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International Convention of University Presses, a new netwoking initiative at the Frankfurt Book Fair The Frankfurt Book Fair, scheduled for October 8-12, 2014, has announced a cooperation with Latin American University Presses. Born as an initiative of Latin American networks including university presses and the Frankfurt Book Fair, the International Convention is a worldwide opportunity… Read More: Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert »

  Thomson Reuters and DataCite collaborate to expand discovery of research data The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced a collaboration with DataCite, a global non-profit organization dedicated to enabling people to find, share, use, and cite data. The collaboration will promote the discovery of research data sets through the Data… Read More: Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert »

Thomson Reuters and Hessen University Consortium collaborate to drive the success of German scientific research programs The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced a collaboration with a consortium of seven Hessen universities and universities of applied science (HeFIS) to streamline its institutions’ scholarly information management and workflow. The initiative utilizes Thomson… Read More: Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert »

Agreement between Choice and EBSCO highlights best in scholarly titles reviewed by Choice An agreement between Choice magazine, a publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries (a division of the American Library Association) and EBSCO Information Services will highlight the EBSCO eBooks that have been named Choice Outstanding Academic Titles. This agreement will… Read More: Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert »

Springer membership of OASPA reinstated with immediate effect In a statement on the OASPA blog in April 2014, OASPA’s Membership Committee made the decision to place Springer’s membership under review as a result of concerns that were raised regarding the peer review policies of several of its conference proceedings. The Membership Committee is now of… Read More: Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert »

Scope to participate in upcoming ALPSP International Conference Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, has announced its participation in the ALPSP International Conference to be held at Park Inn Hotel and Conference Centre, London Heathrow, from September 10 – 12, 2014. Deborah Harman, Associate Vice… Read More: Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert »

EBSCO announces expansion of eBook Collection with the release of 12 new Subject Sets EBSCO Information Services has announced the release of 12 new EBSCO eBooks Subject Sets, which increases the total number of subject sets to more than 200. The subject sets are offered to libraries in convenient collections grouped by subject matter. Subject… Read More: Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert »

EndNote collaborates with Science Hack Day to bring global event to Russia Thomson Reuters EndNote, the software for researchers, librarians and students to find, publish and manage bibliographies, citations and references, has announced a collaboration with Science Hack Day, a global grassroots movement aimed at empowering scientific innovation, to bring the first Science Hack Day… Read More: Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert »

AHRC and British Library’s two-year research project to explore future of academic books The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the British Library are launching a two-year research project which will explore the future of the academic books in the context of open access publishing and continuing digital change. Dr Samantha Rayner, Director of… Read More: Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert »

COAR joins global coalition calling on STM Association to withdraw new model licenses Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), along with numerous other organisations, is a signatory to a letter calling on the STM Association to withdraw their model licences for open access. The organisation is calling on publishers to use Creative Commons licenses, which… Read More: Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert »