SAGE launches new OA journal – Journal of International Life Sciences Research - July 17, 2015
Academic publisher SAGE has launched the Journal of International Life Sciences Research (JILSR), a new open access (OA) journal dedicated to the rapid publication of high-quality articles in the form of life sciences research and review papers. As a companion to the Journal of International… Read More
CHUC partners with Plum Analytics for real-time research metrics - July 17, 2015
The Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra/Coimbra Hospital and University Centre (CHUC) in Portugal is the first hospital in southern Europe to implement PlumX, a research metrics tool from Plum™ Analytics, an EBSCO company. CHUC is using PlumX to measure and analyze the impact of its… Read More
The Society for General Microbiology announces full launch of its new journal- Microbial Genomics - July 17, 2015
The Society for General Microbiology has announced the full launch of Microbial Genomics (MGen), the Society's first fully open access journal that incorporates an open data policy. MGen publishes peer-reviewed articles that use genomic approaches to further our understanding of microbiology. The Society is waiving all… Read More
NISO seeks trial users and comments on draft technical report, SUSHI-Lite - July 17, 2015
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is seeking trial users and comments on the draft technical report, SUSHI-Lite: Deploying SUSHI as a lightweight protocol for exchanging usage via web services, NISO TR-06-201X. This technical report proposes and describes a method of exchanging COUNTER statistics ranging from… Read More
Simba Information acquires Education Market Research - July 17, 2015
Simba Information, a provider of market research and analysis in educational and professional publishing, has completed its acquisition of Education Market Research (EMR). With roots back to 1968, Simba Information has been tracking the publishing industry for nearly 50 years; it currently offers 2 newsletters… Read More
Baker and Taylor completes second phase of its migration to CARL.X - July 17, 2015
Baker & Taylor, a worldwide distributor of digital and print books, has completed the second phase of its migration to CARL.X with the company's Customized Library Services (CLS) group implementing TLC's next generation ILS last month. With this upgrade, CLS will join Baker & Taylor's Corporate… Read More
