Academic e-books campaign - The Bookseller Campaigners demand government investigates 'exorbitant' academic e-book market An open letter by a group of academic librarians, researchers and lecturers has been posted online complaining that the licensing and pricing of academic e-books is leaving…
BMJ and Asian Development Bank launch new Coronavirus Information Centre BMJ provides coronavirus resources to support healthcare workers in 49 countries Leading healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has agreed a partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to launch a new online Coronavirus…
Kudos invites partners for study of impact of COVID on research sector budgets, policies and publishing strategies Study will identify rapidly emerging needs, enabling publishers, societies and providers of related services to react quickly and plan effectively for 2021 and beyond Kudos, the…
Efficiencies that can make publishers more profitable in difficult times Nearly two thirds of publishers take more than a month to process permission requests to use their content, new research from PLS shows. An analysis of publishers’ own published response times to permissions requests…
Study shows strong appetite for ‘broader impacts’ among researchers undermined by skills and knowledge gaps Kudos, the award-winning service for accelerating research impact, has announced headline results from a recent study of researchers’ efforts to achieve broader impacts of their research.…
IOP Publishing launches first-of-its-kind peer review certification programme Global offering is the only peer review certification programme tailored for the physical sciences.Co-delivered by top-level physicists, it offers a blend of online learning and hands-on peer review experience.Achieving…
Charlesworth Author Services partners with Portland Press Limited to offer authors editing and publication support services Portland Press Limited has partnered with Charlesworth Author Services to provide Portland Press’ global biosciences author community with English language editing and…
ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing 2020: Winners announced! ALPSP is delighted to announce that the winners of this year’s ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing, are Jus Mundi and WordToEPUB with the Open Library of Humanities receiving Highly Commended. The ALPSP Awards for Innovation…
Brill Ebooks Now Available in the OASIS and Rialto Marketplaces Through ProQuest, librarians can acquire 19,000 scholarly titles focused on the humanities, social sciences, international law and more Librarians can now acquire titles from a collection of more than 19,000 sought-after Brill ebooks…
Fiona Davenport-White joins 67 Bricks as Publishing Consultant 67 Bricks is delighted to announce that Fiona Davenport-White has joined its growing team as a Publishing Consultant. Fiona will take an active role with some of the most respected names in publishing, helping clients like De Gruyter…
