Ex Libris and NewsBank in deal to add Readex content to the Primo Central Index - October 8, 2013
Library technology solutions provider Ex Libris Group has signed an agreement with NewsBank to include a number of the Readex Archive of Americana collections in the Primo Central Index. Offered as a cloud-based service to institutions around the globe, the Primo Central Index gives users… Read More
A spoof paper concocted by Science reveals little or no scrutiny at many open-access journals - October 7, 2013
Numerous online journals are willing to publish bad research in exchange for a credit card number. This is the conclusion of an elaborate sting carried out by journal Science. The result may as well trouble doctors, patients, policymakers and anyone who has a stake in the… Read More
Serials Solutions Summon Service to index educational content from Flooved.com - October 7, 2013
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, is working with new platform Flooved to make their growing collection of textbooks discoverable in the Summon service. With the inclusion of these educational course materials, students will now be able to discover mathematics and physics content contributed by professors from… Read More
Dr. Sheila Mitsuma joins DynaMed editorial team as deputy editor - October 7, 2013
The infectious disease information available from DynaMed™, the clinical reference tool from EBSCO Information Services, is being enhanced by the addition of Dr. Sheila Mitsuma as a deputy editor. Mitsuma has significant clinical experience in the field at some of the top hospitals in Boston and… Read More
New web-based visualisation tool enables academic institutions to explore, analyse and understand international research funding - October 7, 2013
Digital Science, a technology company serving the needs of scientific research, and Symplectic, a developer of research information management systems, has announced the launch of Symplectic Dimensions at THE World Academic Summit in Singapore. Dimensions is a new web-based visualisation tool that enables academic research institutions… Read More
Two new publishers to participate in the CLOCKSS digital preservation archive - October 7, 2013
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced the participation of Museum Victoria and the Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies. CLOCKSS will preserve their collections in its geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries around the world. This action… Read More
