‘Trials’ unveils Update articles to facilitate rapid publication of revisions - December 1, 2011
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that the journal Trials has introduced a new way for investigators to ensure that their clinical trials can be updated with important amendments to study protocols or new research findings. 'Update' articles will give researchers the ability to… Read More
OCLC partners with King Abdulaziz Public Library to make Arabic-language resources available via WorldCat.org - December 1, 2011
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has added more than 1.2 million brief bibliographic records to WorldCat.org for materials held by Arab libraries, records that represent the complete catalogue of the Arabic Union Catalog (AUC) maintained in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Each record from the AUC in WorldCat.org… Read More
Publishing Technology and CNPIEC partner to develop content delivery platform for the Chinese library market - November 30, 2011
Publishing-specific software solutions provider Publishing Technology plc, UK, has announced a partnership with the China National Publications Import and Export Corporation (CNPIEC) to deliver the first ever digital publishing platform to supply content to Chinese libraries. The move follows the launch of Publishing Technology plc in… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell joins CrossMark service to ensure content integrity - November 30, 2011
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons Inc., US, has announced that it is a participant in the CrossMark service from CrossRef. CrossRef is a multi-publisher initiative to provide a standard way for readers to identify and locate the publisher-maintained version… Read More
Association of Research Libraries to preserve e-journals and e-books in the CLOCKSS Archive - November 30, 2011
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the CLOCKSS Archive have partnered to preserve ARL's e-journals and e-books in CLOCKSS's geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries around the world. By archiving with CLOCKSS, the ARL has… Read More
ProQuest signs French national agreement for access to Early English Books Online - November 30, 2011
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, and the Bibliographic Agency for Higher Education (ABES) in France have signed a new national licence agreement. The deal will enable all research and educational institutions throughout France and French territories to access Early English Books Online (EEBO). … Read More
