STM states response to US Scholarly Publishing Roundtable Report - January 18, 2010
The International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) has applauded the efforts of the Scholarly Publishing Roundtable in seeking to establish broad stakeholder agreement and for involving leading researchers and incorporating their research in the Roundtable deliberations. The Scholarly Publishing Roundtable was set up… Read More
JSTOR now indexed in WorldCat.org - January 18, 2010
Authenticated scholars and researchers with online access to full-text content in JSTOR can now locate and connect to articles through WorldCat.org. JSTOR is a preservation archive and research platform for the academic community. Over 4.5 million JSTOR article-level records from more than… Read More
UKSG / NISO release first KBART recommendations for improved OpenURL data supply - January 18, 2010
The UK Serials Group (UKSG) and the National Information Standards Organisation (NISO) have announced the first report by the KBART (Knowledge Bases And Related Tools) Working Group, a joint initiative that is exploring data problems within the OpenURL supply chain. The KBART… Read More
Optical Society of America’ Optics Express named first SPARC Innovator of 2010 - January 18, 2010
Optical Society of America (OSA) has announced that its open-access journal Optics Express has been named the first SPARC Innovator of 2010. Optics Express publishes original, peer-reviewed articles in all fields of optical science and technology twice a month – within an… Read More
Cambridge Imaging Systems in deal with British Library to build moving image archive - January 18, 2010
Cambridge Imaging Systems has announced a deal to supply the British Library with an advanced digital archive management system, known as Box of Broadcasts or simply ‘BoB'. The British Library contains over 150 million items including a moving image collection of around 40,000 titles. As part… Read More
EBSCO unveils ERM Essentials, an electronic resource management tool for libraries - January 18, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced the release of ERM Essentials, an electronic resource management (ERM) solution that seeks to help libraries manage e-resources. According to the company, the system features auto-population of holdings and data, making a highly effective ERM solution. The… Read More
