FIZ Karlsruhe launches updated version of ReaxysFile on STN International - November 20, 2012
Scientific information services provider FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure, Germany, has launched a significantly updated version of ReaxysFile on STN International, an online service for research and patent information. ReaxysFile now contains the full content from Reaxys, a leading source for chemical substance… Read More
OECD iLibrary offers Read service for access to content via mobile devices - November 20, 2012
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) has launched the Read service on its global knowledge platform, OECD iLibrary. With this service, anyone, anywhere can access OECD full-text content, right down to the level of individual chapters and tables. Read content is optimised for browser-enabled… Read More
QScience in deal with Portico to preserve e-journals - November 20, 2012
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced an agreement with QScience.com to preserve the latter's e-journals. Through this agreement with Portico, QScience.com seeks to ensure that its e-journals will be preserved and available for future scholars, researchers, and students. QScience.com is a collaborative,… Read More
Wiley and O’Reilly Media sign ebook distribution deal - November 19, 2012
Technology publisher O'Reilly Media recently announced an agreement with global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Beginning immediately, O'Reilly will become an online distributor for Wiley's extensive technology ebook programme, which includes such leading brands as Wrox, Sybex, and For Dummies.… Read More
ALPSP to preserve with CLOCKSS Archive - November 19, 2012
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced a partnership with the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), an international association for scholarly and professional publishers. Under the deal, CLOCKSS will preserve the Association's ejournals and ebooks in CLOCKSS's geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive… Read More
EBSCO papers describe results of academic information supply chain survey - November 16, 2012
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Information Services Europe has released a series of five papers reporting the results of a survey on the future of the academic information supply chain. The papers reportedly cover diverse subjects and reveal some surprising insights into possible future roles… Read More
