OAI unveils beta version of ORE specifications and user guides - June 5, 2008
The Open Archives Initiative (OAI) has released the beta version of the ORE specifications and user guides as part of its Object Reuse and Exchange (OAI-ORE) project. Under the project, launched 18 months ago, international experts from the publishing, web, library and e-science community developed standards… Read More
Elsevier launches competition for the scientific community, calls for submissions - June 5, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a new contest inviting the scientific community to prototype tools to innovate how Life Sciences information is used in online text databases. 'The Elsevier Grand Challenge: Knowledge Enhancement in the Life Sciences' is designed to generate useful new ideas that… Read More
Dutch academic repositories collection DAREnet integrated into NARCIS - June 5, 2008
DAREnet, the network of academic repositories in the Netherlands, is now integrated into scientific portal NARCIS (www.narcis.info). The website www.darenet.nl, developed by SURFfoundation, will now be part of NARCIS. The scientific portal offers, amongst others, access to tens… Read More
Convera to develop vertical search application for IOP Publishing - June 5, 2008
Vertical search services and technologies provider Convera Corporation, US, has announced an agreement with non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics Publishing (IOP), UK, to develop a customised vertical web search application. Financial terms were not disclosed. Wholly owned by the Institute of Physics, IOP Publishing is… Read More
MetaPress designated KnowledgeWorks certified by Serials Solutions - June 5, 2008
MetaPress, a division of EBSCO Industries, Inc., has announced that it has successfully completed the Serials Solutions KnowledgeWorks Certification Program. One of only 13 organisations around the globe to earn this designation, MetaPress is now considered a KnowledgeWorks Certified content partner and, as such, has pledged… Read More
Wiley acquires higher education titles from Key College Publishing - June 5, 2008
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that it has acquired a list of higher education mathematics and statistics titles from Key College Publishing, the higher education division of California-based Key Curriculum Press. The sale allows Key Curriculum Press to concentrate on the K-12… Read More
