Dr. Ralph Paroli of the National Research Council of Canada begins term as 2016 ASTM International Board Chairman Dr. Ralph M. Paroli, of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) in Ottawa, Ontario, has started his term as 2016 chairman of the ASTM International board of directors. ASTM’s board is made up of 25 leaders… Read More »
F1000Research to be preserved with Portico Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that F1000Research will be preserved through Portico’s E-Journal Preservation Service, ensuring that its content will be secure and available into the future. F1000Research is an Open Science publishing platform for life scientists, offering immediate publication of posters, slides and articles without editorial bias.… Read More »
American Journal of Nursing announces 2015 Book of the Year Awards The American Journal of Nursing (AJN) has recognised the best nursing and healthcare publications of 2015 with an announcement of its annual Book of the Year Awards. Winners in 20 categories appear in the journal’s January issue. AJN, ‘the leading voice of nursing since… Read More »
Researchers from universities across Israel to benefit from CAS solutions Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, and MALMAD consortium – Israeli Center for Digital Information Services have announced a five-year agreement to provide SciFinder® with PatentPakTM access to all universities in Israel. PatentPak, a robust new workflow solution from CAS,… Read More »
Elsevier and the National Medical Association announce publishing agreement STM publisher Elsevier has been selected by the National Medical Association (NMA) to publish its journal, Journal of the National Medical Association (JNMA), as of January 2016. JNMA, the official peer-reviewed publication of the NMA, is published 4 times a year. Published since 1909, JNMA is… Read More »
Emerald partners with the Egyptian Government to help create the largest digital library Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing recently signed a four year agreement to provide Egyptian citizens with access to Emerald content via the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB) project, thereby creating the largest digital library in the world. The EKB acts as a repository… Read More »
Brill offers book and journal access in Wikipedia pilot Academic publisher Brill has kicked-off a pilot with The Wikipedia Library, granting up to 25 of Wikipedia’s most active, top editors with access to all publications available on Brill’s Books and Journals platform. Participating editors will gain access to over 6,400 e-books and more than 158,000… Read More »
The professional publishing landscape – key events that made headlines in 2015 The professional publishing landscape looks a bit different heading into 2016 after a busy 2015 that brought some unexpected headlines. The year’s top stories centered on changes and challenges affecting the market’s most recognisable players. More Search for more news in this Category… Read More »
Elsevier and the Association of Universities in the Netherlands reach agreement in principle on open access and subscription STM publisher Elsevier and the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) recently reached an agreement in principle that marks a milestone in the Netherlands’ transition to Open Access scholarly publishing and provides Dutch researchers with continued… Read More »
ProQuest completes acquisition of Ex Libris ProQuest, an information solutions provider central to global research, has completed its acquisition of Ex Libris Group, a global provider of cloud-based solutions for higher education. The businesses’ complementary assets are being integrated, enabling existing services to be enhanced and sparking the creation of all-new solutions that will help… Read More »