BioMed Central journals upgrade to full membership of Peerage of Science - September 4, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced an increased involvement with Peerage of Science, stepping up to full membership for four of its journals - Frontiers in Zoology, BMC Ecology, BMC Evolutionary Biology and BMC Biology. Peerage of Science is a peer review initiative launched… Read More
IHS announces Knowledge Collections - September 4, 2013
IHS, a global source of information and analytics, has announced the introduction of the IHS Knowledge Collections, an expansive set of pre-packaged compilations of engineering-rich documents that address engineers' long-standing requirement for access to the full breadth of technical knowledge they need. IHS Knowledge Collections deliver… Read More
UK Library webinar to highlight document delivery evolution and advances - September 4, 2013
Reprints Desk, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Research Solutions, Inc. (RSSS), has opened registration for the '3rd Generation DocDel for the UK,' a free document delivery webinar to be held online from 12:00-12:30 British Summer Time (BST) on September 18, 2013. Speakers will include Reprints… Read More
Authors Guild disputes Google’s fair use claim - September 3, 2013
Internet search services provider Google’s scanning of books does not meet the legal definition of 'transformative,' creates potential harm to authors and other copyright holders, and is not protected as fair use under the law, the Authors Guild argues in a brief recently filed in the… Read More
OA journals and healthcare information strive for best sources for indexing and archiving medical research - September 3, 2013
The main function of peer reviewed open access publishing platforms is to powerfully present the content online, making it available to all, and link this information with useful scientific data. The purpose is to increase public interest and make them available at one's disposal. The emergence and expansion of low… Read More
Allegheny College becomes latest member of HathiTrust - September 3, 2013
Allegheny College has become the latest member of HathiTrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating in a digital library initiative to preserve and provide access to the published record in digital form. Over the last four years, the partners have contributed more… Read More
