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
Cloud Connect Chicago to hold private cloud, security and big data workshops - August 28, 2012
Cloud Connect, an event produced by UBM TechWeb, has conducted an enterprise cloud adoption study in partnership with research firm Everest Group. This resulted in expanded new programme elements for Cloud Connect’s Chicago event including focused workshops on Private Cloud, Big Data and Cloud Security. … Read More
Campus eBookstore selects Ingram’s Vital Source to enhance e-textbook offering - August 28, 2012
Ingram Content Group, a provider of a range of physical and digital services to the book industry, has announced that Campus eBookstore, Inc. has selected its VitalSource Bookshelf platform to enhance and expand its e-textbook offering to institutional and retail bookstore customers. The creation of… Read More
CMA joins leading Chinese publishers licensing content through CCC’s Annual Copyright License and Pay-Per-Use services - August 28, 2012
Licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), US, has announced an agreement with the Chinese Medical Association (CMA), the largest medical journal publisher in China. The CMA joins Science Press, the Journal of Chinese Integrated Medicine, Beijing Forestry University and Baishibeng Publishing Group as… Read More
Gale launches online tool for genealogical research - August 28, 2012
Gale, a part of Cengage Learning and a US-based publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, has announced the launch of Gale Genealogy Connect, a new online tool for genealogical research. The tool focuses on the 'how to' of genealogical research along… Read More
