UKRI's head of open research, Rachel Bruce, has been confirmed as keynote speaker for Research Information's 2019 event, Challenges in the Scholarly Publishing Cycle (CISPC): Delivering the Open Research Agenda
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Jisc launches three library services
29 July 2019
Jisc, the not-for-profit technology solutions provider for education and research, is launching three library services.
Library hub discover, Library hub compare, and Library hub cataloguing are aimed at making it easier for UK higher education libraries and researchers to access, discover and manage academic collections.
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Cambridge University Press reports strong growth
29 July 2019
Cambridge University Press says a continuing focus on digital products and services has helped deliver strong results while pursuing its mission to advance learning, knowledge and research
Publons and ScholarOne join IOP on transparent peer review
24 July 2019
Publons and ScholarOne have entered a partnership with IOP Publishing to introduce the industry’s first cross-publisher, scalable transparent peer review workflows
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Counting down to CISPC 2019 – Delivering the Open Research Agenda
22 July 2019
It's four months until the next Research Information event – Challenges in the Scholarly Publishing Cycle – and plans are progressing fast
New ALPSP boss: academic publishing 'could return to non-profit'
18 July 2019
Academic publishing could be about to return to a not-for-profit enterprise
Liam Earney appointed JISC executive director for digital resources
11 July 2019
Jisc has appointed Liam Earney as executive director for digital resources. From 1 August, Earney will lead on a portfolio of services containing licensing, library, content, discovery and open access as well as Jisc’s provision of the UK Data Service.
Elsevier signs pilot agreement to serve Hungary
10 July 2019
Hungarian Electronic Information Service National Programme (EISZ) and Elsevier have signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Letter of Intent, as they move towards finalising a new innovative pilot agreement for research access and Open Access publishing in Hungary. As a result, EISZ consortium member institutions and their affiliated researchers across Hungary now have immediate access to ScienceDirect, as well as SciVal and Scopus.
OpenAthens launches new identity
10 July 2019
Single sign-on provider OpenAthens has launched a new user-centred identity, intended to embody the software providers’ mission to make access to knowledge easy for its customers and end users.
Meta and Kopernio partner to provide easy access to full-text scientific articles
10 July 2019
Millions of full-text scientific articles will soon be available through an easy copyright-compliant one-click process, thanks to a new partnership between Kopernio, part of the Web of Science Group and Meta, a free biomedical discovery tool from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
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Researcher to Reader 2020 – call for papers
02 July 2019
The annual international scholarly communications conference, Researcher to Reader, will take place in London on 24 and 25 February 2020
Twin initiatives to help minorities
27 June 2019
Two projects aimed at furthering the prospects of BAME professionals in academia have been launched
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