Sabinet partners with Publishing Technology to host the SA ePublications on ingentaDrive - February 12, 2016
South African electronic publication aggregator, Sabinet, has signed an agreement with Publishing Technology to launch an online platform on its packaged web solution, ingentaDrive. Under the deal, Sabinet will now host its major journal service, the Sabinet African ePublications (SA ePublications),… Read More
Elsevier’s free online resource centers provide latest medical and scientific information and research on Zika virus - February 11, 2016
STM publisher Elsevier has created a Zika Virus Resource Center on Elsevier Connect, Elsevier's public news and information website to help healthcare professionals, medical researchers and the public understand the ongoing outbreak of the Zika virus. In addition, The Lancet, one of Elsevier's top medical journals,… Read More
Global scientific community commits to sharing data and results relevant to Zika crisis - February 11, 2016
Leading global health bodies including academic journals, NGOs, research funders and institutes, have committed to sharing data and results relevant to the current Zika crisis and future public health emergencies as rapidly and openly as possible. Organisations including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Médecins Sans Frontières, the US… Read More
Ex Libris integrates altmetrics into Summon® discovery service - February 11, 2016
Ex Libris, a ProQuest company, has integrated altmetrics into the Summon® discovery service to significantly enrich the user experience and improve content discovery. This new development, achieved through collaboration between ProQuest and Altmetric, enables researchers to explore the online shares, comments and discussion relating to individual… Read More
The American Medical Association partners with ReadCube to enhance reading experiment and discoverability of JAMA Network titles - February 11, 2016
ReadCube and the American Medical Association have announced a partnership to enhance the reading experiment and discoverability of its JAMA Network titles. All titles, including JAMA, JAMA Internal Medicine, JAMA Oncology and JAMA Cardiology, have been indexed and are now easily discoverable… Read More
Registration for COAR Annual Meeting & General Assembly now open - February 11, 2016
Registration for the COAR Annual Meeting & General Assembly is now open via the University of Vienna website. Two important themes underlie the meeting program. Next Generation Repositories will focus on value-added functionalities for repositories and International Collaboration will feature several collaborative projects being facilitated… Read More