New PCG study shows 23 percent of libraries cover APCs for author submissions to OA journals - October 29, 2014
Marketing and sales consulting firm Publishers Communication Group (PCG), a division of Publishing Technology, has released the results of a new survey, according to which, academic libraries are getting more involved in the cataloguing and funding of Gold Open Access (OA) publications. Gold Open Access, though… Read More
Arab World Research Source now available via EBSCO - October 29, 2014
EBSCO Information Services has introduced Arab World Research Source™, a full-text database that delivers the coverage needed by researchers of Arab Studies, Middle Eastern Studies and Islamic Studies. Arab World Research Source is a dedicated resource of scholarly journals, quality magazines, trade publications, industry profiles,… Read More
Elsevier enhances Embase to support retrieval of medical device information - October 29, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has announced Embase, which claims to be the world's most comprehensive biomedical database that enables tracking and retrieval of drug-specific data, has been enhanced to support the retrieval of medical device information. The improvements support comprehensive post-market surveillance and device safety as well… Read More
East Central University in Oklahoma implements EBSCO Discovery Service - October 28, 2014
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that East Central University (ECU) has chosen EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) as its discovery service. With relevancy-ranked results, an abundant amount of customisation options and a comprehensive one-stop discovery experience, EDS is a tool that allows ECU students to focus… Read More
Science Publications and Bentham Science Publishers to preserve e-journals with Portico - October 28, 2014
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that Science Publications will be preserving its 30 e-journals with Portico, ensuring that their content will be secure and available into the future. Science Publications is located in New York City and Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Science Publications publishes… Read More
NISO launches Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) standing committee - October 28, 2014
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the next phase for the Open Discovery Initiative, a project that explores community interactions in the realm of indexed discovery services. Following the working group's recommendation to create an ongoing standing committee as outlined in the published… Read More
