SPARC and Johns Hopkins University Libraries collaborate to launch resource analyzing US federal data sharing policies The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University Libraries, has released a new resource for tracking, comparing, and understanding U.S. federal funder research data sharing policies. This free tool, launched at datasharing.sparcopen.org, provides… Read More »
ProQuest’s Pivot automatic citation ingest from ORCID makes its funding recommendation engine more powerful ProQuest is enabling automated updates from ORCID to scholar profiles in its popular Pivot® research solution. Now, citations added or updated in a scholar’s ORCID profile will cascade near real time and seamlessly into their Pivot profile. Pivot uses researchers’ profile… Read More »
Springer Nature and King Abdulaziz University launch new OA journal – npj Climate and Atmospheric Science Publisher Springer Nature and King Abdulaziz University have launched a new open-access, interdisciplinary journal – npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. The journal seeks to provide researchers, policy makers and the public with up-to-date, freely accessible research on weather and… Read More »
Three Elsevier books receive 2016 textbook awards in the College category from Textbook & Academic Authors Association STM publisher Elsevier has announced that three of its books will receive 2016 textbook awards in the College category from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA). Two titles will receive the Textbook Excellence Award, better known as… Read More »
Elsevier’s Patient Engagement content now available as integrated solution through Veritas’s Chronic Care Management Program STM publisher Elsevier will make its Interactive Patient Education content library available to customers of Veritas, a leader in nursing education and mentorship. Developed to increase patient engagement and reduce readmissions, the content suite will be implemented as part of… Read More »
Elsevier to be lead sponsor of 2016 ICIS Innovation Awards STM publisher Elsevier has announced that it will be the lead sponsor of the 2016 ICIS Innovation Awards, which recognises companies for innovative chemical products and processes that solve customer and business needs and create value through pioneering approaches to business, the environment and sustainability.… Read More »
New export figures show global reach of UK publishing industry New figures released by The Publishers Association show the international demand of UK published material and how educational publishing remains the powerhouse of the UK publishing industry’s export business. Total export revenues were £1.42 billion in 2015 but a combination of education, academic and ELT… Read More »
ProQuest SIPX partners with OpenStax and OpenSUNY to boost access to Open Educational Resources ProQuest has announced that as part of its continuing commitment to support Open Educational Resources (OER), it is making OER content more discoverable and visible to instructors through SIPX and Summon. OpenSUNY OER textbooks are now indexed and available in Summon,… Read More »
Elsevier and the Association of Academic Health Centers partner to launch first program of the AAHC Thought Leadership Institute STM publisher Elsevier and the globally-recognized Association of Academic Health Centers (AAHC) have announced the launch of the first program offering of the AAHC Thought Leadership Institute. The first Institute program, to be launched in April… Read More »
Elsevier and zyBooks launch web-based interactive version of Computer Organization and Design, Fifth Edition STM publisher Elsevier and zyBooks, an online interactive textbook provider, has announced the launch of a web-based interactive version of the market-leading textbook Computer Organization and Design, Fifth Edition (David A. Patterson & John L. Hennessy, 2013). Considered the global industry… Read More »