HighWire appoints Hugh Blackbourn to lead customer support team in the UK - August 16, 2012
HighWire Press, a not-for-profit division of Stanford University Libraries, has announced the appointment of Hugh Blackbourn as Senior Publication Manager, leading HighWire's customer support team based in the UK. Hugh is an experienced publisher, having spent nearly 4 years as Head of Publishing for the… Read More
CLOCKSS Archive announces participation of five new publishers in its digital preservation archive - August 16, 2012
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced the participation of five new publishers in its digital preservation archive. The publishers are: Duke University Press, NZCER Press, New Prairie Press, Mathematical Sciences Publishers and Copernicus Publications. Duke University Press publishes primarily in the humanities and social sciences and… Read More
Elsevier acquires Atira, deepens SciVal’s ability to help academic institutions manage and improve research outcomes - August 16, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the acquisition of Atira, a provider of software and tools that help academic institutions and researchers manage and improve their research outcomes. Atira complements Elsevier's SciVal by expanding the scope of data to report on research activities across an academic… Read More
OCLC publishes bibliographic linked data for most widely held works in WorldCat - August 16, 2012
OCLC, a US-based non-profit, membership, computer library service and research organisation, has published bibliographic linked data for the most widely held works in WorldCat. This downloadable file - representing nearly 1.2 million resources - contains about 80 million linked data 'triples,' the term for the most… Read More
IEEE approves dozens of standards and standards-development activities - August 16, 2012
Professional association IEEE, US, has announced dozens of new, revised and reaffirmed standards and standards-development projects. Among the new standards that have been published is IEEE 2200 – Standard Protocol for Stream Management in Media Client Devices. By defining interfaces for intelligently distributing and replicating… Read More
Allen Press releases 2012 Study of Subscription Prices for Scholarly Society Journals - August 15, 2012
Publishing services provider Allen Press, Inc., US, has released the 2012 Study of Subscription Prices for Scholarly Society Journals. The study, published regularly, has evolved as a result of the current economic climate and the changing nature of scholarly publishing. It… Read More
