The Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group preserves e-journals with Portico - October 28, 2013
The Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group has entered into an agreement with Portico to preserve its e-journals. The Group is the scientific publishing arm of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Through this agreement, the Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group ensures that these e-journals will… Read More
Serials Solutions Summon Service to index Japanese ebook content from Maruzen - October 25, 2013
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, and Maruzen Company Ltd., are increasing access to Japanese ebooks through the Summon discovery service. Metadata from the Maruzen eBook Library will be indexed in the Summon service and mutual subscribers of each company's service will be able to discover this… Read More
University of Tokyo selects Serials Solutions’ Summon discovery service - October 24, 2013
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced that the University of Tokyo Library in Japan recently selected the Summon discovery service. The powerful navigation and contextual guidance features in the Summon service significantly advance the research experience for both novice and experienced researchers. Librarians at the… Read More
ProQuest partners with the American University of Sharjah to co-host the Middle East Academic Libraries Symposium - October 24, 2013
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, is co-hosting the Middle East Academic Libraries Symposium (October 23 - 24) together with the American University of Sharjah (AUS). The event has been created to bring together senior leaders from the academic library market with key representatives from… Read More
SAGE Open article compares and contrasts the disruptive tensions of open access publishing with MOOCs - October 24, 2013
Supporters of open academic content have long touted its ability to widen the impact and productivity of scholarship while relieving cost pressures in academia. While the development of open access (OA) publishing and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been labelled a disruption to publishing and the academic community, a… Read More
New BMJ Open study focuses on publishing priorities of biomedical research funders - October 24, 2013
Large medical research funding bodies are fully committed to open access publishing. But although smaller charitable funders back the principle, they worry about the impact open access will have on their budgets and their funded researchers, reveals a qualitative study published in the online journal BMJ… Read More
