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CAS Drives increase in R&D productivity with launch of breakthrough retrosynthesis planner in SciFinder-n

PublishersJuly 4, 2019

(1 Jul 2019) CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society specializing in scientific information solutions, launched a computer-aided retrosynthetic analysis solution that systematically identifies new pathways to chemical compounds. Now available to all SciFindern users, this next-generation capability is empowering chemistry researchers around the world to rapidly identify, compare and prioritize alternative synthetic pathways. “It’s obvious…

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A Comparison of 6 access broker browser extensions Lean Library, Kopernio, Anywhere Access, Libkey Nomad & more

ToolsJuly 4, 2019

(3 Jul 2019) Aaron Tay compared 6 access broker browser extensions which help direct users to full text available – both open access versions and those available via institutional edition. Comparisons in business model, access to OA resources, methods of detection entitlements, support of publisher/aggregator platforms, & support of library services are made and opinions…

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Merger of major information industry associations finalized

LibrariesJuly 4, 2019

(1 Jul 2019) The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) are pleased to announce that efforts to merge the two organizations have been successfully completed. The fully-integrated entity consists of more than 250 libraries, government agencies, associations, and content and technology providers. Working together, those stakeholders will…

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Thousands of copyrighted articles are still being uploaded on ResearchGate, reveals a recent report

CopyrightJuly 4, 2019

(1 Jul 2019) ResearchGate continues to provide access to thousands of copyrighted articles, revealed a recent report by the Coalition for Responsible Sharing (CfRS). The coalition, which includes publishers such as Wiley and Elsevier, was formed in 2017 to tackle the surge of copyrighted articles being uploaded on the academic networking platform ResearchGate. More details can be…

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PLOS – academic reviewers to now more easily receive credit for their work

Research SupportJune 29, 2019

(28 June 2019) PLOS today announced that its collaboration with ORCID now includes credit for reviewers. For more than five years, PLOS authors have used ORCID to make their professional lives easier. Now reviewers at PLOS can take advantage of the same benefits to track their contributions, claim credit, and build up their research profiles. Same ORCID, now…

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Beijing International Book Fair to emphasize children’s books again

Asia Pacific, EventJune 29, 2019

(28 June 2019) From the BIBF director, Liying Lin, “Again the fair is stressing younger readers’ content and, for a second year, will dedicate a separate exhibition area to what it’s branding as the Beijing International Children’s Book Fair by way of “demonstrating the continued strength of children’s publishing in China, with educational titles and…

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Mucus: the body’s unsung hero

Research StoriesJune 29, 2019

The slimy stuff has a surprisingly wide array of beneficial biological functions (27 June 2019, feed from Knowable Magazine) We know it best as a stringy slime dripping from noses and as viscous, discolored goop hacked up by sickened airways. But it’s so much more than that. Coating the surfaces of guts, eyes, mouth, nasal…

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Springer Nature accelerates its transformative journey with the signing of landmark pure OA deal

Open Access, PublishersJune 29, 2019

(27 June 2019) New agreements agreed this week with the Bibsam consortium in Sweden and Norway’s Unit consortium take the number of Springer Nature’s read and publish deals to ten, putting the publisher firmly on the path to becoming a transformative publisher. In a first for Springer Nature, Bibsam, representing the institutional libraries, and four of…

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Ruth’s Rankings News Flash! 2019-04: QS 2020 Offers Little to Write About

Asia Pacific, Research SupportJune 28, 2019

Which top 10 universities have made the greatest gains in rankings since 2004? Who is number one in Singapore? What Asian country added the most universities from 2019? (24 June 2019) QS received more than enough coverage in April’s Ruth’s Rankings 40, where we analyzed QS 2019 subject rankings and surveys. Now it is June…

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Gay librarian’s suicide in Myanmar outrages LGBT+ community

Asia PacificJune 28, 2019

(27 June 2019) A gay librarian who was bullied by his colleagues in Yangon posted a final message on Facebook before taking his own life. In his final words, Kyaw Zin Win pleaded not to be reborn in a land of oppressors. Read the full story here.

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