Non-profit organisation GeoScienceWorld (GSW) has announced a set of major portal upgrades. GSW's 40 journals will be delivered in an XML environment supported by HighWire's Open Platform technology. While the bulk of the platform changes are infrastructural and will be invisible to users, GSW is simultaneously releasing its new branded look and feel for the site and a new suite of user tools, including Google Maps-enabled advanced searching.
On the front end, the new three-column site design greatly enhances content visibility and discoverability for users. A goal of the design is to keep users in context as they conduct their research. Behind the scenes, the new HighWire infrastructure is designed to cooperate with emerging web services and technologies, as well as to comply with proven industry standards for content delivery.
GSW seeks to make earth science research easily and economically available on the Internet. The platform hosts 40 peer-reviewed geoscience journals from 26 global publishers.
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