Scientific data repository Dryad obtains $2 million grant from US foundation - May 11, 2009
The US' National Science Foundation has announced a $2.18 grant for Dryad, a digital data repository designed to archive data that underlie published findings in evolutionary biology, ecology and related fields. The repository allows scientists to access and build on each other's findings. The grant recipients… Read More
Study launched on inventory of digital repositories in developing countries - May 11, 2009
Not-for-profit organisation eIFL.net, the University of Kansas Libraries, the DRIVER project and Key Perspectives Ltd. are conducting a study as part of a cooperative programme between the organisations. The study aims at creating an inventory of current digital repository activities in developing and transition countries, at… Read More
Springer’s 150 years of publishing history now online - May 11, 2009
Specialist publishing group Springer Science+Business Media, Germany, is making the print version of Springer's 150 years of publishing history freely available on the internet. The two-volume work Springer-Verlag: History of a Scientific Publishing House was published in 1992 to mark the publishing company's 150th anniversary. The… Read More
LWW selects CCC’ Rightslink service for easy ordering of permissions online - May 11, 2009
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has teamed up with the Copyright Clearance Center's (CCC) Rightslink system to automate online ordering of copyright permissions. Rightslink claims to be the most widely used web-based licensing application,… Read More
EMC Corporation and John Wiley & Sons partner to produce information storage technology reference - May 11, 2009
Storage and management services provider EMC Corporation, US, has announced a partnership with publisher John Wiley & Sons, US, to produce Information Storage and Management: Storing, Managing and Protecting Digital Information. Information Storage and Management (ISM) is projected as the definitive reference… Read More
MedPage Today named best online healthcare publication - May 11, 2009
Medical news service MedPage Today, US, has announced that it has been named the Best Overall Web Publication by the American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors (ASHPE) in ASHPE's 2009 annual awards competition. MedPage Today provides 24/7 real-time coverage and continuing medical education credit to physicians… Read More
