Sheridan Libraries get $20 million grant from NSF for data curation project - October 7, 2009
The Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries have been awarded $20 million from the US’ National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant is to fund the building of a data research infrastructure for the management of the ever-increasing amounts of digital information created for teaching and research. The… Read More
EBSCO Publishing releases new database featuring scholarly journals from Brazil and Portugal - October 7, 2009
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has released a new resource called Fonte Académica, offering a rapidly growing collection of scholarly journals from Brazil and Portugal. This new EBSCOhost database seeks to provide more international full text coverage for Portuguese-language content. Fonte Académica includes over… Read More
RSC Publishing announces inaugural issue of Analytical Methods - October 7, 2009
Scientific publisher RSC Publishing, UK, the publishing arm of the Royal Society of Chemistry, has announced the inaugural issue of Analytical Methods, the journal for new and improved methods for the practical application of analytical science. The journal publishes monthly issues containing full papers, topical reviews… Read More
Future Medicine launches new medical imaging journal – Imaging in Medicine - October 7, 2009
Future Medicine, part of Future Science Group, UK, has announced the launch of a new journal - Imaging in Medicine – addressing the technologies that are now revolutionising noninvasive clinical investigation and therapy. Dr Elliott Fishman of John Hopkins University in Baltimore has been appointed as… Read More
ebrary unveils new service for CRM and other SaaS providers - October 7, 2009
Digital content products and technologies provider ebrary, US, has announced a new service called On-Demand Libraries, targeted at CRM (customer relationship management) and other Software as a Service (SaaS) providers. The service is projected to help SaaS providers show greater value to their customers, while offering… Read More
JISC, SCONUL, UCISA report on impact of recession on library and IT services - October 6, 2009
The UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) and Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association (UCISA) have commissioned a report on academic library and IT services. The report shows how academic library and IT services are budgeting for today’s… Read More
