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Cassyni and Elsevier partner on ‘next- generation seminar series’
Cassyni, the virtual and hybrid academic seminar platform, has partnered with publisher, Elsevier, to launch seminar series across their portfolio of physics journals. Seminars will be associated with
recent journal papers, selected by editors as being particularly innovative and impactful. Launch journals include the Journal of Computational Physics and Computer Physics Communications. Live seminars will be open to
researchers from all around the world, with an opportunity to participate in Q&A after each event. Recordings, augmented with AI-powered video search, will then be hosted on Cassyni and assigned a DOI, making them a citable part of the academic ecosystem. Thomas Thayer, executive publisher
at Elsevier, said: ‘We are always looking to innovate in how we engage our journal communities. Virtual seminar series, run using Cassyni, offer an exciting opportunity to connect with our authors and readers in a meaningful yet scalable way.’ Ben Kaube, co-founder at Cassyni, added: ‘Journal seminar series on Cassyni help authors maximise impact by promoting their latest results to a global audience in an engaging format. They also benefit readers as well, providing an accessible entry point to new topic areas. Seminars were traditionally confined to university departments, but we’re now seeing journals embrace seminars as a way to engage their author and reader communities.’ As reported by Research Information,
Cassyni was launched in 2021 by the former founders of Mendeley, Publons and Kopernio. It’s vision is ‘to create a vibrant and connected ecosystem that enables millions of online and hybrid research seminars; helping academics, institutions and journals grow their reach and maximise their impact in a green and inclusive way’. The company has developed what
it describes as a next-generation workflow platform for seminar organisers, and aims to build the world’s largest freely accessible and fully searchable research seminar library.
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De Gruyter wins Best Publisher UX Award 2022
Single sign-on provider OpenAthens has announced De Gruyter as the winner of the third annual Best Publisher User Experience (UX) Award 2022. The award puts the spotlight on publishers that strive to put users at the heart of their service design. The identity and access management specialist revealed the winner at its 2022 Access Lab event on 22 March. A panel of esteemed judges selected De Gruyter as this year’s winner for showcasing impressive results from its collaboration with technology partner, 67 Bricks. They demonstrated a user- centric approach and went to great lengths to improve their user journey and overall experience. Founded in 1749, the scholarly publishing house aims to support scholars in their endeavour to give their best and to create new opportunities to promote knowledge. To reach this goal, De Gruyter is undergoing a complete digital transformation that has already changed the trajectory of the 270-year- old business. In February 2021 they launched their
new website,
degruyter.com, a digital research platform built in cooperation with 67 Bricks. Based on modern cloud technology, it provides fast, stable and secure access to over 110,000 scholarly books and 800,000 journal articles. To win the coveted accolade, the two finalists, De Gruyter and Cambridge University Press, presented the judges with tangible evidence of learner and researcher engagement with their product and strategic approach to user experience across the organisation. Both organisations showed great knowledge and care for their UX and end users. Ultimately, judges decided to award De Gruyter with the Best Publisher UX Award for their user-centric approach and
philosophy, which delivers exceptional user experience and enables users to access knowledge easily. Commenting on the achievement, Scott Williams, vice president platform and technology at De Gruyter, said: ‘De Gruyter has worked tirelessly to completely rebuild
degruyter.com to better support end users. It is a great accomplishment and honour to receive recognition for the team’s hard work in building a platform that simplifies things for researchers, authors, librarians and readers. We want to thank OpenAthens for the opportunity to showcase our work.’ The Berlin-based firm understood the
need for change and invested heavily in creating a new digital infrastructure. Together with Oxford-based technology partner, 67 Bricks, they ensured the delivery of a digital transformation strategy, including the optimisation of software systems, workflows and digital products. David Leeming, delivery director at 67
Bricks, said: ‘Digital transformation is as much about people as it is technology, and many firms fail when they don’t acknowledge the cultural – and wider business – aspects. Between us, we have the skills to ensure De Gruyter continues its digital evolution.’
Commenting on the awards,
OpenAthens’ international marketing manager Jane Charlton said: ‘We’d like to congratulate the team at De Gruyter for winning this award, it is well deserved. [They] demonstrated embedded user experience throughout [their] strategy. It was not an easy decision, as Cambridge University Press was also a strong entry. ‘Our award celebrates innovation in the
information industry and those that push the boundaries of user experience, going above and beyond for those requiring knowledge access.’
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