Radiological Society of North America to preserve e-journals with Portico - March 6, 2015
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) will preserve its e-journals, Radiology and RadioGraphics with Portico, ensuring that their content will be secure and available into the future. RSNA is based in Oak Brook, Illinois. The Radiological Society… Read More
Directory of Open Access Journals introduces new standards to help community address quality concerns - March 6, 2015
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), a comprehensive international database of more than 10,000 Open Access journals, recently implemented a rigorous new vetting process that aims to raise the bar of quality for the journals it lists and filters out publications that are tarnishing the… Read More
Springer starts pilot project on Linked Open Data - March 6, 2015
STM publisher Springer has now opened selected metadata from conference publications, heeding the European Commission's call for promoting open data. The term Linked Open Data (LOD) refers to structured, machine-readable data, which more and more researchers and librarians are now using in their work. Springer belongs… Read More
SPARC announces theme for 8th International Open Access Week - March 5, 2015
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced that the theme for this year's 8th International Open Access Week will be 'Open for Collaboration.' The theme highlights the ways in which collaboration both inspires and advances the Open Access movement—from the partnerships behind launching… Read More
The University of Sussex selects Ex Libris Alma library management service - March 5, 2015
Library automation services Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of Sussex is replacing its library management system with the Alma® unified resource management service from Ex Libris. Tightly integrated with the Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution, which the University implemented in… Read More
Copyright Clearance Center adds new publishers to Get It Now article delivery service - March 4, 2015
Global licensing and content solutions organisation Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) has added four high-value publishers to its Get It Now article delivery service. Additionally, Get It Now was selected as a 2014 Top Product by readers of University Business magazine for the second year in… Read More
