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American Chemical Society announces intention to establish “ChemRxiv” preprint server to promote early research sharing

Databases, PublishersAugust 22, 2016

(10 August 2016, Washington) The American Chemical Society (ACS) today announced its intention to form ChemRxiv, a chemistry preprint server for the global chemistry community, proposed as a collaborative undertaking that will facilitate the open dissemination of important scientific findings. The Society is presently in the process of inviting interested stakeholders to participate in helping…

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Brill adopts two libraries in Indonesia

Asia Pacific, Libraries, PublishersAugust 21, 2016

(19 August 2016) The international scholarly publisher Brill has adopted two libraries in Indonesia as part of its Adopt a Library Program. Last year Indonesia was Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair, celebrating the theme ‘Imagining 17,000 islands’ which lead to choosing West Kalimantan and South Sulawesi in Indonesia as two islands to…

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IEEE Xplore® Digital Library reaches 4 million documents as pace of technical contributions accelerates

Databases, PublishersAugust 21, 2016

(18 August 2016) The IEEE Xplore digital library, one of the world’s largest collections of technical literature in engineering, computer science, and related technologies, recently reached a milestone with a total of over 4 million documents now available in its vast repository. Since its launch in 2000 with an initial collection of 500,000 documents, IEEE…

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Wiley signs definitive agreement to acquire Atypon

Publishers, TechnologyAugust 20, 2016

(18 August 2016) John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Atypon, a Silicon Valley-based publishing-software company, for $120 million in cash. Atypon (http://www.atypon.com/) is a trusted technology partner that enables scholarly societies and publishers to deliver, host, enhance, market and manage their content on the web. The transaction is expected…

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IGI Global expecting huge growth of its eBooks collection

Databases, eBooks, PublishersAugust 20, 2016

(19 August 2016) IGI Global has announced a major database expansion due to the growth of its book collection. Throughout the next copyright year, IGI Global will publish over 400 new peer-reviewed reference titles which can be utilized by researchers in the InfoSci-Books database. The expanding collection contains two new book types, Research Insights and Critical…

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Announcing CHOR pilot project with Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)

Metadata, Open Access, PublishersAugust 17, 2016

(16 August 2016) CHOR has perfected its first agreement with a funder outside of the US. CHOR, Inc. has signed a Letter of Agreement with the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), for a six-month Pilot project to explore and support its public access compliance needs. With public access still very much on the forefront, the…

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Wiley announces publishing agreement with Amazon Web Services

Publishers, TechnologyAugust 14, 2016

(8 August 2016, Hoboken, N.J.) John Wiley & Sons Inc. (Wiley) today announced a publishing agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bring to market official certification study guide learning tools for the AWS Certification Program. The AWS Certification Program recognizes IT professionals that possess the skills and technical knowledge necessary for building and maintaining…

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Springer Nature partners with Publons

Publishers, ToolsAugust 13, 2016

(12 August 2016) Springer Nature teaming up with Publons in a 12-month pilot to revive peer review and speed up science. Peer review matters. Expert peer review improves the work of others and protects the world from harmful science that can set back advances in human understanding by decades. Springer Nature, like Publons, are committed…

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Brill partners with ScienceOpen to put linguistics research into context

eBooks, eJournals, Metadata, Publishers, TechnologyAugust 6, 2016

(4 August 2016) Brill, the international scholarly publisher, is pleased to announce a pilot with research network ScienceOpen. As of September 2016, three of Brill’s Linguistics journals will be indexed on the ScienceOpen platform. This includes adding of article-level metadata, reference analysis and linking back to Brill’s Books and Journals platform. By indexing journals with…

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Access-to-Own now available on ProQuest® Ebook Central™ platform

eBooks, Publishers, TechnologyAugust 5, 2016

(2 August 2016, Mountain View, CA) ProQuest’s highly-anticipated Access-to-Own ebook acquisition model is now available, enabling libraries to offer access to diverse content while applying spending on short-term loans to title ownership. Access-to-Own empowers libraries to build quality ebook collections based on the real needs of their users. The Access-to-Own model adds to the wide…

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