By Ruth A. Pagell* (31 March 2015) “…there is a growing movement within the scientific establishment to better measure and reward all the different ways that people contribute to the messy and complex process of scientific progress.” Arbesman (2012), Wired. The rankings we examined in Ruth’s Rankings 5, 6, 7 and 8 are grounded in…
(30 March 2015, Stamford, CT) Scholarly and professional eBooks sales increased globally by 7.7% in 2014 and will grow an additional 6.9% in 2015, according to the latest report from media and publishing intelligence firm Simba Information. The report, Scholarly & Professional E-Book Publishing 2015-2019, found that, although the book market as a whole has…
(26 March 2015) Research Councils UK (RCUK) has today published the first independent review of the implementation of the RCUK Policy on Open Access. Chaired by Professor Sir Bob Burgess, former University of Leicester Vice-Chancellor, the review received an excellent response from the research community, with over 85 submissions of written evidence highlighting how the…
(27 March 2015) Reliance Life Insurance Company (RLIC) inaugurated its first library in India’s Telangana State in partnership with Room to Read, an NGO committed to promoting literacy and gender equality in education across Asia and Africa by providing libraries in schools. The library was inaugurated at Government Primary School in Akaram village in Nalgonda…
(26 March 2015) In November last year, BioMed Central uncovered evidence of repeated and inappropriate attempts to manipulate the peer review process of several journals (see the original statement and update). The apparent intention was to deceive Editors and positively influence the outcome of peer review by suggesting fabricated reviewers. Although only a handful of…
(27 March 2015 New York/Delhi) Thieme Publishers Delhi (TPD) has signed on as the official publisher for the Trauma Society of India (TSI). TPD has agreed to publish two titles per year for TSI. Guidelines in Fracture Management – Nonunion Part 1 and Guidelines in Fracture Management – Proximal Tibia were published in 2014. Guidelines…
(26 March 2015) Global academic publisher, CABI, today announced its bibliographic platform CAB Direct has reached the milestone of 11 million records. CABI’s in-house platform, CAB Direct, hosts CAB Abstracts the leading English language bibliographic database covering the applied life sciences. Updated weekly, CAB Direct now offers over 11 million records dating back more than…
(25 March 2015) Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SICCAS) today signed an official agreement with Nature Publishing Group to launch the first Nature Partner Journal in China, npj Computational Materials. The open access Nature Partner Journals (NPJ) publish high-quality research in collaboration with world-renowned international partners, and have adopted a modified set…
(23 March 2015, Dallas, TX) pcipolicyportal.com has just announced the publication of their annual white paper on PCI DSS compliance for libraries for educational guidance on complying with the newly launched Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards. With the launch of version 3.0 of the PCI DSS standards, libraries will be challenged like never before…
(25 March 2015) The International Librarians Network is now incorporated as a not for profit association under the laws of New South Wales, Australia. Being a legal entity allows ILN to enter into formal agreements with other organisations, an important step towards developing financial sustainability for the program. The complete announcement is here.
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