CAUL signs first transformative agreement with Portland Press - November 1, 2019
The Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) is the first library consortium to sign a transformative agreement with the Biochemical Society (Portland Press), the wholly-owned publishing subsidiary of the Biochemical Society. This is CAUL’s second such agreement following announcement of the first… Read More
NISO releases draft FASTEN Recommended Practice for public comment - November 1, 2019
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is seeking comments on a new draft Recommended Practice pertaining to the modernisation of library-vendor technical interoperability using RESTful web service application programming interfaces (APIs) and standard mobile application intent calls. In the interest of streamlining information transfer between vendor… Read More
IEEE Xplore Digital Library reaches new milestone with 5 million documents now available in its repository - November 1, 2019
IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organisation advancing technology for humanity, has announced that the IEEE Xplore® digital library, one of the world’s largest collections of technical literature in engineering, computer science, and related technologies, has reached a new milestone with 5 million documents now available… Read More
SPARC Europe releases summary and implementation guidance of Open Data Directive - November 1, 2019
The Directive on open data and the re-use of public sector information, also called the “Open Data Directive” went into effect in July this year. To aid in the implementation of this new legislation, of which members states have until July 16, 2021 to transpose,
PASCAL in deal with Reprints Desk to provide access to scholarly content via Article Galaxy Scholar Collection - November 1, 2019
Research Solutions, Inc., a pioneer in providing cloud-based workflow solutions for R&D driven organisations, has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Reprints Desk has signed an agreement with the Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries (PASCAL) to provide access to peer-reviewed articles and… Read More
Hungarian Electronic Information Service National Programme and Elsevier announce new pilot license for research access and Open Access publishing - October 31, 2019
Hungarian Electronic Information Service National Programme (EISZ) and Elsevier, a global information analytics business specialising in science and health, have agreed a new pilot license for research access and Open Access publishing in Hungary. The three-year agreement means researchers affiliated to EISZ… Read More
