COAR publishes report examining current state of open access repository interoperability - October 31, 2012
The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) has announced the publication of the report, “The Current State of Open Access Repository Interoperability (2012)”. The report seeks to provide an overview of the current interoperability landscape in terms of the types of services that are now possible… Read More
Chicano Database now available via EBSCOhost - October 31, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that information designed to explore the broad dimensions of class, race and gender within the Chicano and Latino U.S. experience is now available through EBSCOhost. The Chicano Database, a bibliographic index formerly available via First Search… Read More
RSC to sponsor six challenges on scientific ideas crowdsourcing platform Marblar - October 31, 2012
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK, has teamed up with an Oxford University spin-out to sponsor six challenges on Marblar - a radical new online platform for finding applications for unused scientific discoveries. It is observed that over 95 percent of technologies developed in… Read More
Five major research centres to make data more accessible through British Library’s DataCite service - October 31, 2012
British Library, the national library of the UK, has announced that five major research centres have expanded their commitment to make data more accessible through its DataCite service, a global initiative which addresses the problem of how to find, access and re-use the results of research.… Read More
Lexicomp and UpToDate collaborate to enhance patient education leaflets in Lexicomp Online - October 31, 2012
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that Lexicomp and UpToDate, both part of WK Health, have collaborated to enhance the patient education leaflets in the Lexicomp Online product to include new and updated content. As a part of WK Health,… Read More
CDL announces new POD and ebook distribution/sales service for books and journals published in eScholarship - October 31, 2012
The California Digital Library has announced a new print-on-demand (POD) and ebook distribution/sales service for books and journals published in eScholarship, the University of California’s open access (OA) publishing platform. This service will enable publishing units within UC to develop hybrid OA business models for their… Read More
