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Traditional academic publishers support current open access repository principles, says report - March 4, 2008
The SURFfoundation has released the results of an inquiry into the copyright policies of traditional academic publishers. A group of forty seven traditional publishers, who do not currently allow Open Access, were assessed and it was found that these publishers are increasingly interested in allowing the… Read More
RPSGB launches new online library for registered pharmacists - March 4, 2008
The Library of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) has launched a new, free online library, myLibrary, for registered pharmacists. This is the latest step in the evolution of the RPSGB's Library from a print-based resource to a fully-fledged hybrid library, where equal emphasis… Read More
New OSI-supported OA source book - March 4, 2008
The Open Society Institute (OSI), a private operating and grantmaking foundation, has agreed a grant to develop an online Open Access (OA) source book called Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook (OASIS). The new online resource will provide practical steps towards implementing OA for research output. OASIS… Read More
Whitepaper to help grantees prepare for new NIH Public Access Policy - March 4, 2008
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), Science Commons, and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) have jointly released a white paper to help university and medical school administrators ensure their institutions comply with public access requirements… Read More
Springer announces publishing partnership with the Japanese Society of Hematology - March 4, 2008
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced a new publishing partnership with the Japanese Society of Hematology (JSH) to publish the latter's journal - International Journal of Hematology. The journal is available (back to 1997) on Springer's online information platform SpringerLink. The journal appears ten times a… Read More
