Library Investment Index summarizes relative size of ARL University Libraries for 2013–2014 - August 21, 2015
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released the Library Investment Index for 2013–2014, the latest in this annual summary measure of the relative size of the university library members of the Association. Although similar to the ARL Membership Criteria Index in reflecting the investments… Read More
NLM and National Endowment for the Humanities reaffirm partnership on initiatives of common interest - August 21, 2015
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world's largest medical library and a component of the National Institutes of Health, and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) have reaffirmed their partnership, originally established in 2012, following on the visit of NEH Chairman William D. Adams… Read More
World’s first collaborative data centre for education and research gains momentum - August 21, 2015
In the 12 months since the first shared data centre for research and education was launched by Infinity SDC and Jisc, many of the country's top universities, colleges and research institutions have joined to improve efficiency, decrease costs and advance collaboration on world-leading research. A… Read More
Springer retracts 64 articles from 10 Springer subscription journals - August 20, 2015
STM publisher Springer has confirmed that 64 articles are being retracted from 10 Springer subscription journals, after editorial checks spotted fake email addresses, and subsequent internal investigations uncovered fabricated peer review reports. After a thorough investigation it was discovered that the peer review process on these… Read More
Elsevier launches OA journal – Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online - August 20, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of open access journal Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online. Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online is an online-only journal focusing on interdisciplinary discussion and debate of the rapidly expanding field of reproductive biomedicine, particularly all of its many societal… Read More
CCC’s new RightFind XML for Mining solution to include majority of STM journal content from Springer Nature - August 20, 2015
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organisation, has announced that Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is participating in its RightFind™ XML for Mining solution. The agreement with NPG follows announcements earlier this year that Springer Science+Business Media… Read More
