Altmetric Teams Up With ORCID

Altmetric has announced that they have added an ORCID filter to their Explorer family of apps, which includes the original Altmetric Explorer for publishers, the free Explorer for librarians, and Altmetric for Institutions. This interesting information came to us from the Digital Science blog in their post, “ORCID Functionality Now Available in the Altmetric Explorer!” ORCID provides…

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NFAIS Conference Releases Speaker List

The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) has released the line up of key note speakers for their annual conference scheduled for February 21-23, 2016 in Philadelphia. The kick-off keynote speaker is Steven Miller, Data Maestro, Global Leader Academic Programs & Outreach for IBM Analytics Group. The NFAIS members-only luncheon features Simon Inger, owner of Simon Inger Consulting,…

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Educational Opportunity from AAP

The Professional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Journals Committee of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) is offering a free webinar on December 3, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST. The guest speaker is Barbara Gastel, Professor of Integrative Biosciences and of Medical Humanities at Texas A&M University. The presentation will provide an overview of AuthorAID, an INASP…

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Under Fire

A well-known academic journal is undergoing a revolution among their editors. All six editors and the entire editorial board of the well-respected linguistics journal Lingua resigned. Fortune brought this news to us in their article, “Elsevier Mutiny: Cracks Are Widening in the Fortress of Academic Publishing.” There is quite a lot of angst in the world of…

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Register Early, Save Money

The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) has opened up the Early Bird Registration for their annual conference scheduled for February 21-23, 2016 in Philadelphia. Acknowledging the changes that have taken place in the world of publishing, data, and information sciences, this event will celebrate the scholarly content that reflects emphasis on collaborative work, global…

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Rate Increase Sparks Debate

The Public Library of Science (PLOS) has announced that they were hiking the price of publishing in PLOS ONE by $145, from $1350 to $1495–an increase of 11%. This is the first rate increase since 2009. This interesting information came from The Scholarly Kitchen in their article, “When Pragmatism Collides With Fundamentalism-PLOS Hikes Publication Fees.” Much like the increase in a gallon…

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Ethics Educational Opportunity

The Professional and Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Committee of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) is offering a free Brown Bag Luncheon & Networking on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. at their New York office. If you are unable to attend in person there will be a webinar from 12:15-1:15 p.m. If you have between 0-3 years…

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Workshop on Open Access

Open access to scholarly research is finally being embraced by governments, libraries, publishers and the global research community. The National Federation of Advanced Information Sciences (NFAIS) is offering a one-day workshop to explore which financial models have the greatest promise in support of open access. This event will be held Friday, October 23, at The Hub’s Cira…

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