Portico to preserve Royal Society’ entire collection of e-journals - March 10, 2010
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced an agreement with the Royal Society. Under the deal, Portico will preserve the Society’s entire collection of seven e-journals. Through this agreement with Portico, the Royal Society seeks to further its preservation strategy, which includes participation in… Read More
Atypon names Marty Picco as Director of Product Management - March 10, 2010
Information services provider Atypon Systems, Inc., US, has announced the appointment of Marty Picco as Director of Product Management. Picco joins Atypon after serving as Vice President of Systems & Technology for Harmonic Inc. Picco is a seasoned digital media executive and technologist. At Harmonic, he… Read More
Dear Subscriber - March 10, 2010
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US task force releases report on sustainable preservation of digital knowledge base - March 9, 2010
The Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access has published a new report titled ‘Sustainable Economics for a Digital Planet: Ensuring Long-term Access to Digital Information’. The report says that a key societal challenge of the Information Age is to ensure that valued… Read More
Springer and Max Planck Society announce agreement - March 9, 2010
STM publisher Springer, Germany, and The Max Planck Society have announced an agreement that allows scientists working at the 78 Max Planck Institutes and research facilities across Germany access to content on Springer’s electronic platform SpringerLink. The agreement covers access for 2010 and 2011. The pilot… Read More
Editor may have to quit as Elsevier looks to introduce peer-review for journal ‘Medical Hypotheses’ - March 9, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier has reportedly asked the editor-in-chief of the journal Medical Hypotheses to immediately step down or implement a series of changes in his editorial policy, including introducing a system of peer-review. Medical Hypotheses is currently the only Elsevier journal that does not have a… Read More
