OCLC releases FAST as Linked Data under Open Data Attribution License - December 16, 2011
FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology), an enumerative, faceted subject heading schema derived from the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), is now available as an experimental Linked Data service. The service is being made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License. The FAST… Read More
Elsevier collaborates with LIPID MAPS to launch Lipid Structures app on SciVerse Applications - December 12, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the availability of the Lipid Structures (beta) app on SciVerse Applications. The app was developed in collaboration with LIPID MAPS, a multi-institutional consortium aimed at increasing understanding of lipid metabolism, and the SciVerse Developer Network. Lipid Structures (beta) identifies and… Read More
Taylor & Francis partners with the American Institute of Physics to offer academics access to UniPHY - December 12, 2011
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis has announced a partnership with the American Institute of Physics (AIP) to offer academics access to UniPHY. UniPHY is AIP's scientific social and professional networking site designed to enhance and accelerate collaboration amongst physical science researchers.… Read More
More than 1.4 million biographies now searchable via EBSCO Discovery Service - December 9, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that Marquis Who's Who content will soon be available via EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) for mutual customers. The new agreement will add metadata from the Marquis Who's Who database into the Base Index of EDS and… Read More
EBSCO Publishing and OpenEdition in deal to bring OA content in humanities and social sciences to EDS - December 7, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that content from the French open access publishing platform openedition.org (OpenEdition) will now be searchable through EBSCO Discovery Service. OpenEdition is made up of three community publishing platforms dedicated to the humanities and social sciences. The… Read More
Springer set to publish official publication of the American Vacuum Society - December 2, 2011
STM publisher Springer has announced that it will publish Biointerphases: Journal for Quantitative Biological Interface Data, starting January 2012. An official publication of the American Vacuum Society (AVS), Biointerphases will be published as an open access journal under the brand SpringerOpen. It was previously published by… Read More
