Twenty North Carolina public libraries form consortium to offer members a digital library - January 18, 2011
Twenty public libraries in North Carolina have reportedly formed a consortium to offer members a digital library. With the growing number of eReader owners, the library is offering a series of free workshops to teach patrons how to download eBooks using the library's free, online… Read More
Attention Subscribers – www.myscoope.com lets you access Knowledgespeak using your mobile devices - January 18, 2011
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak is now available via our new beta application, SCOOPE STM Mobile. Subscribers on the move can now gain easy access to Knowledgespeak through a reader-friendly mobile phone interface. This application is uniquely available in two versions:… Read More
Springer denies having withdrawn free access to journals via HINARI programme - January 17, 2011
A recent issue of the British Medical Journal mentions STM publisher Springer as having withdrawn free access to health and biomedical online journals through the World Health Organization’s Health InterNetwork for Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) programme. HINARI is part of the Research4Life partnership between UN… Read More
Study of Open Access Publishing project presents findings of two-year EC funded study on OA publishing - January 17, 2011
The SOAP (Study of Open Access Publishing) project presented the results of its two-year European Commission (EU) funded examination of open access publishing at an open symposium on January 13, 2011, in Berlin, Germany. Over the two-year study duration, the SOAP project performed a comprehensive study… Read More
Sales of portable internet devices based on ‘lite’ operating systems to hit 150 million per year in 2015 - January 17, 2011
Global shipments of portable internet devices based on 'lite' operating systems (OSs) will hit 150 million per year in 2015, according to technology analyst firm Ovum. The portable devices tracked in Ovum's forecast are those that use 'lite' OSs such as Google’s Android, Apple’s iOS and… Read More
BioMed Central launches ‘threaded publications’ initiatives - January 17, 2011
Open access science publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the launch of several ‘threaded publications’ initiatives to further encourage transparency in research. ‘Threaded publications’ use electronic publishing technology to link content related to a research study or clinical trial and will help scientists, readers and patients… Read More
