Scholarly communication

Cambridge Open Access Fees Waived for Low- and Middle-income Countries

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Tuesday, April 11, 2023
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Academics from 107 countries will be able to publish their research open access in Cambridge journals at no cost to them.

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  • Academics from 107 countries will be able to publish their research open access in Cambridge journals at no cost to them.
  • The Cambridge Open Equity Initiative allows scholars to reach the widest possible audience by making open access a free option for them.
  • Institutional customers will join Cambridge University Press in making voluntary contributions to the initiative to support authors in lower income countries.
  • The move will help overcome financial barriers to publishing open access research in countries where research funding is scarce.

HighWire sharpens product leadership focus with new appointments

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Thursday, September 2, 2021
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PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --HighWire signals a new era of product leadership through recent announcements regarding the organization's mission, leadership, and branding.

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  • PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --HighWire signals a new era of product leadership through recent announcements regarding the organization's mission, leadership, and branding.
  • Tangible examples of these commitments include new appointments made to the team by its leader Tony Alves, SVP of Product Management.
  • Dmitri Khodjakov joins HighWire as Product Manager for the THINK order management and customer service platform.
  • These changes strengthen the Product Management capability and reflect a commitment from HighWire and parent organization MPS to roadmap leadership within the market.

CCC Streamlines the Author Experience Through RightsLink for Scientific Communications

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Thursday, July 29, 2021
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CCC , a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, has streamlined the author experience for those seeking Open Access (OA) publication funding through RightsLink for Scientific Communications , the most widely-adopted market solution to support OA agreements.

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  • CCC , a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, has streamlined the author experience for those seeking Open Access (OA) publication funding through RightsLink for Scientific Communications , the most widely-adopted market solution to support OA agreements.
  • With the explosive growth in institutional usage of RightsLink for Scientific Communications, CCC has responded to market demand for robust tools for managing funding eligibility across pure and mixed-model OA publishing agreements.
  • The latest updates to RightsLink introduce more comprehensive and powerful eligibility functionality, without publisher or institutional intervention.
  • CCC is committed to supporting publishers in helping improve their authors funding eligibility experience, said Roy Kaufman, Managing Director, Business Development and Government Relations, CCC.

The Henry Luce Foundation Awards $750,000 to ACLS to Extend and Re-Envision Program in China Studies

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Thursday, July 29, 2021
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NEW YORK, July 29, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has been awarded $750,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation to continue its fellowship program in China Studies.

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  • NEW YORK, July 29, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has been awarded $750,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation to continue its fellowship program in China Studies.
  • The Luce/ACLS Program for China Studies began in 2004 and currently offers Early Career Fellowships in China Studies.
  • "ACLS is very excited to continue our successful collaboration with the Henry Luce Foundation as we explore new ways to advance and elevate the important research represented through the field of China Studies," said ACLS president Joy Connolly.
  • Learn more at bit.ly/LuceACLSChinaStudies
    The Henry Luce Foundation seeks to enrich public discourse by promoting innovative scholarship, cultivating new leaders, and fostering international understanding.

The American Council of Learned Societies Announces 2021-22 Fellowship & Grant Competitions

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Wednesday, July 28, 2021
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NEW YORK, July 28, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce our 2021-22 fellowship and grant competitions.

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  • NEW YORK, July 28, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce our 2021-22 fellowship and grant competitions.
  • ACLS offers fellowship and grant programs that promote research across the full spectrum of humanities and interpretive social science fields.
  • Learn more about ACLS Fellowship & Grant Program application processes and eligibility criteria here.
  • Formed in 1919, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is a nonprofit federation of 78 scholarly organizations.

