Springer and Jisc agree model to reduce cost of open access and subscriptions
Springer SBM and Jisc have agreed an arrangement to take into account the needs of UK scientists to comply with multiple open access policies…
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UK researchers set to benefit from easier access to digital services
A new service enabling UK researchers to access their digital resources and applications through a single, federated sign-on has been launched by Jisc, the…
Experimental ‘pay what you can’ OA model launched
Cogent OA, an open access publisher backed by the Taylor & Francis Group, has launched Freedom APCs, an experimental new model designed to help…
CrossRef appoints Ginny Hendricks
CrossRef, the global not-for profit digital hub for scholarly communications, has announced the addition of Ginny Hendricks to its management team as director of…
INASP sponsors African delegates to visit UKSG event
International development charity INASP is to sponsor four delegates representing two African library consortia to visit the UKSG conference in Glasgow next week
Report praises benefits of university research
A new analysis of impact case studies from the 2014 Research Excellence Framework shows that research carried out by UK universities has wide and…
Jisc invests in improving research data management
Researchers in the UK are set to benefit from the development of new services sourced from the community which look to overcome the biggest…
Help with checking for fake scientific papers
Following a collaboration with Universite Joseph Fourier in Grenoble, France, Springer has announce the release of SciDetect, a software program that automatically checks for…
What Works? Successful Education Policies, Resources and Technologies: line-up announced
The International Publishers Association and The London Book Fair have announced the line-up for the third edition of [i]What Works? Successful Education Policies, Resources…
£70 million boost for UK science research
More than £70 million is being injected into UK science research projects to tackle challenges including airport capacity and the ability to search vast…
Academic alliance welcomes FASTR fair access act in USA
SPARC, an international alliance of academic and research libraries, has welcomed the introduction of the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research (FASTR) Act…
Pilot brings free editorial services to developing-world researchers
Around 260 researchers in the developing world will have the opportunity for free editorial services thanks to a pilot partnership between academic communications company…