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ARTiFACTS and ies Consulting partner to expand use of blockchain-based platform in scholarly communication

Asia Pacific, Publishers, Research Support, Technology, ToolsJune 15, 2018

Leading academic research consulting firm in Asia-Pacific region to use blockchain-based collaboration platform to enhance visibility of researcher achievements (10 June 2018, Cambridge, MA and Singapore) ARTiFACTS, creator of the world’s first blockchain-based platform for scholarly research, and Innovative Education Services (ies), the Asia-Pacific based consulting firm focused on enhancing quality and global visibility of…

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Chinese library opens world to the blind with music, books and smartphone classes

Libraries, Technology, ToolsJune 10, 2018

(6 June 2018) In a small library in Kunming, the capital of China’s southwestern Yunnan province, you will find a group of people huddling over tables, running their fingers over Braille pages and discovering the world through their fingers. The library, opened by a private bookstore, is the first of its kind in the province…

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TheIPregistry.org has partnered with RemoteXs to further remove barriers to access

Libraries, Publishers, Technology, ToolsJune 10, 2018

(7 June 2018) In addition to their existing partnership with Research4Life, theIPregistry.org has also now partnered with Remote Xs. All of the IP addresses that RemoteXs have supplied to libraries are now loaded in theIPregistry.org ready to be used by publishers*. This information will allow publishers to provide access to libraries in parts of the…

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HighWire co-founder leads industry initiative on manuscript exchange

Publishers, ToolsJune 10, 2018

(5 June 2018, Los Gatos, CA) Members of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) have approved the ‘Manuscript Exchange Common Approach’ (MECA) – a major new academic publishing initiative co-led by HighWire Founding Director John Sack. The project will see the industry’s leading technology providers work together on a more standardized approach to the transfer…

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How to write a good scientific paper: A handy guidebook for early career researchers

Education, ToolsMay 26, 2018

(24 May 2018) Many authors consider lab work easier than writing a research paper. The main challenges they face while doing the latter include structuring the research paper and following the relevant style conventions. Apart from this, authors are often confused about the language to be used in scientific papers and look for guidebooks or…

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Macquarie University successfully provides Overleaf accounts to over 40,000 students and 3,000 staff

Asia Pacific, Publishers, ToolsMay 23, 2018

(22 May 2018, London, UK) Overleaf, an innovative provider of scholarly writing and publishing tools, and Macquarie University Library have successfully partnered to provide all Macquarie University’s students and staff with an Overleaf Pro+ account. The Macquarie University Library has provided this access via an Overleaf custom portal, allowing over 40,000 students and 3,000 staff…

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Use DOAJ as a search engine

eJournals, Open Access, ToolsMay 22, 2018

(21 May 2018) Did you know about the search engine functionality in Chrome and other browsers? To get DOAJ search results while on any web page, you can set your browser’s search box to interface the DOAJ search engine and land on DOAJ’s search results page. This trick removes the need to first navigate to DOAJ…

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DeepDyve Rolls out new workflow tools for scientific and scholarly research

Publishers, ToolsMay 18, 2018

Free researcher tools seamlessly integrate with Google Scholar and PubMed to streamline the search and curation process (16 May 2018, Redwood City, CA) DeepDyve today unveiled a new suite of researcher workflow tools designed to streamline the scholarly literature search and curation process. These tools are freely available as part of the DeepDyve Freelancer plan,…

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Design Minds wins 2018 Good Design Award

Asia Pacific, Libraries, ToolsMay 18, 2018

State Library’s Design Minds received a prestigious Good Design Award in the Digital Design category in recognition for outstanding design and innovation. (18 May 2018) The winners of Australia’s Good Design Awards, the highest honour for design innovation in Australia, were announced at the Sydney Opera House last night. The awards celebrate the best new products and…

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Think. Check. Attend – a new initiative announced today by Knowledge E.

Publishers, ToolsMay 17, 2018

(17 May 2018, Oxford and Dubai) Think. Check. Attend, a new initiative, is announced today by Knowledge E, a Dubai based information and service provider to the academic community. Based on Think Check Submit—launched by a coalition of several organisations across the scholarly communications community in response to mutual challenges for publishers, service providers and…

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