DuraSpace/ARL/DLF E-Science Institute invites programme participants - August 29, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), US, has announced that this is the final week to register for the 2012 DuraSpace/ARL/DLF E-Science Institute programme. There are just a few openings still available for the programme, which runs from September 6 through December 13, 2012. The… Read More
Accelrys unveils latest version of ELN Symyx Notebook - August 29, 2012
Accelrys, Inc., a US-based provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software, has announced the latest release of its enterprise electronic laboratory notebook (ELN), Symyx Notebook by Accelrys. The ELN is said to offer a new multidimensional scientific spreadsheet for use in planning, executing and tracking a… Read More
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins set to publish Inflammatory Bowel Diseases journal - August 28, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, and the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, Inc. (CCFA) have announced an agreement to publish the journal Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. Effective with the January 2013 issue, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health,… Read More
SPARC and the World Bank to co-sponsor Open Access Week 2012 kick-off webcast - August 28, 2012
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the World Bank have announced they will co-sponsor the kick-off event for Open Access Week 2012 on October 22, 2012, in Washington, DC. The live event will take place at the state of the art World Bank… Read More
OCLC Research and Open Planets Foundation to conduct Preservation Health Check Workshop at iPRES2012 - August 28, 2012
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, and the Open Planets Foundation (OPF) are conducting a Preservation Health Check pilot to analyse the quality of preservation metadata created and in use by operational repository and deposit systems and evaluate the potential of such metadata for assessing digital… Read More
Five new publishers join 2013 BioOne Collections - August 28, 2012
BioOne, US, a web-based aggregator of research in biological, ecological and environmental sciences, has announced that five new titles and their not-for-profit publishers have joined the 2013 BioOne Collections. The journals and their respective publishers are: Marine Resource Economics, published by the Marine Resource Foundation; Cryptogamie,… Read More
