Nature Publishing Group’s Linked Data Platform now hosts over 270 million RDF statements - July 23, 2012
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that its Linked Data Platform now hosts more than 270 million Resource Description Framework (RDF) statements. It has been expanded more than ten times, in a growing number of datasets. These datasets have been created under the… Read More
SPIE announces price freeze for SPIE Digital Library in 2013 - July 23, 2012
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced reduced or frozen subscription prices for subscribers of the SPIE Digital Library. An additional 40,000 articles from 1962-1989 are also being added to the collection, at no additional cost to subscribers. This is the fourth… Read More
HIMSS launches iPad App for access to its library of eBooks - July 20, 2012
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has introduced an app for the Apple iPad that delivers convenient access to its newly released library of eBooks. HIMSS is a cause-based not-for-profit organisation focused on the optimal use of information technology in the healthcare industry. … Read More
EBSCO in deal with Elsevier to enhance e-book medical collection available via eBooks on EBSCOhost - July 19, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced an agreement with STM publisher Elsevier to significantly enhance the e-book medical collection available through eBooks on EBSCOhost. The agreement adds 965 health science titles to EBSCO’s medical e-book collection with over 580 of the titles… Read More
Knovel and American Society of Civil Engineers announce publishing partnership - July 18, 2012
Knovel, provider of a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) have announced a new publishing partnership. The deal is projected to expand the ASCE publication footprint globally and offer Knovel customers a richer content… Read More
Springer extends complimentary access for digital library project in Haiti - July 17, 2012
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media will extend the period of free access to its online platform, Springerlink, through 2015 to 15,000 students and researchers in Haiti, as the country continues to rebuild in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. This donation, initially set to expire in… Read More
