Attention Subscribers – www.myscoope.com lets you access Knowledgespeak using your mobile devices - October 27, 2010
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak is now available via our new beta application, SCOOPE STM Mobile. Subscribers on the move can now gain easy access to Knowledgespeak through a reader-friendly mobile phone interface. This application is uniquely available in two versions:… Read More
Elsevier introduces new interactive feature on SciVerse ScienceDirect for Journal of Molecular Biology - October 26, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has introduced Protein Viewer, a new interactive feature on SciVerse ScienceDirect for the Journal of Molecular Biology (JMB). With Protein Viewer, readers of JMB now have the power to expand and rotate molecules within the actual article. SciVerse ScienceDirect merges features of… Read More
Portico announces separate e-book and e-journal preservation services - October 26, 2010
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced that it will be offering separate e-book and e-journal preservation services, beginning January 1, 2011. The move is in response to both the library community's evolving preservation needs and the growth in publisher participation. These distinct services… Read More
Researchers examining extent of scientific publication plagiarism practices - October 26, 2010
Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech and collaborators have reportedly shown that a computer-based text-searching tool is capable of unearthing questionable publication practices from thousands of full-text papers in biomedical literature. The first step in the process is to find out what is… Read More
OpenNebula Project unveils latest version of open source toolkit for cloud computing - October 26, 2010
The OpenNebula Project has announced the release of version 2.0 of its OpenNebula Toolkit, a fully open source cloud computing tool for managing a data centre's virtual infrastructure. The toolkit includes features for integration, management, scalability, security and accounting that enterprise IT shops may need for… Read More
New prototype from OCLC Research – WorldCat Publisher Pages - October 26, 2010
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, has announced that the new OCLC Research prototype presents a page each for more than 1800 publishers worldwide. WorldCat Publisher Pages prototype is an outgrowth of the OCLC Publisher Name Authority File, as well as the OCLC WorldMap and the… Read More
