CRKN, ProQuest partner to bring Periodicals Archive Online to research institutions in Canada - June 23, 2008
The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) has announced a partnership with ProQuest, a Cambridge Information Group company, to bring Periodicals Archive Online to leading research institutions in Canada. The Periodicals Archive Online will now be available to 67 key research institutions in… Read More
CrossRef launches new initiative to help publishers verify originality of scholarly content - June 23, 2008
Publisher linking services provider CrossRef, US, has announced the official launch of CrossCheck, a new initiative to aid publishers in verifying the originality of scholarly content. Following on the success of CrossRef's recent pilot of CrossCheck, this service is now open to all CrossRef member publishers.… Read More
Sherborne Gibbs’s medical journals content to be accessible via SIMID SMILE - June 23, 2008
Healthcare information and education provider Sherborne Gibbs Ltd, UK, has announced a partnership with SIMID, S.M.I.L.E. (Scientific Medical Information Library Europe), a combination database and library of medical journals and books covering forty medical disciplines. Under the deal, Sherborne Gibbs Ltd will… Read More
BioMed Central journals receive higher impact factor ratings - June 23, 2008
Open access (OA) publisher BioMed Central, US has announced that 40 of its journals have received official impact factors. Thomson Reuters recently released the 2007 Journal Citation Report. Highlights of this year's Impact Factors include an impressive showing by BMC Biology, the biological flagship journal of… Read More
SAGE announces 500th journal site on SAGE Journals Online platform - June 23, 2008
Academic publisher SAGE recently announced the launch of its 500th journal site on the SAGE Journals Online platform. The 500th journal site was for the Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (JPEN), now published by SAGE on behalf of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral… Read More
University of Notre Dame selects Ex Libris’ Primo discovery and delivery solution - June 23, 2008
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame in conjunction with its colleagues in the Michiana Academic Library Consortium have selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution to serve as a major library portal. An Ex Libris customer… Read More
