National portal to Spanish OA scientific publications launched - April 14, 2008
Recolecta, the national portal to Spanish open access (OA) scientific publications, has been launched. The project is a joint collaboration between Rebiun (Network of academic and research libraries of Spain) and FEcyt (Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology) to create a national search service of OA… Read More
New editor-in-chief for Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice - April 14, 2008
Professor Stephen Colagiuri has been named the new Editor-in-Chief of Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, effective April 1, 2008. Professor Colagiuri takes over from Professor Nigishi Hotta who has been acting as Editor-in-Chief since 2004 and now becomes an Honorary Editor-in-Chief of the journal. Diabetes… Read More
Leading breast cancer journal celebrates 10th anniversary, names new Editor-in-Chief - April 14, 2008
Breast cancer journal Breast Cancer Research celebrated its tenth anniversary at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in San Diego. An international, peer-reviewed online journal, Breast Cancer Research publishes original research, reviews, commentaries and reports. The journal has published over 1200 articles in… Read More
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British Library releases result of survey on online access to research material - April 11, 2008
The British Library, UK, recently conducted a survey on researchers' attitudes and needs in the digital age. Of the respondents, 93 percent stated that access to online research material should be the same as for books. A majority of the survey participants agreed that, in the… Read More
ARL releases preprint essay encouraging libraries to support SCOAP3 - April 11, 2008
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published an online preprint essay by Ivy Anderson, Director of Collections, California Digital Library, encouraging libraries to support the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3). In her essay, 'The Audacity of SCOAP3,' Anderson encourages everyone… Read More
