Library users in Israel can now access Springer Nature ’s MyCopy service
Springer Nature’s MyCopy service is now available for library users in Israel. MyCopy allows patrons of registered libraries to order a softcover copy of a Springer eBook for a flat fee of 24.99 (USD, GBP, EURO, CHF).
Libraries in Israel which have bought the corresponding eBook collection now have the MyCopy service available for their users. Books purchased in this way are for personal use and must be ordered through Springer’s online platform SpringerLink. The vast majority of English-language Springer eBooks, including the Springer Book Archives, are available in a MyCopy format and the number of titles continues t...
Source: News from STM - May 9, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Featured Libraries Source Type: news
BMJ appoints Mark Davies as new Non-Executive Director
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ is pleased to announce the appointment of a new non-executive director to the company’s board.
Mark Davies has been a GP in West Yorkshire for over 20 years. He also held a number of clinical leadership roles at the Department of Health, Cabinet Office and, most recently, was executive medical director of the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
Previously he worked at global health informatics specialist MedeAnalytics as European Medical Director, developing population health management systems. His career spans healthcare, data and health technology and government consu...
Source: News from STM - May 9, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: European Featured Source Type: news
New Digital Research Report Looks at the Landscape of Climate Research Funding
This report uses data from the Dimensions database of competitive research grants, which indexes more than $1 trillion across more than 1.5 million individual grants and awards, linked to principal investigators and to their institutions. In light of new US government policy and funding changes around environmental protection and climate research, it will be difficult to assess the impact of these new rulings until years after the policy has been enacted. However, funding data provide a more proximate bellwether than traditional research analytics: research grant data can track overall trends highlighting where the impacts...
Source: News from STM - May 9, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Featured World Source Type: news
A Global Movement Championing Science Wiley, Publishing Partners Engage to Support Science
This report, featuring contributions from the organizations mentioned above, will serve as a sustained resource for societies.
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Source: News from STM - May 4, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Featured World Source Type: news
Atypon ’s Literatum Online Publishing Platform Now Supports CHORUS
Atypon’s Literatum, the professional and scholarly publishing industry’s most widely used online publishing platform, supports CHORUS and enables access while improving the discoverability of funded research.
CHORUS is a global non-profit organization committed to enabling sustainable, cost-effective, and transparent public access to content reporting on funded research. Using elements of the existing research infrastructure, such as standards and identifiers, combined with open APIs, CHORUS optimizes funder identification, content discovery and long-term accessibility, public accessibility monitoring, and dashboard re...
Source: News from STM - May 3, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Digital Featured Source Type: news
