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SSP announces fourth annual 2020 SSP New Directions Seminar in Scholarly Publishing – 

The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) has announced the program for its fourth annual 2020 SSP New Directions Seminar in Scholarly Publishing, happening online from September 30 to October 1. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Directions Seminar explores community, collaboration, and crisis.… Read More

Clarivate unveils the Arabic Citation Index in Egypt – 

Clarivate Plc, a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, has now launched the Arabic Citation IndexTM (ARCI), the world’s first local language citation index for the Arabic world in Egypt. The ARCI is funded by the Egyptian government,… Read More

PLOS special collection launch – 

On August 12 2020, a Special Collection of articles addressing how to improve access to safe, quality medicines in East Africa by simplifying the regulatory processes in the region was published in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine. The five articles in the… Read More

LibQUAL+ library customer satisfaction survey 2021 registration is now open – 

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has opened 2021 registration for LibQUAL+®, a leading library customer satisfaction assessment tool. For the past 20 years, libraries have depended on LibQUAL+ survey data to evaluate the needs and satisfaction levels of their users. With LibQUAL+, libraries are able… Read More

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine journal names Dr. Robert C. Tasker as new editor-in-chief – 

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) has named Dr. Robert C. Tasker as its new editor-in-chief. Dr. Tasker will become the second editor-in-chief of PCCM, effective October 1, 2020, taking over for Dr. Patrick M. Kochanek who has served as editor-in-chief since 2000. PCCM is the official journal of the… Read More

Latest edition of Blogspeak now online – 

The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Rosalind Edwards (Unfunded research: Why academics do it and its unvalued contribution to the impact agenda); Jennifer Goodrich (The power of data in the management of peer review); Alice Meadows (Beyond publication — Increasing opportunities for recognising all research contributions);… Read More

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