Directory of Open Access Journals introduces new standards to help community address quality concerns - March 6, 2015
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), a comprehensive international database of more than 10,000 Open Access journals, recently implemented a rigorous new vetting process that aims to raise the bar of quality for the journals it lists and filters out publications that are tarnishing the… Read More
Wolters Kluwer selects GigaSpaces XAP with SanDisk ZetaScale software to support data growth and faster processing of mission-critical data - March 6, 2015
GigaSpaces Technologies, a provider of in-memory computing and cloud orchestration technologies, has announced that Wolters Kluwer will use XAP MemoryXtend to enable scaling of the growing volume of data processed by its Sentri7®clinical decision support application and to reduce its hardware footprint.… Read More
Future Science Group to continue to require double-blind peer review for research articles - March 6, 2015
Publisher Future Science Group has announced that it will continue to require double-blind peer review for research articles submitted to all 34 professional journals published by both of its imprints, Future Science and Future Medicine. FSG has employed the use of double-blind peer review since the… Read More
LIBROS academic library consortium now live with OCLC WorldShare Management Services - March 6, 2015
OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, has announced that LIBROS, the consortium of 17 academic libraries in New Mexico, is now using OCLC WorldShare Management Services as its library management solution. WorldShare Management Services (WMS) provide cloud-based library management and discovery applications… Read More
Radiological Society of North America to preserve e-journals with Portico - March 6, 2015
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) will preserve its e-journals, Radiology and RadioGraphics with Portico, ensuring that their content will be secure and available into the future. RSNA is based in Oak Brook, Illinois. The Radiological Society… Read More
Emerald announced as new publisher for ILA book series - March 6, 2015
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has been unanimously selected by the International Leadership Association (ILA) as the new home for its book series, Building Leadership Bridges. The annual volumes capture the best contemporary thinking about leadership from a diverse range of scholars, practitioners and educators… Read More
