NISO members elect new leadership for 2014-2015 - July 3, 2014
The voting membership of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has elected new leadership for the 2014-2015 term that began on July 1, 2014. Gerry Grenier, Senior Director, Publishing Technologies at IEEE, Inc. will become Chair of NISO for the 2014-15 term. Mike Teets, Vice… Read More
BSZ partners with Ex Libris to develop next generation library services - July 3, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the Library Service Center for Baden-Württemberg (BSZ) in Germany has decided to participate in the Ex Libris Alma Early Adopter Program for libraries in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The BSZ will actively support the… Read More
Holiday Notice - July 3, 2014
This is to inform our esteemed subscribers that there will be no newsletter dispatch on July 4, 2014 on account of US Independence Day. We will resume our newsletter service on Monday, July 7, 2014. The newsletter will contain all the headlines that have appeared after the July 3rd issue. Read More
LexisNexis Risk Solutions expands healthcare solutions for the life sciences marketplace - July 2, 2014
LexisNexis Risk Solutions has expanded its healthcare solutions for the life sciences marketplace. The company will leverage its leading, healthcare provider and claims databases to improve effectiveness and efficiencies, resulting in reduced costs, competitive advantage and greater identity transparency for life sciences organisations. LexisNexis estimates… Read More
European Research Organisations call on Elsevier to withdraw TDM policy - July 2, 2014
Eighteen European research and library organisations, including LIBER, have called on STM publisher Elsevier to withdraw its current policy on text and data mining (TDM). The organisations have laid out their request in an open letter to Michiel Kolman, Senior VP Global Academic Relations at the… Read More
Two thousand OA articles published with SCOAP3 funding since January 2014 - July 2, 2014
The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) has announced that two thousand Open Access articles have been published with SCOAP3 funding since January 2014 in 10 journals from 11 publishers and learned societies. These articles are released under a CC-BY license, and… Read More
