EBSCO Publishing and The H.W. Wilson Company announce merger agreement - June 3, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, and The H.W. Wilson Company (Wilson) have announced a merger agreement. This combination of organisations will allow the strengths of each to benefit existing and forthcoming products and services. With 180 combined years of experience serving libraries,… Read More
Journal Clinical Proteomics joins BioMed Central OA portfolio - June 3, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has launched Clinical Proteomics, with Dr Daniel Chan as Editor-in-Chief. Previously published by Springer, the journal has joined BioMed Central's portfolio of open-access titles. Clinical Proteomics launches with a number of interesting articles, including an article from Mehrani et… Read More
RSC Publishing makes eBook Collection available to RLUK research libraries - June 3, 2011
The Royal Society of Chemistry has partnered with Research Libraries UK (RLUK) to offer their library members value for money for the RSC eBook Collection. eBook options are now available to RLUK members for 2011 within a one-off purchase regime that will give standard indefinite access… Read More
IOP Publishing introduces open access option on 23 subscription-based journals - June 3, 2011
Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, is introducing an open access publishing option on 23 subscription-based journals, effective immediately. This 'hybrid open access model' is being introduced to support authors who wish to publish on an open access basis, or who are mandated… Read More
OCLC set to launch Web-scale Management Services - June 3, 2011
Computer library service and research organisation OCLC, US, has announced that 32 libraries have committed to using OCLC Web-scale Management Services since the organisation announced that it was making its cloud-based library management services available to early adopters 10 months ago. OCLC Web-scale Management Services is… Read More
Inaugural publication of new publication series to complement OITP Policy Briefs released - June 3, 2011
The Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) has released the first publication of OITP Perspectives, a new publication series created to complement OITP Policy Briefs. The publication, 'Digitizing Hidden Collections in Public Libraries,' was written by Gwen Glazer, staff writer/editor and social media coordinator at Cornell… Read More
