Life sciences, mathematics witness highest use of open access models, says OUP - June 11, 2010
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), UK, has said that through its Oxford Open initiative, launched in July 2005, it has experimented with open access (OA) models and has been carefully monitoring and sharing results. Today, over 90 Oxford journals are hybrid OA and six are… Read More
Cambridge University Press to publish journals for Materials Research Society - June 11, 2010
The Materials Research Society (MRS), US, and Cambridge University Press, UK, have announced a new publishing partnership to produce MRS' publications and to develop new journals, books and online products related to materials science and engineering. MRS' flagship publications include MRS Bulletin, Journal of… Read More
Science is the Universal Language – WorldWideScience.org BETA - June 11, 2010
World Wide Science Alliance, which offers a federated search service across multiple databases, has unveiled the beta version of a new multilingual tool. The tool is projected to enable scientists to simultaneously search and translate over 400 million pages of scientific research published in 65 countries… Read More
Informa Healthcare to redesign and add web content to web platform - June 11, 2010
Healthcare information provider Informa Healthcare, part of Informa plc, UK, has unveiled plans to redesign and add recently published book content to the informahealthcare.com web platform. The change is set for July 2010, when the site will deliver more than 170 journals and approximately 600 online… Read More
NDL ties up with OCLC to offer access to Japanese content via WorldCat - June 11, 2010
Library service provider OCLC, US, and the National Diet Library (NDL), Japan, have signed an agreement to jointly make over 5 million records from NDL more visible and accessible to scholars and researchers worldwide through WorldCat. The two organisations plan to cooperate for the benefit of… Read More
RCD forms alliance with Hanley Wood to provide construction industry content - June 11, 2010
B2B information providers Reed Construction Data (RCD) and Hanley Wood, LLC have announced the formation of a strategic alliance. Under the deal, the companies will open up proprietary information channels in an effort to deliver richer, more valuable content to the construction industry. The alliance will… Read More
