Gale outlines first archives for Nineteenth Century Collections Online - January 23, 2012
US-based Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a publisher of research and reference resources for libraries, schools and businesses, has announced the source libraries, collections and plans for the first four modules of Nineteenth Century Collections Online. The initiative is its global digitisation and publishing programme… Read More
University Publishing Online adds six more academic presses to its portfolio - January 23, 2012
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press, UK, has announced the addition of six more academic presses to its University Publishing Online (UPO) platform. 2012 will see the addition of content from Anthem Press, Boydell & Brewer, Edinburgh University Press, Nottingham University Press, Pickering & Chatto and the… Read More
OCLC forms strategic partnership with Sustainable Collection Services - January 23, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has announced a strategic partnership with Sustainable Collection Services, LLC, an organisation founded by the principals of R2 Consulting, that leverages WorldCat Data to help libraries intelligently manage their print monograph collections. Sustainable Collection Services (SCS) makes use of the… Read More
APA’s research database, PsycTESTS, now available on OvidSP platform - January 23, 2012
The American Psychological Association (APA) and Ovid, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, have announced the availability of the APA’s research database, PsycTESTS, on the OvidSP platform. This distribution arrangement between APA and Ovid offers institutions choice in access to this database of ready-to-use test instruments,… Read More
SpringerLink now offers over 50,000 eBooks - January 20, 2012
STM publisher Springer has announced that its online platform SpringerLink now offers more than 50,000 eBooks. SpringerLink provides electronic access to scientific and specialist journals, eBooks, book series and reference works. The publications cover topics from 12 subject collections such as mathematics, computer science, medicine, engineering,… Read More
BioMed Central notes expanded use of ‘Availability of supporting data section’ in journals - January 20, 2012
Open Access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that since it introduced additional data sharing resources for authors and editors last year, there have been a number of further developments in the field that have necessitated an update to its supporting data information. Eight more… Read More
