Portico to host webinar on e-book preservation - August 29, 2014
Digital preservation specialist Portico is organising a 45-minute webinar on e-book preservation. The webinar is scheduled for September 10, 2:00 p.m. Eastern. Amy Kirchhoff, Portico archive product manager and co-author of ‘Preserving E-books,’ a new Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) TechWatch report, will answer the question… Read More
World Scientific brings new e-book collections to Universiti Brunei Darussalam - August 29, 2014
Almost 4,000 e-books published by STM publisher World Scientific Publishing and Imperial College Press were made available to students and faculty members at the Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) through a new agreement. The agreement is part of the university's mandate to develop better capability and resources… Read More
Thomson Reuters and Hessen University Consortium collaborate to drive the success of German scientific research programs - August 28, 2014
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced a collaboration with a consortium of seven Hessen universities and universities of applied science (HeFIS) to streamline its institutions' scholarly information management and workflow. The initiative utilizes Thomson Reuters Converis, a comprehensive research management system… Read More
Agreement between Choice and EBSCO highlights best in scholarly titles reviewed by Choice - August 27, 2014
An agreement between Choice magazine, a publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries (a division of the American Library Association) and EBSCO Information Services will highlight the EBSCO eBooks that have been named Choice Outstanding Academic Titles. This agreement will… Read More
FIZ Karlsruhe to host ‘Research Data Management: Organizational, Technical, and Legal Challenges’ conference - August 27, 2014
The increasing digitization in research and science poses new challenges to research data management. Scientific information and services provider FIZ Karlsruhe is organising a conference 'Research Data Management: Organizational, Technical, and Legal Challenges' to discuss innovative approaches to these issues with internationally renowned experts. Professional data… Read More
BioOne announces 2015 title additions - August 27, 2014
BioOne, a publisher of scientific research, has announced that five new journals will join BioOne Complete™, its online aggregation of independently-published, subscribed and open-access titles. Joining the aggregation in January 2015 will be: Ameghiniana, published by the Argentine Paleontological Association; Candollea, published by the Conservatory and… Read More
