Microsoft calls for Digital Geneva Convention; AAAS and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation partner to advance open access publishing; Springer Healthcare launches new medical education website.
Posted 17 February 2017
A round-up of interesting initiatives and announcements you may have missed including the launch of a programme for displaced researchers and a new study on the usage of e-books.
Posted 13 February 2017
OA content from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, and Peru are now discoverable via OpenAIRE.
Posted 20 January 2017
Five European research organisations call on legislators to modify current EU copyright reform proposals to future proof European research excellence.
Posted 13 January 2017
SAGE Publishing releases comprehensive collection of videos of research methods.
Posted 15 November 2016
Initiative to improve impact and visibility of research outputs.
Posted 07 October 2016
New company name revealed as Clarivate Analytyics.
Posted 07 October 2016
New report discusses the future of OA mega-journals, credibility and long term cost implications.
Posted 07 October 2016
SAGE Publishing has announced the acquisition of the OA journal portfolio of Libertas Academica.
Posted 21 September 2016
New academic platform brings together all CUP academic content in one place.
Posted 08 September 2016
Sale includes Web of Science and Thomson CompuMark.
Posted 12 July 2016
Publisher aims to integrate the Network with Mendeley.
Posted 17 May 2016
A new report looks forward to the STM publishing landscape of 2020.
Posted 29 April 2016
Two events will explore how to build and maintain strong relationships between researchers in developing countries, publishers and other stakeholders.
Posted 21 April 2016
Free access to a range of resources to help fight Zika virus.
Posted 11 March 2016
ILI — The Library Innovation Conference — invites presentations from innovative info pros from all sectors, as well as those working outside a traditional library setting. ILI takes place at Olympia, London on 18-19 October.
Posted 15 February 2016
If search is 'fixed', what can we do about supporting chance discovery?
Posted 10 February 2016
Two-way linking of content between Elsevier and ICPSR.
Posted 10 February 2016
Venture brings together three research-intensive universities.
Posted 10 February 2016
Full-text articles on nature.com will continue to be made available to read and share as content sharing initiative becomes permanent
Posted 21 December 2015
Academic publisher Elsevier responds to resignation of Lingua's entire editorial team.
Posted 08 November 2015
ORCID will help solve author name ambiguity problems in research and scholarly communications.
Posted 04 November 2015
In its latest White Paper, academic publisher Taylor and Francis gathers opinions about the peer review process from those who publish research papers and those who review, edit and publish them.
Posted 02 November 2015
Springer Compact provides an "innovative new publishing business model".
Posted 22 October 2015
The nature of knowledge work is fundamentally changing, which could lead to an opportunity renaissance for the information industry, says research firm Outsell.
Posted 10 October 2015