Ex Ordo manages SSP Annual Meeting Call for proposals – November 18, 2020
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) will use Ex Ordo to manage the call for proposals for its 43rd Annual Meeting, to be held on May 24–27, 2021. The meeting theme is ‘Charting a New Course from Chaos to Innovation,’ and it… Read More
Elsevier and Japan Alliance of University Library Consortia for E-Resources agree on proposal for subscription publishing with measures to support open access goals – November 18, 2020
The Japan Alliance of University Library Consortia for E-Resources (JUSTICE) and Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, have signed an agreement on a new three-year proposal for subscription publishing with measures to support Japan’s open access (OA) goals,… Read More
NISO voting members approve work to update Journal Article Versions – November 18, 2020
The National Information Standards Organisation (NISO) has announced that their Voting Members have approved a new work item to update the 2008 Recommended Practice, NISO RP-8-2008, Journal Article Versions (JAV): Recommendations of the NISO/ALPSP JAV Technical Working Group. A NISO Working Group… Read More
ASM launches new journal, Microbiology Spectrum – November 18, 2020
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) is launching a new journal in Spring 2021, Microbiology Spectrum, ASM’s sixth fully open-access journal. Led by an international team of scientists actively engaged in microbiology research, Microbiology Spectrum will welcome technically sound research from all… Read More
Aries Systems and Digital Commons partner to support growth of Diamond Open Access journals – November 18, 2020
Aries Systems Corporation, a leading technology workflow solutions provider to the scholarly publishing community, and Digital Commons, a leading platform for open access publishing and institutional repositories, have partnered to support the growth of Diamond Open Access (OA) journals across the globe. The partnership brings… Read More
Ex Libris announces Oded Scharfstein as President – November 18, 2020
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has announced Oded Scharfstein as president of Ex Libris. Scharfstein will succeed Bar Veinstein who will continue leading Ex Libris until January 2021, and going forward, will serve on the company’s advisory board. Scharfstein has more than 15 years of… Read More