MarkLogic executive to address Carahsoft Government Big Data Forum in Washington D.C. - March 6, 2012
Data analytics products firm MarkLogic Corporation, US, has announced that its Public Sector Chief Technology Officer, Chris Biow, will be a panelist at the 2nd annual Carahsoft Government Big Data Forum on March 6 in Washington D.C. Biow will describe MarkLogic capabilities to leverage the value… Read More
Elsevier announces completion of Kyoto University’s study on research activities and competencies at universities across Japan - March 6, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the completion Kyoto University's study on research activities and competencies at universities across Japan. The study was based on analyses of data driven from Elsevier's multidisciplinary abstract and citation database, SciVerse Scopus. Measuring the effect of the Japanese government's… Read More
US scholarly journal publishers oppose Federal Research Public Access Act - March 6, 2012
Eighty-one US scholarly journal publishing organisations have expressed their strong opposition to the third introduction of the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA, H.R. 4004 and S.2096). The Association of American Publishers' Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division (AAP/PSP) and the DC Principles Coalition sent letters -… Read More
US anti-open access bill stymied as Elsevier backs out - March 5, 2012
The proposed Research Works Act in the US has been dropped in a move that is seen to signal a pivotal shift in scientific publishing. The legislation, had it been passed, would have stopped funding agencies stipulating that research funded with taxpayer dollars be made publicly available. The implosion… Read More
OCLC and Bibliotheek.nl sign agreement to include complete collections of Dutch public libraries in shared cataloguing system - March 5, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, and Bibliotheek.nl, the organisation of Dutch public libraries, have signed an agreement to include the complete collections of public libraries in the GGC, the Dutch shared cataloguing system. The agreement to include collections of Dutch public libraries, signed during the OCLC… Read More
American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation releases App for the iPad - March 5, 2012
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, has announced that the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (AJPM&R) has released the new AJPM&R for the iPad app. The journal is the official journal of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP). The… Read More
