Springer Open Choice adopts Creative Commons Attribution license - January 19, 2012
STM publisher Springer has announced that it is bringing Open Choice, its hybrid open access option, in line with the fully open access journals published by BioMed Central and SpringerOpen. As a result, all open access content at Springer will be published under the Creative Commons… Read More
EBSCO Publishing’s POV unveils Points of View Debate Blog for students - January 19, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that the creators of Points of View Reference Center (POV) from EBSCO have released the Points of View Debate Blog. The blog is projected as a forum for students to discuss topics in the news and debate… Read More
The Economist selects CCC’s RightsLink for copyright permissions on its blogs - January 18, 2012
Non-profit copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), US, has announced that The Economist has chosen RightsLink, CCC's seamless point-of-content licensing solution, to handle online copyright permissions on its more than 20 blogs. RightsLink enables rightsholders to offer re-use and other permissions at… Read More
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign selects Ex Libris’ Primo discovery and delivery solution - January 18, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign library has selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution from Ex Libris. With this acquisition, the University Library joins a Primo community of 300 local and regional libraries in… Read More
Gilsbar selects Risk Navigator Clinical to identify and manage high risk populations and improve patient care quality - January 18, 2012
Predictive clinical analytic solutions provider Elsevier / MEDai, US, has announced that Gilsbar, Inc.has licensed MEDai's Risk Navigator Clinical to proactively use analytics to provide value to their clients by identifying programmes that will provide a return on investment for their constituents. Further they will support… Read More
Macmillan supports relaunch of open data platform figshare with enhanced features - January 18, 2012
Macmillan Publishers has announced that figshare, a community-based open data platform for scientific research, has re-launched its website and underlying software, offering additional functionality for users and unlimited public storage space. Digital Science, a new division of Macmillan, is supporting the project. figshare, founded and run… Read More
