AI to enable fast-track review of COVID-19 research proposals An Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool to help funders identify specialists to peer-review proposals for emergency COVID-19 research has been developed. It aims to help fast-track the allocation of funding, and in turn, accelerate the…
IOP Publishing signs OA publishing agreement with CERN Researchers from CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, can now publish open access with IOP Publishing at no cost, after the two organisations struck a new ‘publish and read’ agreement. The agreement enables authors from CERN…
CLA Announces Support for Higher Education Sector Copyright Licensing Agency relaxes copyright licence rules to support sector through COVID-19 crisis. UK higher education institutions have been given greater access to scanned book content and can also copy an increased amount from many print…
Society Street 2020 News Society Street Virtual: Our Society Street event in Washington DC on the 26 March turned into a virtual event at very short notice and we had a lively day with many more participants than would have been able to attend the in-person event. People told us they appreciated…
Coronavirus Hub: Free resources & advice from MemberWise Memberwise has compiled a comprehensive programme of help/support to enable you to continue to optimise membership focused activity during this challenging time. When looking for Coronavirus advice for membership organisations, remember,…
EASE advocate for high editorial standards to respond to COVID-19 The European Association of Science Editors encourages all editors to ensure that reports of research on COVID-19 meet required standards and comply with agreed guidelines, and that any limitations are clearly stated. Members of…
Update from Hindawi on helping to disseminate research on COVID-19 We have introduced a fast-track workflow for papers submitted on coronavirus/COVID-19 which are suitable for publication. To this end, we have signed up to the Wellcome statement on sharing data and findings related to COVID-19 and…
British Institute of Radiology response to COVID-19 The British Institute of Radiology (BIR) will be fast-tracking peer review for any submissions relating to COVID-19 to any of their journals. Accepted papers will be published via a CC-BY licence with all APCs waived. Off-campus access to readers…
Covid-19 update from SIAM - Free resources and remote access 2 April 2020: During this unprecedented time, we at SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) want to send our very best wishes to the institutional librarians in our community and everyone in your networks. Our staff are at…
