SPARC applauds reintroduction of the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act SPARC, an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication, has applauded the reintroduction of the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research (FASTR) Act, which would ensure that public access to research… Read More »
The papers from the Society of Automotive Engineers are now available to UC Davis users in full-text going back to 1906. Previous access to papers was limited to 1998 – present. http://digitallibrary.sae.org/quicksearch/ The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Digital Library provides access to thousands of SAE Technical Papers covering research in all areas of mobility… Read More »
Elsevier unveils new journal – Molecular Astrophysics STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of the Molecular Astrophysics, a new journal focusing on the formation of molecules in space. Editor-in-Chief Professor Alexander Tielens, astronomer at Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands, will lead the team of Editors and Editorial Board members that have committed themselves to… Read More »
Wiley-Publons pilot program enhances peer-reviewer recognition Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the launch of a six-month pilot program in partnership with Publons.com. The pilot enables peer reviewers for selected Wiley journals to get credit for their peer reviews on Publons. Publons works with reviewers, publishers, universities, and funding agencies to turn peer… Read More »
Registrations now open for upcoming ORCID Outreach Meeting The Open Research and Contributor ID (ORCID) has announced that registration for upcoming ORCID Outreach Meeting is now open. The ORCID Outreach Meeting is a joint conference, organised together with CASRAI, and hosted by the University of Barcelona. More Search for more news in this Category Search… Read More »
The London Book Fair and the Publishers Association announce leaders in social & viral content as new speakers for Publishing for Digital Minds Conference The London Book Fair, in association with the Publishers Association, has confirmed a raft of new speakers for the Publishing for Digital Minds Conference (pDMC), including leading publishers and content professionals… Read More »
Elsevier announces second edition of the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences STM publisher Elsevier has announced the forthcoming publication of the second edition of the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, edited by Dr. James Wright. More than 3900 chapters comprising all areas of the social and behavioural sciences offer… Read More »
Thomson Reuters unveils nominations for Allicense 2015 Breakthrough Awards The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters has unveiled the nominations for the Allicense 2015 Breakthrough Awards, honouring the leading deals of 2014 in Biopharmaceutical Licensing and Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), as identified by Thomson Reuters Recap, the leading provider of analysis and advice… Read More »
Ebooks are an ‘electronic service’ and subject to higher tax, rules EU court The EU’s highest court recently ruled that the European Union countries may not extend tax exemptions for books to include ebooks, adding that it considers downloadable ebooks to be services. E-books must be subject to the full rate of value-added tax (VAT),… Read More »
De Gruyter partners with Scope to create MARC records from ONIX/Klopotek XML files Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, has announced its engagement with De Gruyter, a leading academic publisher headquartered in Berlin, to create MARC records from ONIX or Klopotek XML files. As part… Read More »