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19 March 2018

Journals access negotiations with universities in the Netherlands, the Royal Society of Chemistry responds The Royal Society of Chemistry has issued a statement in response to a recent VSNU statement earlier last week announcing the failure to reach a new agreement on access to scientific journals from the Society. The Society, in the statement notes that a recent journals subscription negotiations with SURF, a consortium that represents the VSNU association of Dutch universities, resulted in a range of offers presented being turned down. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Wolters Kluwer and IJS Publishing Group partner to launch IJS Global Health Wolters Kluwer Health has launched IJS Global Health, an open access journal published in partnership with the IJS Publishing Group. The peer-reviewed, international journal will publish research in the broad field of global health and surgery. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ICSTI 2018 webinar series to focus on 'Blockchain for Science' The International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI) kicks off its 2018 webinar series with an in-depth look at the opportunities and potential changes in the world of scholarly communication that may be stimulated by Blockchain. The session is scheduled for April 12, 10:00-11:30 am EDT. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Supporting quality information: Libraries and publishers dialogue Libraries and publishers both play an essential role in the production of, and the provision of access to, creativity and knowledge. In their pursuit of this goal, they are affected by the same trends, and share many of the same concerns. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme American Chemical Society announces sponsorship of C&EN's Talented 12 Program The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced that it is collaborating with Thermo Fisher Scientific on an exclusive two-year sponsorship of the Chemical & Engineering News' (C&EN) Talented 12 Program. C&EN, a leading source of chemistry news, is published by ACS. The program kicks off this month with a renewed call for nominations of inspiring young chemical researchers for the prestigious program. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme BioInformatics Inc. acquires IMV Publishing, creates Science and Medicine Group BioInformatics Inc., a market research firm supporting the analytical instrumentation and life science industries, and owner of The Science Advisory Board®, has announced the acquisition of IMV Publishing. This latest acquisition by BioInformatics Inc. creates an integrated business information and media group delivering high-value content to the market's buyers and sellers using a broad range of media formats. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme MDPI appoints Prof. Antonio Lazcano as Editor-in-Chief of Life Academic open-access publisher Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) has appointed Professor Antonio Lazcano as the Editor-in-Chief of Life. Antonio Lazcano is a Professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and a member of the Colegio Nacional. He is a Latin American evolutionist and a world-leading authority on the study of the origins and early evolution of life. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Latest edition of Blogspeak now online The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Adi Alter and Eddie Neuwirth (Research Services: A New Approach); David Crotty (Preprints and Citations: Should Non-Peer Reviewed Material Be Included in Article References?); Jay Diskey (Open Educational Resources (OER) Curriculum Development Process – Inside Emerging Solutions); and Christina Boswell and Katherine Smith (One-way, mutually constitutive, or two autonomous spheres: what is the relationship between research and policy?). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here.   Brought to you by Scope e-Knowledge Center, a trusted global partner for digital content transformation solutions - Abstracting & Indexing (A&I), Knowledge Modeling (Taxonomies, Thesauri and Ontologies), and Metadata Enrichment & Entity Extraction.   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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