Brill and Semantico launch BrillOnline Discovery - December 20, 2013
Academic publisher Brill and UK-based online publishing services provider Semantico have announced the launch of BrillOnline Discovery, which offers users the option to search across all of Brill's online resources from one central place. BrillOnline Discovery uses the Scolaris Linking Hub technology developed by Semantico. This… Read More
SwetsWise becomes COUNTER 4 compliant - December 20, 2013
Information services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced that customers using its SwetsWise Online Content and Selection Support modules are now able to retrieve COUNTER 4 compliant usage reports from both platforms. The COUNTER Code of practice for e-Resources is a development undertaken by Project COUNTER… Read More
Dear Subscribers - December 20, 2013
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 25, 2013 – Jan 1, 2014) is relatively low. Also, please note that there will be no newsletter dispatch on Dec 26th and Jan… Read More
Techstreet launches latest version of its enterprise standards management platform, Techstreet Subscriptions - December 19, 2013
Industry codes and standards provider Techstreet, part of the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, has announced the launch of the latest version of its enterprise standards management platform, Techstreet Subscriptions. Techstreet Subscriptions provides customers with new collaboration capabilities, including note taking and the… Read More
University College London and Elsevier launch UCL Big Data Institute - December 19, 2013
University College London (UCL) and STM publisher Elsevier will establish the UCL Big Data Institute as part of a new collaboration to explore innovative ways to better serve needs of researchers through the exploration of new technologies and analytics as applied to… Read More
Nature Publishing Group and the Japan Society of Human Genetics announce 2014 launch of Human Genome Variation journal - December 19, 2013
Publisher Nature Publishing Group and the Japan Society of Human Genetics (JSHG) has announced the 2014 launch of Human Genome Variation, an online open access journal. The journal, a sister title to the Journal of Human Genetics, will go live on nature.com in 2014, and will… Read More