BMJ partners with CoMo Consortium to help countries contain spread of COVID-19 – December 16, 2020
Leading healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has partnered with the COVID-19 International Modelling Consortium (CoMo Consortium) to enhance their policy recommendations and findings to help countries contain the spread of COVID-19. The CoMo Consortium was created by researchers at the University of Oxford and Cornell University. It… Read More
Taylor & Francis Group receives Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award – December 16, 2020
Choice has announced 25 Taylor & Francis titles as winners of the 2020 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award on December 1, 2020. The Outstanding Academic Title Award is presented each year to a prestigious selection of academic material and represents the highest caliber of scholarly titles reviewed… Read More
Cambridge University Press and Jisc reach UK-wide flexible open access read and publish agreement – December 16, 2020
Cambridge University Press (CUP) and Jisc, the education and research not-for-profit, have reached a UK-wide open access (OA) agreement that offers a range of flexible Read and Publish options to all UK institutions. Institutions who did not previously take the complete collection, will receive… Read More
MDPI adopts C4DISC principles to support building equity and accessibility in scholarly communications – December 16, 2020
MDPI is adopting the principles of the Coalition for Diversity & Inclusion in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC) to support building equity, inclusion, diversity, and accessibility in scholarly communications. The C4DISC represents organisations and individuals working in scholarly communications and is focused on addressing issues of diversity and… Read More
IntechOpen books now available on Perlego – December 16, 2020
IntechOpen has announced that its books are now available on perlego.com. Perlego, a London-based company, was developed to provide an affordable textbook solution for students around the world by partnering with leading publishers and streaming content directly from them. Perlego now has over 500,000 professional and… Read More
Bibliosan and Frontiers signed the first national open access framework in Italy – December 16, 2020
The first National Open Access Framework in Italy for Biomedical Institutions has been signed by the Italian consortium of Biomedical Research Libraries – Bibliosan – and the leading open access publisher, Frontiers. The agreement is fully aligned with international open access mandates, including Europe’s Read More
Registration now open for 2021 Library Assessment Conference – December 16, 2020
The fourth session of the virtual 2020–21 Library Assessment Conference to be held on January 21, 2021, a half-day webinar on Measurement and Methods, is open for registration through online by January 19, 2021. The Conference is being offered as free monthly webinars through March 2021.… Read More