Serials Solutions’ Summon discovery service expands coverage of open access scholarly content - September 10, 2012
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced new agreements with three publishers of scholarly open access journal and book content. The publishers are: New Zealand based Libertas Academica; eScholarship@McGill, the McGill University open access collection; and the Directory of Open Access Books, provided by Open Access… Read More
US federal judge approves DoJ’s e-book settlement with three publishers - September 10, 2012
US Federal Judge Denise Cote has approved the Department of Justice (DoJ)'s controversial settlement with three major publishers - Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster - in a 45-page decision. The settlement requires the publishers to allow e-book retailers to sell their books at any price,… Read More
UK govt. invests £10 million to help universities move to open access - September 10, 2012
The UK government has announced a £10 million investment to help universities with the transition to open access to publicly-funded research findings. The investment is expected to enable a number of research-intensive UK institutions to kick-start the process of developing policies and setting up funds to meet the costs of… Read More
OCLC receives $4.1 million grant to support ongoing operations of WebJunction for five years - September 10, 2012
Library information provider OCLC, US, has received a $4.1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support five years of ongoing operations of WebJunction, the learning place for libraries. Built with grant funding from the Gates Foundation and launched in 2003, OCLC's… Read More
Elsevier’s Policing in America: Exam Cram app now available exclusively on the App Store - September 10, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the release of Policing in America: Exam Cram, the third in a new series of apps for the iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad based on Elsevier books. The first two apps, NeuroApps: MRI Atlas of Human White Matter and ChemApps:… Read More
The Ringgold Challenge survey notes 76 percent of publishers not making best use of their data - September 10, 2012
Journal supply chain support provider Ringgold Inc has released findings from its recent survey, The Ringgold Challenge. The results indicate room for improvement in how publishers are applying customer data such as that relating to journal subscriptions, usage or submissions. Survey results indicate that 76… Read More
