Nature Publishing Group and ADMC launch new OA journal – Cell Death & Disease - January 15, 2010
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, and the Associazione Differenziamento e Morte Cellulare (ADMC) have announced the launch of a new open access journal - Cell Death & Disease. Published by NPG the ADMC, the journal explores the area of cell death from a translational… Read More
Emerald offers pay-per-view access for eBook Series - January 15, 2010
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK, has announced that pay-per-view access is now available for its eBook Series. Non-subscribers can now select only the specific chapters that they need to consult. Emerald offers two eBook Series Collections - The Business, Management and… Read More
Ex Libris announces beta launch of Primo Central - January 15, 2010
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced the launch of Primo Central for beta testing at 14 partner institutions. When searching in their institution’s Primo interface, users in partner libraries will have seamless access to the Primo Central mega-aggregate of scholarly e-content. Primo Central… Read More
Dear Subscriber - January 15, 2010
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Panel calls on US agencies to develop policies for better public access to research results - January 14, 2010
An expert panel of librarians, library scientists, publishers and university academic leaders has called on US federal agencies that fund research, to develop and implement a more robust scholarly publishing system. The policies ought to ensure free public access to the results of the research they fund ‘as soon as… Read More
Google may exit Chinese operations over attacks and govt. curbs - January 14, 2010
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has threatened to pull out operations in China citing massive cyber attacks on its computers and China’s efforts to ‘limit free speech on the web.’ The move, if pursued, would be a highly odd reprimand of China by one… Read More
