British Library partners with brightsolid to digitise up to 40 million pages of historic newspapers - May 20, 2010
The British Library has announced a new partnership with online publisher brightsolid. The partnership between the British Library and brightsolid will enable the digitisation of a minimum of 4 million pages of newspapers over the first two years. Over the course of ten years, the agreement… Read More
OGI Genomics Publication Fund to support open access to Genomics publications - May 20, 2010
The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) has announced the launch of a new fund to support free and unrestricted access to scholarly research papers on genomics published in high impact journals. The OGI Genomics Publication Fund (GPF) will contribute up to $3,000 per publication to genomics researchers… Read More
Elsevier launches new journal – Journal of Computational Science - May 20, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of the Journal of Computational Science. The journal aims to be an international platform to exchange important novel research results in simulation-based science across all scientific disciplines. The Journal of Computational Science will publish advanced, innovative interdisciplinary research… Read More
APPI launches redesigned and upgraded website - May 20, 2010
The American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. (APPI), US, has announced that it has redesigned and upgraded its website, www.appi.org. The new revamped website is projected to allow APPI to take advantage of all of today's online marketing tools. According to the company, the… Read More
Emerald enhances ePrints service with Copyright Clearance Center’s Rightslink - May 20, 2010
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, announced that it now offers its ePrints through the Copyright Clearance Center's (CCC) Rightslink service. With this development, the publisher seeks to provide customers with additional flexibility in the use of copyrighted… Read More
OverDrive to unveil applications for integrating e-books and multimedia content - May 20, 2010
OverDrive, a US-based distributor of e-books, audiobooks and digital content, has announced that it will release a series of applications that will combine e-books, audiobooks and interactive and multimedia content into one user-friendly application. The apps will be available for both mobile and desktop operating systems,… Read More
