eLife selects HighWire platform for new OA journal - June 13, 2012
HighWire Press, a not-for-profit division of Stanford University Libraries, has announced that it has been selected by eLife, the new funder-researcher collaboration in science communication, as the platform for the latter’s new open access journal for life and biomedical science. First announced in summer 2011,… Read More
CQ Press in deal with Credo Reference to include 40 titles in Credo Publisher and Subject Collections - June 13, 2012
Reference databases provider Credo Reference, US, has announced that CQ Press is the latest publisher to join Credo Reference with an agreement to include 40 of their most sought-after titles in Credo Publisher and Subject Collections. According to the company, apart from attracting new publishers… Read More
CLIR presents report on Digging into Data Challenge project - June 13, 2012
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) issued the first public appraisal of the Digging into Data Challenge, an international grant programme first funded by JISC, the US National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the US National Science Foundation and the… Read More
Google ends legal dispute with French authors over book scanning project - June 12, 2012
Internet search services provider Google Inc., US, has reportedly ended legal disputes with a French publishing trade group and a French authors’ association over the company’s scanning of books. The Syndicat National de l’Edition and the SGDL Society of Authors agreed with Google to end litigation… Read More
CAS selects 15 Ph.D. students in the chemical sciences for the 2012 SciFinder Future Leaders in Chemistry programme - June 12, 2012
Chemical information provider Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, has announced the selection of 15 Ph.D. students in the chemical sciences for the 2012 SciFinder Future Leaders in Chemistry programme. Each of these students demonstrated academic excellence, a commitment to research… Read More
Siemens engineers and scientists worldwide gain access to Knovel’s Web-based technical references - June 12, 2012
Knovel, provider of a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, has announced that Siemens, the global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering, now provides access to Knovel’s Web-based technical references to its 30,000 engineers and scientists worldwide. With interactive and validated… Read More
