Society for Scholarly Publishing to host six pre-meeting seminars ahead of 2016 Annual Meeting The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) will host six pre-meeting seminars on June 1 in Vancouver, ahead of the 2016 Annual Meeting. The seminars will be split between a morning session, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and an afternoon session, 12:30… Read More »
IEEE Standards in interactive HTML format now available in IEEE Xplore IEEE Xplore digital library subscribers will now gain access to over 1,000 IEEE standards in HTML format, for a more engaging and interactive reading experience. IEEE is one of the first publishers to make its extensive collection of technical standards documents available in interactive… Read More »
Elsevier announces seven new plastics and polymers books at SPE ANTEC 2016 STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of new, fully updated editions of Fatigue and Tribological Properties of Plastics and Elastomers and Multilayer Flexible Packaging. Reflecting the rapid advances made in the field, these two highly anticipated books, along with five additional new… Read More »
University of Florida collaborates with Elsevier to maximize visibility, impact and dissemination of research articles by UF authors The George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida (UF) and Elsevier have embarked on a pilot project to maximise visibility, impact and dissemination of articles by UF researchers that have published in Elsevier journals. Article… Read More »
Elsevier collaborates with the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses to expand Clinical Skills collection STM publisher Elsevier will collaborate with the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) in co-developing a collection of rehabilitation nursing skills for Elsevier Clinical Skills. Elsevier Clinical Skills offers over 1,300 skills that combine evidence-based content with robust competency management and empower clinicians… Read More »
Scope in deal with Springer Nature to provide thesaurus development and maintenance services Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, has announced a partnership with Springer Nature, one of the leading global publishing companies. Under the terms of the agreement, Scope’s team of Subject Matter Experts… Read More »
The Society for Scholarly Publishing and Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination to “write the book” on the future of scholarly publishing in 72 hour sprint Arizona State University’s (ASU) Center for Science and the Imagination is bringing together a team of science fiction authors, scholars, digital publishers, journalists, and technologists to… Read More »
Elsevier’s new OA journal dedicated to publishing surgical protocols STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of the International Journal of Surgery Protocols (IJS Protocols), an open access journal covering all areas of surgery. The journal will be the first in the surgical field to accept research protocols and related articles and correspondence for publication.… Read More »
Thomson Reuters releases finding of 2016 State of Innovation Report: Disruptive, Game-Changing Innovation study The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has released the finding of the 2016 State of Innovation Report: Disruptive, Game-Changing Innovation study. According to the study, the pace of innovation among global corporations, universities, government agencies and research institutions… Read More »
COAR and UNESCO publish joint statement about open access COAR and UNESCO have published a joint statement about open access which outlines some of the concerns around the drive towards APCs. The statement is aimed at policy makers and underscores the need for a variety of OA models to be implemented worldwide. More Search for… Read More »