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 UK government publishes long awaited science and innovation strategy, leaves many questions unanswered |
The UK government has published its long awaited science and innovation strategy, but many of the questions asked by the science community will not be answered until the next spending review. The strategy re-iterated capital spending plans set out in the autumn statement, but does not commit to ringfencing the science budget or to increase R&D expenditure in line with competitors.
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 University of Alberta Libraries opens access to published research in Canada |
University of Alberta Libraries is offering its open access e-journal hosting services to any Canadian scholarly journal, effective immediately. U of A Libraries already hosts more than 30 scholarly journals using Open Journal Systems software. It has offered the free service for eight years, but had restricted it to publications with an editorial affiliation or strong historical link to the university.
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Chemical & Engineering News wins four 2014 Eddie and Ozzie Awards for digital and print products |
Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society (ACS), has won four 2014 Eddie & Ozzie Awards for its affiliated website and video work. The awards, given annually by the media company Folio:, honour the best design and editorial products in the magazine and publishing industry. The Eddie & Ozzie competition is the largest in magazine publishing, receiving more than 2,000 entries for about 140 awards.
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Welsh Consortium selects Ex Libris solutions for shared library management and discovery |
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that WHELF - a consortium of all the Welsh University Libraries, as well as the National Library of Wales and the Welsh NHS Libraries - has selected the Ex Libris Alma unified resource management service and the Ex Libris Primo discovery and delivery solution to deliver a new bilingual shared library system for Wales. The WHELF Consortium adopted the Alma and Primo next-generation solutions following a rigorous selection and assessment process.
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Publishing Technology ends 2014 on a high with 10 percent rise in ingentaconnect publishers |
Content solutions provider Publishing Technology has ended this year on a high by announcing one of its most significant achievements - a 10 per cent rise in the number of publishers choosing to host their publications on its ingentaconnect platform. The Company signed new deals in 2014 with 27 major academic and professional publishers, who join the list of over 250 publishers already hosting their book and journal content digitally on ingentaconnect. The year also saw Publishing Technology welcome five new clients onto its advance enterprise system.
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Jisc announces two new representatives to its board of trustees |
Jisc has announced two new representatives to its board of trustees, who will help determine strategic direction and priorities to reflect the present and future needs of UK education and research. Professor Mark E. Smith, Vice-chancellor of Lancaster University, and Dr Ken Thomson, the principal of Forth Valley College in Scotland, will join board of senior leaders and managers from across UK further and higher education.
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