Clinical Care Targeted Communications to preserve e-journal with Portico - December 23, 2015
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that Clinical Care Targeted Communications will preserve The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) with Portico, ensuring that the journal will be secure and available into the future. The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC) is an independent, peer-reviewed,… Read More
Dear Subscribers - December 23, 2015
This is to inform you that the number of articles carried in the newsletter will be fewer than usual, as business activity during this period (Dec 24 - 31, 2015) is relatively low. Also, please note that there will be no newsletter dispatch from December 24-28, 2015 on account of… Read More
Emerald partners with the Egyptian Government to help create the largest digital library - December 22, 2015
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing recently signed a four year agreement to provide Egyptian citizens with access to Emerald content via the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB) project, thereby creating the largest digital library in the world. The EKB acts as a repository for content from… Read More
Major European bioinformatics initiative ELIXIR embraces Open Science publishing - December 22, 2015
ELIXIR, a major initiative to develop the infrastructure needed to coordinate and sustain Europe's bioinformatics resources, is the latest organisation to endorse Open Science by reporting their outputs on the open publishing platform F1000Research. The partnership is especially fitting, as the Open Access, Open Data, Open… Read More
New open access journal for African research set to launch in 2016 - December 22, 2015
STM publisher Elsevier is reportedly teaming up with several African organisations to launch an open access journal for African research. The journal, expected to be launched in 2016, is meant to spread the word about excellent African science. According to Marc Chahin, Elsevier's executive publisher… Read More
OhioLINK adopts Ex Libris Rosetta to manage, preserve, and provide access to digital collections - December 22, 2015
Ex Libris® Group, a ProQuest® company, has announced that OhioLINK has selected the Ex Libris Rosetta digital management and preservation solution for 120 academic libraries plus the State Library of Ohio. Rosetta will ensure long-term access to the OhioLINK Electronic Journal Collection… Read More