Elsevier and JST announce new deal to automate indexing of 90 journals in SciVerse Scopus - February 17, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) have announced a new agreement for the automated delivery of the metadata of 90 J-STAGE journals in SciVerse Scopus. JST has been utilising Scopus custom data to analyse scientific… Read More
AAP submits annual review of global intellectual property protection to USTR - February 17, 2011
The Association of American Publishers (AAP), through the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), recently submitted its annual Special 301 Report to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). The report details issues related to intellectual property rights protection and market… Read More
TRLN publishes intellectual property rights strategy for digitisation - February 17, 2011
The Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN) has published a strategy for providing access to unpublished materials online based on an approach created by OCLC Research and the RLG Partnership. This approach is described in a document titled, 'Well-intentioned practice for putting digitised collections of unpublished… Read More
Google expected to combine tablet and phone Android versions in next release - February 17, 2011
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has announced plans to combine features from the tablet and smartphone versions of its Android operating system in the next major release, according to media reports quoting Google chairman Eric Schmidt. The forthcoming Honeycomb… Read More
EBSCO A-to-Z and LinkSource now support Shibboleth authentication - February 17, 2011
Content technology and consultative services provider EBSCO has announced that in response to customer demand, EBSCO A-to-Z and LinkSource now support Shibboleth authentication. By using Shibboleth, a single sign-on (SSO) authentication method popular among a growing number of higher education institutions, librarians can offer the ease… Read More
Clinical Architecture set to launch Symedical Server, extends clinical terminology mapping - February 17, 2011
Healthcare consulting firm Clinical Architecture, US, will extend clinical terminology mapping to run-time environments with the introduction of Symedical Server, during the forthcoming 2011 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) convention. The company is exhibiting (Booth: 2689) at the convention which begins on February 20… Read More
