Dear Subscribers - February 25, 2009
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ARL proposes community-wide process to develop new OCLC policy for use and transfer of WorldCat records - February 24, 2009
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Ad Hoc Task Force to Review the Proposed OCLC Policy for Use and Transfer of WorldCat Records has issued its final report. The report calls on OCLC to develop a new policy to replace the one released in November 2008.… Read More
Australian Research Council selects Scopus to assess higher education research output - February 24, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that the Australian Research Council (ARC) has selected Scopus, the world's largest abstract and citation (A&C) database, for its Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative. The ERA initiative will assess research quality within Australia's higher education institutions using a… Read More
European Patent Office gains access to Indian traditional knowledge database - February 24, 2009
The Indian government has granted the European Patent Office (EPO) access to its Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL). Loaded with ancient medical knowledge, the online database contains translations of manuscripts and textbooks in five languages, including English. Examiners at the EPO will use the TKDL to… Read More
Nature Publishing Group launches monthly chemistry journal - February 24, 2009
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group, UK, has announced that Nature Chemistry, its 16th research journal, is now publishing papers online in advance of print. The first issue (April 2009) will go live on March 20th at http://www.nature.com/nchem/index.html. A monthly peer-reviewed publication, Nature… Read More
Gale titles named Outstanding Reference Sources for 2008 - February 24, 2009
E-research and educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, US, has announced that three of its titles were named Outstanding Reference Sources for 2008 by the American Library Association's Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). Available in digital, eBook and print format, the winning titles are:… Read More