The American Council of Learned Societies Names 41 Leading Edge Fellows

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Thursday, July 8, 2021
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NEW YORK, July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to name 41 new Leading Edge Fellows, a major expansion of this publicly engaged humanities initiative made possible by a $3.6 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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  • NEW YORK, July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to name 41 new Leading Edge Fellows, a major expansion of this publicly engaged humanities initiative made possible by a $3.6 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
  • Meet the new Leading Edge Fellows and learn about their projects here.
  • Leading Edge Fellows receive a $60,000 stipend, as well as health insurance and professional development funding, and participate in professional development and networking activities.
  • Formed in 1919, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is a nonprofit federation of 78 scholarly organizations.

Leading patent data platform IFI CLAIMS joins Digital Science

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Friday, July 2, 2021
Scholarly communication, Academic publishing, Altmetric, Digital Science, Patent

LONDON, July 2,2021 /PRNewswire/ --Digital Science, a technology company serving stakeholders across the research ecosystem, is pleased to announce that it has fully acquired IFI CLAIMS , a leading international platform for patent and innovation data.

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  • LONDON, July 2,2021 /PRNewswire/ --Digital Science, a technology company serving stakeholders across the research ecosystem, is pleased to announce that it has fully acquired IFI CLAIMS , a leading international platform for patent and innovation data.
  • Digital Science originally invested in IFI CLAIMS in 2017 as part of its aim to diversify the search and analytics landscape by bringing together awarded grants data, publication and citation data with patent data to allow better contextualisation of research - from funding through publication to translation and impact.
  • IFI CLAIMS provides 137 million patents to Dimensions and is the data source behind the patent facet in the Altmetric donut.
  • This next phase of Digital Science's relationship with IFI CLAIMS is a natural step that allows more coherent integration of IFI CLAIMS technology and team into Digital Science's ecosystem.

The American Council of Learned Societies Announces the 2021 Fellows and Grantees of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies

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Wednesday, June 30, 2021
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NEW YORK, June 30, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is proud to announce the 2021 awardees of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies.

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  • NEW YORK, June 30, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is proud to announce the 2021 awardees of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies.
  • Fellows will conduct research on Buddhist traditions in China, India, Korea, Myanmar, Taiwan, Tibet, and Thailand.
  • Seed funding over four years will create a tenure-track professorship in Buddhist studies, strengthening the curriculum of the Department of Religion at Simpson College.
  • In May 2021, ACLS was awarded a $6.3 million grant extension by the Foundation to continue the groundbreaking work of the Program in Buddhist Studies.

Copyright Clearance Center to Host Virtual Town Hall “The Future of Collective Licensing – Copyright in the Digital Marketplace”

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Tuesday, May 25, 2021
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Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, will present a Town Hall discussion on Wednesday, 9 June at 10:00 a.m. EDT/3:00 p.m. BST, The Future of Collective Licensing Copyright in the Digital Marketplace.

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  • Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a leader in advancing copyright, accelerating knowledge, and powering innovation, will present a Town Hall discussion on Wednesday, 9 June at 10:00 a.m. EDT/3:00 p.m. BST, The Future of Collective Licensing Copyright in the Digital Marketplace.
  • Wasoff, Seeley, and Rich are contributing authors to CCCs recent eBook, Creating Solutions Together Lessons to Inform the Future of Collective Licensing .
  • Voluntary collective licensing continues to be an important mechanism for making copyright work, said Tracey Armstrong, President and CEO, CCC.
  • In the Town Hall program as with the eBook, CCC looks forward to sparking discussion on the future of collective licensing.

The American Council of Learned Societies Announces 2021 ACLS Digital Extension Grant Awardees

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Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Articles, American Council of Learned Societies, Scholarly communication, ACLS, Humanities

Learn more about the 2021 ACLS Digital Extension Grantees and their projects at this link.

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  • Learn more about the 2021 ACLS Digital Extension Grantees and their projects at this link.
  • Formed in 1919, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is a nonprofit federation of 78 scholarly organizations.
  • As the preeminent representative of American scholarship in the humanities and interpretive social sciences, ACLS holds a core belief that knowledge is a public good.
  • Since 1969, the Foundation has been guided by its core belief that the humanities and arts are essential to human understanding.