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12 August 2016

American Society of Retina Specialists and SAGE Publishing launch Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases The American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) and SAGE Publishing have announced the launch of the Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases (JVRD). The new journal will provide unparalleled coverage of the rapidly growing universe of retina research. Dr. Donald J. D'Amico, Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology at Weill Cornell Medical College and Ophthalmologist-in-Chief at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, will serve as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Springer Nature partners with Publons for a 12-month pilot to revive peer review and speed up science Global research, educational and professional publisher Springer Nature is teaming up with Publons in a 12-month pilot to revive peer review and speed up science. By partnering with Publons, Springer Nature is making it simple for the expert who reviews for them to easily prove how much they do. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme American Geophysical Union partners with Wiley to launch new OA journal - Geohealth Geohealth is a rapidly emerging transdisciplinary field that supports the intersection of Earth and environmental sciences with human, agricultural, and environmental health. As a first step in its efforts to support and enable this emerging field, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) has announced the launch of its newest journal, GeoHealth. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Scientific and research community along with funding agencies in New Zealand support adoption and use of ORCID identifiers New Zealand is joining the wave of countries to support and adopt ORCID. New Zealand's peak bodies representing the scientific and research community, along with funding agencies, recently released a joint statement of principle supporting the adoption and use of ORCID identifiers across the research and science system. The statement recognises the unique benefits that ORCID identifiers can bring to the researcher, the research institute, the funding agency, the policy agency and to the system as a whole. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Greenhouse Associates and SKS Advisors join NFAIS as new members The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) has announced Greenhouse Associates and SKS Advisors have joined NFAIS as new members. Greenhouse Associates, based in Chicago, is a research and consulting firm serving publishers and information companies in business, professional, industrial, and academic markets. SKS Advisors, based in New York City, helps publishers and information services providers in business, professional, and academic markets innovate faster and capitalise more effectively on new business opportunities. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme UC Davis and CDL complete 'Pay It Forward' project The University of California, Davis and the California Digital Library recently completed the 18-month Pay It Forward project, an effort funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon foundation. The project draws several important conclusions which will further the discussion of an APC-funded model for scholarly publishing- and, more broadly, of the prospects for a large-scale 'flip' of the journal literature to open access. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Credo announces new and updated features to Credo Online Reference Service Information skills solutions provider Credo, the industry leader for information literacy, critical thinking, and research solutions, is introducing several new and updated features to its popular Credo Online Reference Service, the only publisher-neutral reference platform designed intentionally as the starting point for research. Credo will be offering a "walk through" of the new user interface at 11 a.m. EDT on August 22. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde becomes first library in Asia to select OCLC WorldShare Management Services De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, in Manila, Philippines, has selected OCLC WorldShare Management Services, becoming the first library in Asia to move to the cloud-based library management system. WorldShare Management Services (WMS) is a complete, cloud-based library management system that offers all of the applications needed to manage a library, including Acquisitions, Circulation, Metadata, Resource Sharing, License Management and a single-search Discovery interface for library users. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme   Brought to you by Scope e-Knowledge Center, a world-leading provider of metadata services, abstraction, indexing, entity extraction and knowledge organisation models (Taxonomies, Thesauri and Ontologies).   Do you have relevant news articles to share with us? Click here to send a press release   You are receiving this email newsletter as part of your Knowledgespeak membership. You can unsubscribe instantly from any of our email newsletters by clicking here.

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