SPIE Journal of Medical Imaging announces public availability of CT lesion-image database - July 23, 2018
A paper published in the Journal of Medical Imaging has announced the open availability of the largest CT lesion-image database accessible to the public. Such data are the foundations for the training sets of machine-learning algorithms. Until now, large-scale annotated radiological image datasets, essential for the development of deep learning… Read More
Knowledge Unlatched appoints Terry Ehling and Alison Mudditt to its Advisory Board - July 23, 2018
Knowledge Unlatched (KU), the central platform for the sustainable funding of Open Access (OA) models, has announced the appointment of two new members to its Advisory Board. Terry Ehling, the Director for Strategic Initiatives at MIT Press has joined the Board, together… Read More
APA partners with Google Scholar to provide researchers and students with seamless access to scholarly content anywhere, on any device - July 20, 2018
The American Psychological Association has made it easier for researchers and students to access its journals using their institutional subscriptions even when they are not on campus. This new functionality is the result of a partnership with Google Scholar's Campus Activated Subscriber Access (CASA) initiative, ensuring… Read More
Complutense University of Madrid uses OCLC WorldShare Management Services as its new library services platform - July 20, 2018
Non-profit global library cooperative OCLC has announced that the Complutense University of Madrid (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) is now using OCLC's WorldShare Management Services as its library management system. WorldShare Management Services (WMS) is the cloud-based library services platform that provides all of the applications… Read More
CRKN Board of Directors reject proposal to charge Francophone and bilingual CRKN member institutions a significantly higher price than Anglophone institutions for a full collection - July 19, 2018
Under the direction of its Content Strategy Committee (CSC) and with approval from its Board of Directors, the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) will not be renewing its national license with Cairn, an aggregator of Francophone publications in the social sciences and humanities. This decision comes… Read More
Portico explores digital preservation landscape in UKSG Insights - July 19, 2018
There has been tremendous growth in the amount of digital content created by libraries, publishers, cultural institutions and the general public. While there are great benefits to having content available in digital form, digital objects can be extremely short-lived unless proper attention is paid to preservation. The rise of… Read More
