HathiTrust releases new bibliographic metadata management system – Zephir - November 11, 2013
HathiTrust has announced the release of a new, state-of-the-art bibliographic management system for its 11-million volume digital repository. The new system, called Zephir, is developed and managed by the California Digital Library, and represents the first distributed development of a major repository component outside the University… Read More
ARL invites libraries to join global assessment community of LibQUAL+ by registering for the 2014 LibQUAL+ survey - November 11, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) invites libraries to join the global assessment community of LibQUAL+ by registering for the 2014 LibQUAL+ survey, which will feature several enhancements. When the LibQUAL+ survey year opens in January, the team will introduce a mobile version of the… Read More
Accelrys announces latest release of its unified biology assay and study management software suite - November 11, 2013
Accelrys, Inc., a provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management solutions, has announced the latest release of its unified biology assay and study management software suite consisting of Accelrys BioRails DM 4.5, Accelrys BioRails PTO 4.5 and Accelrys Morphit 3.0. The Accelrys BioRails assay data management and… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - November 11, 2013
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: David Wojick (Open Access on the Sea of Confusion); Mark Lorch (Accusations of fraud spur a revolution in scientific publishing); Mark Bell and Nicholas Miller (A replicated study on nuclear proliferation shows the critical necessity of reviewing accepted scientific results);… Read More
Elsevier and the Neuroscience Information Framework collaborate to improve reporting of research in neuroscience literature - November 8, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced its collaboration with the Neuroscience Information Framework (NIF), by incorporating the Minimal Data Standards across four of its neuroscience journals. Minimal Data Standards are a set of recommendations developed by NIF, the most comprehensive portal of available web-based resources in… Read More
Springer and the Mathematical Biosciences Institute announce publishing agreement - November 8, 2013
STM publisher Springer and the Mathematical Biosciences Institute (MBI) in the US have signed a publishing agreement to collaborate on the Mathematical Biosciences Institute Graduate Lecture Series. The lecture series consists of readable, up-to-date collections of authored volumes that are tutorial in nature and are inspired… Read More
