SISSA Medialab to offer full hybrid OA option on journals jointly owned with IOP Publishing - November 9, 2012
Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP) and SISSA Medialab have announced that they will be offering a full hybrid open access option on the journals jointly owned with IOP Publishing. With effect from October 26, Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, Journal of Cosmology… Read More
Transitioning of ArchiveGrid database from subscription service to free service currently underway - November 9, 2012
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, has announced that work is currently underway to transition the ArchiveGrid database of archival collection descriptions from a subscription service to a free service on a new interface developed and managed by the organisation. A beta version of the… Read More
Educational institutions partner with Pearson to adopt EQUELLA digital repository - November 9, 2012
Pearson, a US-based provider of educational content and services, has announced that institutions are choosing the EQUELLA digital repository to easily identify, manage and provide shared access to high quality course content that enhances the learning experience for students, improves outcomes and helps to support accreditation… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education’ LearnSmart surpasses one million student users - November 9, 2012
McGraw-Hill Education, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., US, has announced that LearnSmart has surpassed one million student users since the product launched in fall 2009. The announcement was made at the 2012 EDUCAUSE conference being held from November 6-9 in Denver. In 2012,… Read More
National Library of Medicine launches Web content collecting initiative - November 9, 2012
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has launched a Web content collecting initiative. The Library is selecting Web content as part of its mission to collect, preserve, and make accessible the scholarly biomedical literature as well as… Read More
Holiday Notice - November 9, 2012
This is to inform our esteemed subscribers that there will be no newsletter dispatch on November 12 and 13, 2012, on account of a Local holiday. We will resume our newsletter service on Wednesday, November 14, 2012. The newsletter will contain all the headlines that have appeared after the November… Read More
