« ORCID and the ICSU World Data System share a common interest in improving how we share research information. Given their shared objectives, the two organizations decided to enter into a formal partnership with the ultimate goal to build levels of trust to enable sharing of research data. »
« In 2016 the Danish government decided to merge the two biggest Danish research libraries: the Royal Library in Copenhagen and the State and University Library in Aarhus. This resulted in the creation of the new Royal Danish Library (RDL) which serves as Denmark’s national library, the university…
« (…) BioRN, an SSRN network, is a newly formed collaborative online scholarly community created for life science researchers to post preprints, share ideas, and ultimately get noticed for early discoveries. (…) »
« Purdue University announced Thursday (April 27) the creation of a new public university that will further expand access to higher education. The initiative is meant to address two striking new realities: the need for postsecondary education for working adults and others unsuited to traditional campus study,…
« Une délégation de la DIST du CNRS s’est rendue dans les bureaux d’Elsevier à Londres le 6 avril dernier afin de présenter les objectifs et challenges de la recherche française. De plus, ils ont pu assister à la présentation de la stratégie de recherche d’Elsevier ainsi qu’à des démonstrations d’applications…
« The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and Jisc today announced a partnership to advance programs of mutual interest for academic communities on both sides of the Atlantic.
Jisc, the UK’s higher, further education and skills sectors’ organization for digital services and solutions, and CLIR, a US-based community-building, research,…
« F1000, a provider of a suite of services to support researchers, institutions and funders, has announced a partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to launch an open research publishing platform. Due to launch in the third quarter of 2017, Gates Open Research (https://gatesopenresearch.org) will be a…
« ProQuest is working with Jisc to enable UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to build strong, user-centered research collections that better support their research focus areas and budgets.
ProQuest is taking part in an innovative group purchasing pilot program aimed at supporting HEIs with a more efficient, coordinated and transparent…
« CLA’s Check Permissions search tool gives users a quick, simple solution to finding out whether a title is covered under their CLA Licence. (…)
The Check Permissions API is now integrated with Reprints Desk’s Article Galaxy Widget (AGW). AGW simplifies low cost access to full-text scholarly papers via PubMed, Google…
« Atypon, the world’s largest technology company in the scholarly and professional publishing industry, has opened new development hubs in the Czech Republic and Greece and is expanding its presence in Jordan by 50% in response to the needs of a growing customer base. (…) »