship of printed materials
Publishing services provider Sheridan has renewed its commitment to provide printing services for the Society for Scholarly Publishing’s (SSP) membership and informational resources again for 2019. The materials will be printed in their Hanover, Pennsylvania facility which offers high-quality print production; offset, digital and print-on-demand capabilities; and provides exceptional customer service.
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 CLOCKSS announces its TRAC re-certification
The CLOCKSS Archive, the long-term preservation service for scholarly content, has announced its TRAC re-certification by the Center for Research Libraries, based on an updated Trusted Repository Archiving Checklist audit. With grades on a scale of 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest), CLOCKSS maintained its score of 5 for Technologies, Technical Infrastructure, Security.
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 Portico to rebuild its preservation infrastructure
Digital preservation service Portico recently completed a two-year project to rebuild its preservation infrastructure from the ground up with the support of its publisher and library participants. This initiative helped create a stable, scalable, elastic architecture that will enable Portico to keep pace with the ever-increasing amount of content.
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