BioMed Central announces various events to mark 6th year of Open Access Week - October 21, 2013
Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced various events to mark the 6th year of Open Access Week, which begins today (October 21). Open Access Week is a global event to increase awareness of the benefits of open access publishing, and give people the opportunity to… Read More
Swets and Decision Support in Medicine partner to launch a point of care tool featuring 28 specialty programs - October 21, 2013
Information services provider Swets, Netherlands, in partnership with Decision Support in Medicine, LLC., has launched Decision Support in Medicine (DSM) – a point of care tool featuring 28 specialty programs designed to zero in on the most pertinent information during patient interactions. According to the… Read More
Elsevier expands DirectCourse for Mental Health Practitioners - October 18, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of a new curriculum, The College of Recovery and Community Inclusion. In conjunction with the Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities, Elsevier has made this new curriculum available via DirectCourse, a suite of… Read More
NISO publishes Data Curation themed issue of Information Standards quarterly in Open Access - October 18, 2013
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announces the publication of the Fall 2013 issue of Information Standards Quarterly (ISQ) with a special theme of Data Curation. Interest in the topic of data curation has increased greatly as many governments and funding organisations have mandated that publicly… Read More
Florida State University announces two campus-wide initiatives during Open Access Week - October 18, 2013
As Florida State University observes Open Access Week Oct. 21-27, Florida State University Libraries is advancing two campus-wide initiatives to support a growing international effort to promote free and immediate online access to scholarly research, and the right to use and re-use research results as needed.… Read More
ARL publishes Print Retention Decision Making, SPEC Kit 337 - October 18, 2013
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Print Retention Decision Making, SPEC Kit 337, which examines research libraries’ print retention decision making strategies related to storage of materials in three different types of facilities or circumstances: on-site, staff-only shelving; remote shelving; and collaborative retention agreements.… Read More
