Taylor & Francis Online implements CrossRef’s CrossMark service - May 8, 2014
Publisher Taylor & Francis has implemented CrossMark, the version and update identification service from CrossRef, on its journal platform, Taylor & Francis Online. The CrossMark service helps users to navigate to the most recent version of a scholarly document, such as a book chapter, journal article,… Read More
Thomson Reuters announces winners of Allicense 2014 Breakthrough Award for top pharma deals of 2013 - May 8, 2014
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters has honoured Amplimmune, Inc. and MedImmune for their work in pharmaceutical Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), and Isis Pharmaceuticals and Biogen Idec for biopharmaceutical licensing with the Allicense 2014 Breakthrough Award for Deal of the Year. The… Read More
Five Jisc member universities purchase Arkivum data archiving service via Janet Data Archive Framework Agreement - May 8, 2014
Jisc, together with Arkivum Ltd, has announced that five of its member universities, Queens University Belfast, Gonville & Caius, UCL, and the universities of Leeds and York, have purchased the Arkivum data archiving service via the Janet Data Archive Framework Agreement which was announced January 14,… Read More
Emerald names Dr. Festus E. Obiakor and Dr. Jeffrey P. Bakken as new editors of Advances in Special Education book series - May 8, 2014
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has named Dr. Festus E. Obiakor of Valdosta State University and Dr. Jeffrey P. Bakken of Bradley University as the new editors of the Advances in Special Education (ASE) book series. As leaders in the field of education, both will bring… Read More
More than a third of contributors in Books In Print have an ISNI, reveals new Bowker analysis - May 8, 2014
A new analysis of Bowker® Books In Print shows that a full 33 percent of its contributors have the ISO-certified International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI) connected with their names and in use in the database. ISNI was created just over two years ago and has topped… Read More
NISO and OAI publish ResourceSync Framework Specification – a new American National Standard for the Web - May 8, 2014
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the Open Archives Initiative (OAI) have announced the publication of the ResourceSync Framework Specification - a new American National Standard for the Web detailing various capabilities that a server can implement to allow third-party systems to remain synchronized with… Read More
