Elsevier announces four new engineering and manufacturing titles STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of Project Management, Planning and Control: Managing Engineering, Construction and Manufacturing Projects to PMI, APM and BSI Standards, Seventh Edition by Albert Lester. The updated edition includes new advice on information management, including big data, communication, dispute resolution, project governance,… Read More »
NFAIS webinar – Taking Action Against Bias in Proprietary Content The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) will be conducting a webinar on April 19th from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM (EDT). The webinar will examine what bias exists, by whom, and the solutions that can be implemented so that knowledge continues to flow… Read More »
Elsevier publishes six new comprehensive geoscience titles STM Publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of Data Assimilation for the Geosciences: From Theory to Application by Steven J. Fletcher. The book brings together in one place all mathematical, statistical and probability background knowledge necessary to formulate data assimilation systems. It also demonstrates how data assimilation systems… Read More »
Japanese science stalls over past decade, threatening position among world’s elite According to the Nature Index, Japan’s scientific output has failed to keep pace with other leading nations over the past decade, risking its position among the world’s elite if renewed government efforts fail to reverse a downward trend in its performance. Japan’s share of… Read More »
EBSCO Information Services and AAAS announce expanded distribution agreement EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)have reached an expanded distribution agreement allowing EBSCO to sell AAAS journals, including Science, via the AAAS platform. The arrangement will also allow libraries to purchase Science through Flipster, EBSCO’s digital newsstand. More… Read More »
Elsevier publishes six new forensic science titles STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of Forensic Investigations: An Introduction by Brent E. Turvey and Stan Crowder. Using cases from the authors’ extensive files, it provides an overview of major subjects related to forensic inquiry and evidence examination. The book will prepare criminal justice and criminology… Read More »
New report on the current state of the OA publishing market evaluates the range of policy options available to increase access and enhance competition and sustainability Research Consulting, within the scope of the OpenAIRE Work Package dealing with the FP7 Post Grant Open Access Pilot (WP5), was commissioned by LIBER in October 2016 to undertake… Read More »
NFAIS Half-Day Virtual Workshop – Beyond the PDF: Emerging Trends in Next Generation Articles The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) will be conducting a Half-Day Virtual Workshop, Beyond the PDF: Emerging Trends in Next Generation Articles, on March 23, 2017 from 9:00 am – 12:30 pm (EDT). This workshop will benefit scholarly researchers,… Read More »
Clarivate Analytics announces the ‘Eugene Garfield Information Sciences Pioneer Award’ to honour Dr. Eugene Garfield’s legacy to Information Sciences Clarivate Analytics, formerly the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, has announced the creation of the ‘Eugene Garfield Information Sciences Pioneer Award’ to honour the legacy of Dr. Eugene Garfield, the visionary founder of… Read More »
New report on digital transformation in publishing finds slow advancement in digital transformation, high emphasis on metadata investment An in-depth study analyzing digital transformation in the publishing industry has found that 25 percent of publishers see themselves as “lagging” versus the rest of the industry in their current transformation efforts, while only 25 percent feel… Read More »