Open access widely supported by universities, research centres and funding agencies across Europe, says new report - December 22, 2011
The European Research Area Committee (ERAC) on National Open Access and Preservation Policies has published a report called 'Analysis of a Questionnaire to the European Research Area Committee'. The report reveals that open access is backed by a growing number of universities, research centres and funding agencies across Europe. The… Read More
British Library set to launch its International Non-Commercial Document Supply service - December 22, 2011
The Publishers Licensing Society (PLS) has agreed an extension of the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) Document Delivery Licence with the British Library that allows the licensed supply of articles to overseas non-commercial end-users via overseas not-for-profit libraries at a special fixed rate. The British Library… Read More
Latest issue of IBM Journal of Research and Development focuses on Cloud Computing - December 22, 2011
Technical professional association IEEE, US, has announced that the November/December issue of IBM Journal of Research and Development has been published and appears exclusively in the IEEE Xplore digital library. This issue focuses on cloud computing and emphasises new technologies that form the foundational building… Read More
ARL publishes ARL Statistics 2009–2010 - December 22, 2011
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published ARL Statistics 2009–2010, the latest in a series of annual publications that describe the collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities of the 125 ARL member libraries in 2009–2010. Of these, 115 were university libraries (18 in Canada and… Read More
New Issue of ISQ magazine focuses on benefits of standards implementation - December 22, 2011
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the publication of the Fall 2011 issue of the Information Standards Quarterly (ISQ) magazine with a special issue theme of Standards Implementation Benefits. In the issue's main feature article, Mary Jackson (Auto-Graphics, Inc.) quantifies the productivity benefits… Read More
Swets adds five new publishers to e-journal gateway - December 22, 2011
Information services provider Swets, Netherlands, recently signed contracts with five publishers to make their publications available in SwetsWise Online Content, its e-journal gateway. The publishers include Brepols, Cairn.info, JST, NecPlus and RMIT Publishing. With more than 13,000 full text titles and over 38 million articles, SwetsWise… Read More
