Pearson to co-host workshop on digital publishing for education - August 9, 2013
Pearson, a US-based provider of educational content and services, will co-host a workshop on digital publishing in education, EDUPUB, with the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), on October 29-30, 2013, in Boston. Co-chairs of the workshop are Paul Belfanti (Director, Content Architecture, Pearson North America) and… Read More
Three more publishers participate in the CLOCKSS digital preservation archive - August 8, 2013
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced the participation of the American Society for Microbiology; the Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences; and Librello Publishing House. CLOCKSS will preserve their collections in its geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major… Read More
Elsevier and Hungarian National Consortium announce collaboration - August 8, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has signed a license agreement with the Hungarian National Consortium for access to Elsevier's entire Backfile Collection for all Hungarian academic and research institutions. The Backfile Collection on ScienceDirect provides access to journals back to the start of their publication. Access to… Read More
CRL appoints Christine Stamison as new director of the North East Research Libraries Consortium - August 8, 2013
The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) has announced the appointment of Christine Stamison as the new director of the North East Research Libraries Consortium (NERL). The appointment is effective September 3. She succeeds Joan Emmet, who led NERL since 2011. In her new role, Stamison… Read More
EBSCO and NetAdvance in deal to provide Japanese-language content to EBSCO Discovery Service - August 7, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and NetAdvance have announced an agreement allowing metadata from NetAdvance's JapanKnowledge collection to be added to EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS). The content from JapanKnowledge includes an extensive collection of Japanese-language content geared for educational institutions, researchers and businesses.… Read More
Faculty of 1000 launches F1000Trials - August 7, 2013
Publisher Faculty of 1000 has announced the launch of an innovative new product, F1000Trials, designed to enable rapid discovery and understanding of articles about clinical trials. F1000Trials is a continually updated, comprehensive database of articles on randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews,… Read More
