Fifty seven UK Academic Libraries now participating in Portico - August 15, 2012
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced the expansion of its digital preservation services to twenty more academic libraries in the UK. This brings the total number of UK participating institutions to fifty-seven. JISC has been providing consultation and guiding adoption of digital… Read More
First anniversary of Ex Libris Aleph at the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries - August 14, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the Aleph integrated library system has successfully completed its first year in operation at the University of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries. Supporting over 100 college, department, and other libraries across the university, which together contain 13… Read More
American Psychological Association to deploy Editorial Manager for journals - August 14, 2012
Aries Systems, a US-based provider of publishing software, has announced that the American Psychological Association (APA) has selected its Editorial Manager for manuscript submission and peer review of over 70 journals. APA Journals expects the Editorial Manager tool to provide it with various additional features… Read More
ASTM International selects Scope eKnowledge Center to provide enhanced smart content and MARC cataloging services - August 13, 2012
Knowledge services company Scope eKnowledge Center (Scope) has announced that ASTM International, one of the largest voluntary standards developers worldwide, has engaged the company to provide enhanced smart content services and MARC cataloguing for its highly valued content. Previously, Scope had developed a domain-specific, multi-level taxonomy… Read More
CrossRef announces support for STM – DataCite statement - August 13, 2012
The International Association of STM Publishers (STM) and DataCite issued a joint statement on the Linkability and Citability of Research Data in June 2012. CrossRef, a US-based not-for-profit membership association of publishers, has now announced its support for this statement and the… Read More
Serials Solutions and National Research Council of Canada in deal to index NRC Publications Archive in the Summon service - August 13, 2012
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced an agreement with the National Research Council of Canada to index the NRC Publications Archive in the Summon service to expand access to valuable scientific research information. The web-based archive is an online repository containing more than 50,000 publication… Read More
