NISO releases set of principles to address privacy of user data in library, content-provider, and software-supplier systems - December 15, 2015
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has published a set of consensus principles for the library, content-provider and software-provider communities to address privacy issues related to the use of library and library-related systems. This set of principles developed over the past 8 months focus on balancing… Read More
The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc. to preserve e-journals with Portico - December 15, 2015
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc. (SME) will preserve e-journals with Portico, ensuring that they will be secure and available into the future. SME is a professional society (nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation) whose more than 15,000 membership… Read More
Reprints Desk named to the EContent 100 List for sixth consecutive year - December 15, 2015
Research Solutions, Inc., a pioneer in providing on-demand access to scientific, technical and medical (STM) information for research-intensive organisations, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Reprints Desk has been named to the EContent 100 List published by EContent Magazine for the sixth consecutive year. EContent Magazine's… Read More
STM responds to the Max Planck Digital Library White Paper on the Open Access Transition - December 14, 2015
The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has welcomed the Max Planck DL (MPDL) paper on the transition to OA. STM welcomes this contribution to the open access debate and shares the belief that the most sustainable open access… Read More
University Library of Southern Denmark opts for ProQuest’s next-generation library services platform, Intota - December 14, 2015
The University Library of Southern Denmark (SDUB), the third largest University in Denmark, recently made the decision to choose ProQuest's next-generation library services platform, Intota™, to enhance management of electronic resources and offer improved discovery within their libraries. As an open university, over 30,000 students,… Read More
Dr. Ingrid Montes re-elected to board of the American Chemical Society - December 14, 2015
Dr. Ingrid Montes, Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies and Research of the College of Natural Sciences and professor of chemistry at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, San Juan, has been re-elected director-at-large of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society. She… Read More
