BRILL becomes 100th publisher to participate in the CLOCKSS Archive - October 3, 2012
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced that Netherlands-based academic publisher BRILL has become the 100th publisher to participate in the CLOCKSS Archive. BRILL will preserve their ejournals and ebooks in CLOCKSS's geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries… Read More
CDL, partners launch free data management tool, DataUp - October 3, 2012
The University of California's Digital Library (CDL) and its partners have launched DataUp, a free data management tool. Researchers trying to meet their data management requirements from funders, journals and their own institutions can now reportedly use the DataUp Web application and a Microsoft Excel add-in… Read More
Entries now open for 2012 PROSE Awards - October 3, 2012
The Association of American Publishers has announced that entries are now being accepted through October 31 for the 2012 PROSE Awards, the American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence. The PROSE Awards, one of the most prestigious programs honoring works in professional and scholarly… Read More
Accelrys appoints Leif Pedersen as Senior VP, Marketing, Product Management and Corporate Development - October 3, 2012
Accelrys, Inc., a US-based provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software, has announced the appointment of Leif Pedersen as senior vice president of marketing, product management and corporate development. Pedersen joins Accelrys as the company expands its breadth of scientific innovation lifecycle software into multiple vertical… Read More
Elsevier collaborates with Roche to integrate proprietary Chemistry data in Reaxys - October 2, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the integration of Roche propriety reaction information within Reaxys, which will run on Roche’s infrastructure and inside the Roche firewall to provide high performance and security. Roche chemistry information will now be securely searchable and discoverable by Roche scientists… Read More
Springer begins worldwide migration of customers to new SpringerLink - October 2, 2012
STM publisher Springer has begun migrating its global library customers to its new and improved version of the SpringerLink platform. The platform was re-engineered with a focus on improving the user experience based on three principles - speed, simplicity and optimisation. After more than 18… Read More
