MSU Libraries implement Summon Discovery tool - August 11, 2014
The Michigan State University Libraries have selected the Summon® discovery service from ProQuest for implementation at the nation's pioneer land-grant university. The service launched at the beginning of this month with a number of activities planned to educate students and faculty about… Read More
IEEE to launch OA journal IEEE Life Sciences Letters - August 11, 2014
Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced plans to launch IEEE Life Sciences Letters (LSL), a new digital, peer reviewed open-access journal dedicated to the timely publication of high-quality manuscripts that apply methods of quantitative analysis to biological problems at the molecular, cellular, organ, human and/or population… Read More
Unbound MEDLINE named 2014 Tabby Award winner - August 11, 2014
Unbound Medicine, a US-based provider of knowledge management solutions for the healthcare industry, has been named the winner of the best overall Medical app at the 2014 Tabby Awards. More than 200 iPad and Android tablet apps from over 20 countries around the world entered the… Read More
IFLA Journal appoints Steve Witt as new editor - August 11, 2014
The IFLA Journal has announced the appointment of Steve Witt as the new Editor. Steve will take over editorial responsibilities from Stephen Parker from Volume 41, Issue 1. Steve brings to this role experience in editing an open access journal, extensive experience as an author,… Read More
ARL joins 60 other organisations opposing STM model licenses, recommends Creative Commons as alternative - August 8, 2014
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) along with almost 60 other organisations joined in a letter opposing model licenses recently released by the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM). The letter's signatories are calling for STM to recommend to its member publishers that… Read More
EMA draft policy update on access to EudraVigilance database seeks right to censor scientific work that uses the data - August 8, 2014
The European Medicines Agency (EMA), earlier this week, released a draft policy update on access to the data from the EudraVigilance database, which seems to imply they want the right to censor scientific work that uses the data. Managed by the EMA, EudraVigilance is the… Read More
