Peruvian university UPC opts for BioMed Central’s Open Repository - March 20, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has welcomed its first South American Open Repository client, the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), based in Lima, Peru. Open Repository, a Registered Service Provider (RSP) of DuraSpace, seeks to provide an enhanced service of building, maintaining and… Read More
Four new publishers to participate in the CLOCKSS Digital Preservation Archive - March 20, 2013
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced the participation of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME); Cardiometry; Healthy Aging Research; and Stanford University Press. This action provides for content to be freely available to everyone after a 'trigger event' and ensures an author's work will be… Read More
Copyright Clearance Center hosts open access forum in London - March 20, 2013
Licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), US, hosted a forum in London, named 'A Copyright Clearance Center Roundtable: Open Access Publishing and the Role of Intermediaries.' The day consisted of facilitated discussions preceded by a keynote address from Ellen Collins, co-author of the Research… Read More
Universities Australia and Thomson Reuters renew purchasing agreement - March 19, 2013
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced that Universities Australia has renewed the purchasing agreement that allows 36 members access to the Thomson Reuters Web of Science database for three additional years. This ensures that researchers have access to high quality scientific… Read More
Springer launches new water platform - March 19, 2013
STM publisher Springer has announced the launch of a new, interdisciplinary platform on water at springer.com/aboutwater. Springer's new Water Program brings together Springer publications from a wide variety of scientific disciplines. Researchers, policymakers and administrative decision makers, engineers, lawyers and water… Read More
Amirsys Imaging Reference Center database now available via OvidSP medical research platform - March 19, 2013
Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health, US, and Amirsys, Inc., a provider of healthcare information solutions in radiology, pathology, and anatomy, have announced a partnership to offer the Amirsys Imaging Reference Center and nearly 60 Amirsys ebooks via the OvidSP medical research platform. The Amirsys… Read More