Florida State University announces two campus-wide initiatives during Open Access Week - October 18, 2013
As Florida State University observes Open Access Week Oct. 21-27, Florida State University Libraries is advancing two campus-wide initiatives to support a growing international effort to promote free and immediate online access to scholarly research, and the right to use and re-use research results as needed.… Read More
PubMatic launches Account Management and Platform Solutions division - October 18, 2013
PubMatic, the digital media platform company for publishers, has announced the launch of its Account Management and Platform Solutions (AMPS) division. The new group is an industry first consulting and professional services offering to help publishers fully integrate PubMatic's tools and solutions into their business plans.… Read More
ARL publishes Print Retention Decision Making, SPEC Kit 337 - October 18, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Print Retention Decision Making, SPEC Kit 337, which examines research libraries’ print retention decision making strategies related to storage of materials in three different types of facilities or circumstances: on-site, staff-only shelving; remote shelving; and collaborative retention agreements.… Read More
Elsevier expands Legacy Collection on ScienceDirect - October 17, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the expansion of its Legacy Collection on ScienceDirect. Elsevier's Legacy Collection now includes more than 9500 books with contributions from more than 100 Nobel Laureates. The Legacy Collection digitizes classic historical scholarly book content. Many of these newly digitised foundational… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health launches Lippincott’s NCLEX-RN PassPoint, powered by PrepUTM - October 17, 2013
Information and point-of-care solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health has introduced Lippincott's NCLEX-RN PassPoint, powered by PrepUTM. This adaptive learning and exam prep tool for nursing students simulates the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN®) with comprehensive, adaptive practice exams, and includes access to thousands… Read More
BMJ journal editors to no longer consider research funded by tobacco industry - October 17, 2013
Editors of The BMJ, Heart, Thorax, and BMJ Open have said that they will no longer consider for publication any study that is partly or wholly funded by the tobacco industry. Writing on bmj.com, the editors said that the new policy… Read More
