1. Impactstory and the Public Knowledge Project Announce Strategic Relationship
2. Open Access: University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and University of Arizona (AU) Join U. of California Press Luminos Membership Program (via Luminos Newsletter)
UCSB joins at Courier Level, UA at Garamond Level.
3.Elsevier: PlumX Metrics Now on Scopus & What’s New on Scopus: PlumX Metrics, Changes to Citation Overview Pages and a New CiteScore Widget
4. Twitter Lost 2 Million Users in the U.S. Last Quarter (via WaPo)
7. Washington D.C.: Final Terms of the Apple Lease for Historic Carnegie Library Approved
19,000 Sq. Foot Apple Store, DC Historical Society Museum and Library Will Remain in this Location
8. WhatsApp Hits 1 Billion Daily Users, WhatsApp Status Hits to 250M Daily Users and Instagram Stories Also at 250M (via TechCrunch) & With 2 Billion Monthly Active Users, Facebook Brings in Revenue of $9.3 Billion in Q2 (via Variety)
9. Wiley Signs National License Agreement in India For Unlimited Access to Cochrane Library