BioMed Central ties up with LabArchives to link datasets to journal articles - April 5, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced a partnership with LabArchives LLC to ensure that valuable datasets are made publically available and linked to journal articles. Through this new collaboration, authors submitting articles to selected BioMed journals will be provided with complimentary subscriptions to an… Read More
Virtual International Authority File to be part of OCLC service - April 5, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has announced that VIAF (Virtual International Authority File), a project that virtually combines multiple name authority files into a single name authority service, has transitioned to become an OCLC service. OCLC will continue to make VIAF openly accessible and will also… Read More
JISC-funded project to help universities reach prospective students - April 5, 2012
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced that it is funding a major new website launched to help universities reach their prospective students and give those students a taste of university teaching. The move follows Michael Gove's call for universities to play a greater… Read More
Columbia University Libraries’ Center for Human Rights Documentation & Research acquires Physicians for Human Rights Archives - April 5, 2012
Columbia University Libraries' Center for Human Rights Documentation & Research (CHRDR) has announced the acquisition of the Physician for Human Rights Archives, a collection consisting of records, photographs, video, audio, case files of investigative data, and much more. The Physicians for Human Rights mobilises health… Read More
Brill announces participation in the Journal Usage Statistics Portal - April 5, 2012
Academic publisher Brill, Netherlands, has announced its participation in the Journal Usage Statistics Portal (JUSP), a portal that provides a single point of access for usage statistics. Each University can now quickly and easily compare usage across various publishers, years and journals. The new service… Read More
Gale celebrates National Library Week with free access to online resources - April 5, 2012
Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, is celebrating National Library Week, April 8–14, by encouraging library advocacy in local communities across the US. To help drive awareness at the local level, and to support… Read More
