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 Publishers require authors to use an ORCID identifier during the publication process |
A group of seven publishers have announced, during 2016, they will begin requiring authors to use an ORCID identifier (iD) during the publication process. The American Geophysical Union (AGU), eLife, EMBO, Hindawi, the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) will join the Royal Society – which already (as of January 1, 2016) requires its authors to include iDs at submission – in making this commitment.
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 Elsevier announces inaugural issue of new open access journal – Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications |
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the first issue of its new open access journal – Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. The issue features a new method to make cancer clinical trials more effective, a better way of determining whether a trial was successful and a dashboard that helps patients enroll in trials. The journal is a spin-off of the well-established title Contemporary Clinical Trials.
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 New national licence agreement offers Switzerland unlimited access to Cochrane Library |
A new national licence agreement offers Switzerland unlimited access to the Cochrane Library – the leading resource in evidence-based health care. Swiss patients and healthcare practitioners will now have access to more than 6500 published systematic reviews in healthcare interventions through one-click access to the Cochrane Library.
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ProQuest SIPX recognized as a way to reduce adoption barriers to OER content |
ProQuest SIPX is paving the way for higher education institutions and campus leaders to reduce students’ cost of education by leveraging increased use of open educational resources (OER) as part of the SIPX® complete course materials solution. ProQuest SIPX has generated more than $3.6million to date in savings for students and schools across the US.
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The Optical Society announces new Editors-in-Chief for three journals |
The Optical Society (OSA) has announced three new editors-in-chief. Christoph Hitzenberger, P. Scott Carney and Alexandra Boltasseva have been appointed as the new editors-in-chief of Biomedical Optics Express, Journal of the Optical Society of America A and Optical Materials Express, respectively.
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The Society for Scholarly Publishing to continue its Librarian Focus Group sessions at the American Geophysical Union in Washington, DC |
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) continues its Librarian Focus Group sessions with “Provoking thoughts: The End of Libraries and Publishers as We Know It”. This will be a panel session held in Washington, DC, on February 2, 2016 at the American Geophysical Union. The day-long event offers a chance to solicit and share information on the challenges facing librarians and publishers in a world quickly moving to beyond traditional models of publishing and information sharing.
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IOP Publishing launches new journal Quantum Science and Technology |
IOP Publishing has announced the launch of Quantum Science and Technology, a new, high-impact journal designed to serve the full range of subject disciplines, extending across academia and industry, now engaged with advances in fundamental quantum information science and related quantum-enabled technologies. The journal will be led by founding Editor-in-Chief Dr Robert Thew who is group leader at the University of Geneva’s GAP Quantum Technologies department.
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NISO receives two grants to undertake creation of a framework on data and privacy |
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has received two grants to develop a consensus framework for mitigating and managing the privacy risks related to the collection, preservation, sharing, use, and re-use of research data sets. The grants from both the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation will further advance NISO’s existing privacy initiatives on user privacy in library, publisher, and software supplier systems, details of which were published in December 2015.
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 Ex Libris announces Linked Data collaboration program |
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest® company, has formed a program to help Ex Libris harness Linked Data technology in its resource management and discovery solutions. The program provides a unique opportunity for participating institutions to be involved in bringing to life Linked Data features that will be highly valuable for all stakeholders—students, the library, and the institution as a whole.
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