Research institutes, data repositories among ORCID’s launch partners - September 4, 2012
ORCID, an international, interdisciplinary, open and not-for-profit organisation, has announced that organisations across the scholarly community are preparing to integrate with the ORCID Registry. Participating in the ORCID Launch Partners Program are research institutions, publishers, research funders, data repositories and third party providers. ORCID is launching… Read More
Serials Solutions’ Summon service expands discovery of Chinese content, adds academic content from CALIS - September 4, 2012
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced that the Summon service has further expanded its discovery of Chinese content with the addition of academic content from CALIS, the China Academic Library and Information System. The new agreement allows the Summon Service to include abstracting and… Read More
SAGE publishes report following roundtable in association with the British Library - September 4, 2012
Academic and professional publisher SAGE convened a roundtable in association with the British Library into the role of the academic library in an open access (OA) future in April this year. Chaired by publishing consultant Simon Inger and attended by an international panel of 14 senior… Read More
ESF releases report on pan-European professional development network - September 4, 2012
The European Science Foundation (ESF) has released a new report detailing its feasibility study on a pan-European professional development framework. The aim of the study was to assess the applicability across Europe of a generic framework for the professional development of researchers based on the Vitae… Read More
Wyoming Community Colleges select Ex Libris’ Primo solution to provide unified search experience - September 4, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced the selection of the Primo discovery and delivery solution, bX Recommender, and SFX link resolver by Wyoming Community Colleges. Wyoming joins other states including Virginia, Florida, Hawaii, and Wisconsin where community colleges have adopted Primo statewide.… Read More
Dove Medical Press appoints Dr B. Sonny Bal to direct Open Access Surgery journal - September 4, 2012
Open access publisher Dove Medical Press, UK, has announced the appointment of Dr. B. Sonny Bal as Editor-in-Chief of Open Access Surgery journal. Dr. Bal is an associate professor who specialises in hip and knee replacement at the University of Missouri, Columbia (MU), where he… Read More
