Ringgold releases over 400,000 ISNI numbers for institutions in the Identify Database - August 5, 2015
Ringgold has announced that over 400,000 ISNI numbers for organisations are now available in the Identify Database, representing 99 percent coverage. Ringgold became the first ISNI Registration Agency for institutions in May 2012 and has participated in the standardization of institutional identifiers since 2005. Ringgold… Read More
New open access health sciences research repository for Africa to launch during 2015 WLIC in Cape Town - August 5, 2015
BioMed Central, open access publishers and creators of the Open Repository system, and Partnerships for Health Information (PHI) will launch the new open access health sciences research repository for Africa during the Health and Biosciences Libraries section open session during the 2015… Read More
New STN breaks ground with Markush structure search and enhanced content for Intellectual Property exploration and research - August 4, 2015
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) and FIZ Karlsruhe have revealed the latest innovations for Intellectual Property (IP) professionals. New STN, a web-based search solution, offers access to essential, curated content in an intuitive interface designed for professional IP searching. Highlights of this most… Read More
Plum Analytics introduces PlumX Suite designed to fit exact needs of variety of users - August 4, 2015
Plum™ Analytics, an EBSCO company, has introduced the PlumX Suite to ensure that the exact needs of the people and organisations that interact with research are met. The set of five products from Plum Analytics includes specific offerings that categorise and analyse research metrics for those… Read More
COAR launches draft ‘Resource Type’ vocabulary for open access repositories - August 4, 2015
Open access repositories are evolving in terms of the roles they play and the attributes they aim to express in their records. Users want to know about additional metadata elements used for describing repository items, such as open access status, research funder, institutional affiliation, and so on. Given the truly… Read More
Annual Outsell STM Market Size and Share Report indicates strong industry performance - August 3, 2015
Research and advisory firm Outsell, Inc. has announced publication of its annual Scientific, Technical & Medical Information: 2015 Marsket Size, Share, Forecast, and Trend Report. Growing at a rate of 3.6% over 2013, the $33.7 billion STM market comprises an impressive 4.4% of the total information… Read More
