OCLC Research announces new prototype service for efficient FAST Subject Assignment using Autosuggest - October 25, 2012
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, has announced the availability of assignFAST, a new web service that automates the manual selection of FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) Subjects (the Authorized and Use For headings) based on autosuggest technology. Subject assignment is a two-phase task.… Read More
BioMed Central, Chinese institution to launch new journal ‘Infectious Diseases of Poverty’ - October 25, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central, in partnership with China's National Institute of Parasitic Diseases (NIPD), is set to launch a new journal, Infectious Diseases of Poverty, in Beijing on November 2, 2012 at the Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research. NIPD is an initiative of… Read More
SAGE’s three new open access journals now open for submissions - October 25, 2012
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that all three of their latest open access journals are now open for submission. The journals are: SAGE Open Medicine, SAGE Open Medical Case Reports and SAGE Open Engineering. All three titles complement SAGE's rapidly expanding portfolio of over 200 titles… Read More
Association of Research Libraries publishes ARL Statistics 2010–2011 - October 25, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Statistics 2010–2011, the latest in a series of annual publications that describe the collections, staffing, expenditures, and service activities of ARL's 126 member libraries in 2011. Of these, 115 are university libraries (16 in Canada and… Read More
IOP Publishing moves to CC-BY licence for OA articles and bibliographic metadata - October 25, 2012
Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has announced a significant change to its copyright arrangements for research published on an open access basis in the company's wholly owned journals and for bibliographic metadata. As a result of this move, the company will… Read More
Thieme publishes updated edition of bestselling manual on endoscopic sinus surgery - October 25, 2012
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced that 'Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, Third Edition,' recently published by Thieme, has been updated and expanded to include three new chapters on anatomy of the sphenoid, surgery of the craniocervical junction, and management of carotid artery and other major… Read More
