National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in deal with Portico to preserve e-journals - November 3, 2011
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced an agreement with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). Under the deal, Portico will preserve the latter’s e-journals. NCTM is a public voice of mathematics education supporting teachers to ensure equitable mathematics learning of… Read More
DuraSpace launches open-source cloud service, DuraCloud - November 3, 2011
DuraSpace, a US-based not-for-profit organisation dedicated to preserving the world’s scholarly, scientific and cultural records, has announced the launch of its managed cloud service, DuraCloud. DuraCloud is projected as the only managed software service that lets organisations archive content across more than one cloud provider.… Read More
MarkLogic unveils latest version of Big Data applications product - November 2, 2011
Data analytics products firm MarkLogic Corporation, US, has announced MarkLogic 5, the latest version of its product designed for Big Data applications across the enterprise. MarkLogic 5 is projected to help organisations build Big Data applications that make information actionable. With MarkLogic 5, organisations can… Read More
Scientific American archive now available on nature.com - November 2, 2011
Science magazine Scientific American has announced that its complete archive, back to volume 1, issue 1, is now available on nature.com. To celebrate the completion of the Scientific American archive on nature.com, the 1845-1909 archive collection will be free to all to access from November 1-30,… Read More
US’ Library of Congress moots bibliographic framework for Digital Age - November 1, 2011
The US' Working Group of the Future of Bibliographic Control, as it examined technology for the future, wrote that the Library of Congress community's data carrier, MARC, is 'based on forty-year-old techniques for data management and is out of step with programming styles of today.' … Read More
Cambridge University Press launches University Publishing Online - November 1, 2011
Cambridge University Press (CUP), the publishing division of the UK's University of Cambridge, has announced the launch of University Publishing Online (UPO), an integrated eBook and digital content offering. University Publishing Online, at www.universitypublishingonline.org, provides libraries with eBooks and related database products… Read More
