Nature Publishing Group releases linked data platform - April 5, 2012
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has joined the linked data community by opening up access to its publication data via a linked data platform. NPG's Linked Data Platform is available at http://data.nature.com. The platform includes more than 20 million… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health utilises CCC’s RightsLink Premium to automate book publication permissions process - April 5, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, has announced that its Professional & Education unit has implemented Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.'s RightsLink Premium to manage copyright permissions for its Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) book publications. RightsLink services are already available for LWW journals.… Read More
BioMed Central ties up with LabArchives to link datasets to journal articles - April 5, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced a partnership with LabArchives LLC to ensure that valuable datasets are made publically available and linked to journal articles. Through this new collaboration, authors submitting articles to selected BioMed journals will be provided with complimentary subscriptions to an… Read More
Virtual International Authority File to be part of OCLC service - April 5, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has announced that VIAF (Virtual International Authority File), a project that virtually combines multiple name authority files into a single name authority service, has transitioned to become an OCLC service. OCLC will continue to make VIAF openly accessible and will also… Read More
JISC-funded project to help universities reach prospective students - April 5, 2012
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced that it is funding a major new website launched to help universities reach their prospective students and give those students a taste of university teaching. The move follows Michael Gove's call for universities to play a greater… Read More
Columbia University Libraries’ Center for Human Rights Documentation & Research acquires Physicians for Human Rights Archives - April 5, 2012
Columbia University Libraries' Center for Human Rights Documentation & Research (CHRDR) has announced the acquisition of the Physician for Human Rights Archives, a collection consisting of records, photographs, video, audio, case files of investigative data, and much more. The Physicians for Human Rights mobilises health… Read More
