BioMed Central to publish Marine Biodiversity Records as an Open Access journal - March 17, 2016
Open access publisher BioMed Central will publish Marine Biodiversity Records, the official journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, as an Open Access journal. The journal was launched as a subscription journal in 2008, however from 2016 onwards it will be publishing wholly… Read More
Wolters Kluwer completes first group of data migrations for new customers converting to ProVation MD from Olympus EndoWorks - March 17, 2016
The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has successfully completed data migrations at three ProVation® MD Gastroenterology customer facilities that converted from Olympus® EndoWorks® in advance of its 2018 retirement. Wolters Kluwer signed… Read More
ReadCube acquires Papers from Springer Nature - March 17, 2016
ReadCube, an innovative software developer serving researchers, publishers, academic and commercial organisations, has acquired Papers from global academic publisher Springer Nature. Papers is a London-based, reference manager tool which helps researchers find and organise a personal library and cite research literature. The… Read More
Altmetric webinar to explore value of altmetrics for journal editors - March 17, 2016
Altmetrics data provider Altmetric is hosting a webinar exploring the value of altmetrics for journal editors. The webinar is scheduled for March 30, 2016, from 3pm BST / 10am EDT. Altmetrics, or alternative metrics, are increasingly being adopted by publishers, funders and institutions as a… Read More
HathiTrust announces new appointments to lead major services and new programs - March 17, 2016
HathiTrust, a partnership of research institutions committed to preserving and providing access to digitised monographs and other materials via a shared repository, has announced the appointment of Heather Christenson, Sandra McIntyre, and Lizanne Payne to lead major services and new programs. Each will begin in May… Read More
Münster University of Applied Sciences becomes first academic institution in Germany to select OCLC WorldShare Management Services - March 17, 2016
Münster University of Applied Sciences (The Fachhochschule Münster) is the first academic institution in Germany to select OCLC WorldShare Management Services as its library management system. The announcement was made during the Bibliothekskongress 2016 conference in Leipzig. WorldShare Management Services (WMS) is a complete, cloud-based… Read More
