Registry to distinguish between researchers launches
16 October 2012
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) has launched a Registry where researchers can distinguish themselves by creating a unique personal identifier
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Five more publishers endorse KBART
5 October 2012
BioOne, JSTOR, LOCKSS, the Royal Society of Chemistry and SpringerLink have publicly endorsed the Phase I recommendations of the KBART Working Group
Gender inequality continues in science and technology
4 October 2012
Pervasive barriers restrict women's participation in science and technology fields even in the wealthiest nations, says a new report. Susan Elan finds out more
Global standards help visually-impaired researchers
4 October 2012
Jim Russell reveals how a project is helping print-disabled researchers gain access to the books they need in formats they can use
SCOAP3 initiative launches at CERN
4 October 2012
Representatives from the science funding agencies and library communities of 29 countries have met at CERN to launch the SCOAP3 open-access initiative, which aims to provide open access to all particle physics papers
Project empowers open data in public administration
1 October 2012
Antoni Felguera and Marc Torrent report on a European project to help open up public data
OA needs planning, says report
20 September 2012
The sustainability of the services that are used around the world to underpin open access is critical and this requires business planning
Scholarly publishing: a journalist's perspective
17 September 2012
Sian Harris spoke at last week's ALPSP conference about the challenges for science and technology journalists of accessing scholarly content. See her slides and read the transcript of her talk, including recommendations for publishers and researchers
Europeana opens cultural dataset for re-use
12 September 2012
Europeana has opened up its dataset of over 20 million cultural objects for free re-use by apps developers, designers and other digital innovators
Springer announces API Challenge winners
10 September 2012
Springer has announced the winners of its challenge to create new and original non-commercial applications that use Springer's metadata and content APIs
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