UK makes e-infrastructure investment for higher education - September 7, 2012
UK researchers' and educators' demands for high performance computing are now reportedly secured until at least 2022, thanks to an initial £30 million e-infrastructure investment from the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the higher and further education funding councils. The investment… Read More
EBSCO adds three new anthropology databases to EBSCOhost platform - September 7, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has added three new anthropology databases to the EBSCOhost platform. Formerly available via First Search from OCLC, the three databases: Anthropological Index, Anthropological Literature and Anthropology Plus, cover the fields of anthropology, archaeology and related interdisciplinary research. … Read More
GeoScienceWorld’s online journal collections and portal now available in mobile-optimised format - September 7, 2012
GeoScienceWorld (GSW) has announced that its online journal collections and portal are now available in a mobile-optimised format with the help of HighWire's Mobile Web Interface. GSW is a non-profit organisation that serves peer reviewed journal literature from 26 publishers to researchers in more than 40… Read More
Shore Communications president John Blossom to keynote RSuite User Conference - September 6, 2012
RSuite CMS, a content management system for publishers, will host 150 publishing executives at its annual RSuite User Conference, scheduled for September 20 at The Hub Cira Centre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. John Blossom, president at Shore Communications, will keynote the event and speak on the… Read More
ARL publishes Managing Born-Digital Special Collections and Archival Materials, SPEC Kit 329 - September 6, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published Managing Born-Digital Special Collections and Archival Materials, SPEC Kit 329, which explores the tools, workflow, and policies special collections and archives staff use to process, manage, and provide access to born-digital materials they collect. This SPEC Kit looks… Read More
Constrained budgets will impact data centers as respondents strive to improve efficiency, says new InformationWeek Reports research - September 6, 2012
InformationWeek Reports, a service provider for peer-based IT research and analysis, announced the release of its latest research report - 2012 State of the Data Center. The report encompasses analysis of results from InformationWeek's recent State of the Data Center Survey and offers guidance on how… Read More
