Portland Press becomes latest publisher to participate in JUSP - February 20, 2013
Portland Press Limited, the not-for-profit publishing subsidiary of the Biochemical Society, has confirmed its participation in the Journal Usage Statistics Portal (JUSP). JUSP is a service built in response to demand from the UK HE community. At a time of economic constraint it is essential… Read More
OSA announces editorial board members for new Photonics Research journal - February 20, 2013
The Optical Society (OSA) has announced the editorial board members for Photonics Research, its latest peer-reviewed, open-access journal in partnership with the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) and Chinese Laser Press (CLP). The international editorial board, led by Editor-in-Chief Zhiping (James) Zhou of… Read More
British Library joins FutureLearn Mooc initiative - February 19, 2013
The British Library, the national library of the UK, has announced its intention to join the UK's Mooc platform, FutureLearn Ltd., offering participants of its online courses access to the Library's digitised resources. The Library will be the first non-university research institution to join the initiative,… Read More
DynaMed and Isabel Healthcare expand relationship to create powerful integration of diagnosis and treatment information tools - February 19, 2013
DynaMed, a clinical reference that seeks to offer timely updates and a strong evidence-based approach, has announced an agreement with Isabel Healthcare, which produces the highly respected differential diagnosis tool Isabel. The integration and the new reselling agreement seamlessly extends evidence-based medicine into diagnosis decision-making. … Read More
Cambridge University Press announces Open Access Creative Commons licences for Cambridge Journals - February 19, 2013
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press has announced that articles in its Open Access journals can be published with a Creative Commons Attribution licence (‘CC-BY'). This licence allows users and readers to download, read, re-use and re-distribute freely, as long as they acknowledge the original article. … Read More
Lancaster University selects Ex Libris’ Alma library management solution - February 19, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Lancaster University in the United Kingdom is live in production with the Ex Libris Alma library management solution. Having launched the Primo discovery and delivery solution to users in 2010, Alma now consolidates all… Read More
