CCC signs agreement with Science Press, expands services into Chinese language rights licensing - April 11, 2012
Non-profit copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), US, has announced an agreement with Science Press (SP), one of the leading publishers of STM journals and books in China. Science Press joins The Journal of Chinese Integrated Medicine, Beijing Forestry University and Baishibeng… Read More
InTech launches new OA journal – International Journal of Water Sciences - April 11, 2012
STM publisher InTech, Croatia, has announced the launch of the new peer-reviewed open access journal - International Journal of Water Sciences. The journal is now accepting submissions. Edited by Dr Xixi Wang from Old Dominion University, USA, the journal will publish original papers on all… Read More
National Library of Medicine awards $67 million for informatics research training - April 11, 2012
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has announced that the NLM is awarding 14 five-year grants, totalling more than $67 million, for research training in biomedical informatics, the discipline that seeks to apply computer and communications technology… Read More
Wellcome Trust backs campaign for open access academic journals - April 10, 2012
The UK’s Wellcome Trust has reportedly announced its support for a campaign to break the stranglehold of academic journals and allow all research papers to be shared free online. Wellcome's move is expected to add weight to the campaign for open access… Read More
University of Texas at Austin Libraries to deploy Serials Solutions’ Summon service to improve discovery - April 10, 2012
Serials Solutions, a business unit of the US-based ProQuest LLC, recently announced that the University of Texas at Austin Libraries has selected its Summon service to provide improved discovery of the library’s vast collection of more than 8 million volumes, hundreds of thousands of unique electronic… Read More
ebrary expands e-book selection across acquisition models - April 10, 2012
ebrary, a ProQuest business, has announced that it is expanding its e-book selection across acquisition models. More than 1,800 new e-books from Wiley and 2,300 new titles from publishers including Princeton University Press and World Scientific & Imperial College Press will be available in Academic… Read More
