NPG permits data- and text-mining on self-archived manuscripts - June 22, 2009
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that it will explicitly permit academic reuse of archived author manuscripts. The announcement was made by David Hoole, Head of Content Licensing, at the OAI6 meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. Researchers can now data-mine and text-mine author manuscripts… Read More
Thomson Reuters unveils EndNote X3 for Windows with additional functionalities - June 22, 2009
The Healthcare & Science business of Thomson Reuters, US, has released an upgrade to EndNote for Windows, a bibliographic management software for researchers, librarians and students. EndNote X3, including EndNote Web, delivers a collaborative solution that seeks to make users more productive. It expands ways to… Read More
Springer, SISSA sign publishing deal - June 22, 2009
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced a publishing partnership with the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Italy. Under the deal, Springer will publish the latter's online-only scientific journal, Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), starting January 1, 2010. The JHEP publishes a wide array of… Read More
Earthscan announces price freeze for 2010 - June 22, 2009
Independent publisher Earthscan, UK, has announced that it is freezing journal prices for 2010. The move is in response to the current recession and library budget difficulties, and with recognition of the growing importance wide dissemination of research on sustainability. The price freeze applies globally, and… Read More
Emerald signs new consortium agreement with Biblioteca do Conhecimento Online - June 22, 2009
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced a new consortium agreement in Portugal. Lisbon-based Biblioteca do Conhecimento Online (B-ON) has signed a deal with the publisher, giving B-ON's 78 members the opportunity to subscribe to Emerald Management Xtra or Emerald Subject… Read More
Special Libraries Association honours Elsevier as ‘The Most Influential Publisher of the Last 100 Years in BioMedicine and the Life Sciences’ - June 22, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has been awarded the 'The Most Influential Publisher of the Last 100 Years in BioMedicine and the Life Sciences' at the Special Library Association's (SLA) Centennial conference. Established in 1909 to serve librarians specialised in business, government, social agencies, and academia, the… Read More
