Attention Subscribers – Benefit now from the Content atomisation initiative from Knowledgespeak - July 7, 2008
Knowledgespeak is planning to atomise its content. A preliminary but significant initiative has already been taken in this direction. For an internationally esteemed association, we have repackaged and categorised our news under various topics to suit the information needs of its members. We are exploring other possibilities of bringing a… Read More
NISO/ALPSP release best practices for journal article versions - July 4, 2008
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO), in partnership with the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), has published the Recommended Practice Journal Article Versions (JAV): Recommendations of the NISO/ALPSP JAV Technical Working Group (NISO-RP-8-2008). The publication is designed to provide… Read More
US Department of Energy launches open data repository - July 4, 2008
The US Department of Energy has launched the DOE Data Explorer (DDE), a tool to find scientific research data generated in the course of DOE-sponsored research in various science disciplines. The data that can be found include computer simulations, numeric data files, figures and plots, interactive… Read More
OCLC and Index Data work together to expand discovery capabilities of WorldCat Local - July 4, 2008
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, is working with software development and consulting enterprise Index Data, Denmark, to extend the discovery capabilities of WorldCat Local to include all licensed and full-text resources of a library. Index Data specialises in information retrieval and… Read More
Reprints Desk and FIZ Karlsruhe sign cooperation agreement - July 4, 2008
Reprints Desk, Inc., a US-based content re-purposing company focused on medical and scientific publishing, Inc., has announced a cooperation agreement with scientific information services provider FIZ Karlsruhe, Germany. The deal will integrate Reprints Desk as a document supplier in FIZ Karlsruhe's full-text… Read More
German neuroscientist charges journal of publishing incorrectly interpreted data - July 4, 2008
Neuroscientist Nikos Logothetis of the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany, has reportedly charged two of his former research students with pilfering data from his laboratory. The students then published scientifically incorrect interpretations of the data against his advice, it has been reported. Logothetis further claimed that… Read More
