Informa’s Taylor & Francis extends Library & Information Science Author Rights pilot scheme - January 29, 2014
Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group, has been running a Library & Information Science Author Rights pilot scheme that allows authors to post their peer-reviewed Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) to an institutional repository immediately after publication. The two year pilot scheme, first introduced in… Read More
BISG announces new research initiative to study subscription models of selling published content - January 29, 2014
The Book Industry Study Group (BISG) has announced a major new research initiative to study subscription models of selling published content. Given the success of digital subscription services in the film, television, and music industries, publishing industry stakeholders have wondered how and when these services… Read More
IET’s Inspec database adds 14 millionth record - January 29, 2014
Inspec, the Institution of Engineering and Technology's (IET) database of cutting-edge science and engineering research, has indexed its 14 millionth record, highlighting the IET's commitment to making essential, high-quality scientific and technological intelligence easily available to an international audience. Demonstrating Inspec's key position as the… Read More
The Bibliothek am Guisanplatz in Switzerland goes live with Ex Libris Alma and Primo - January 29, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the Bibliothek am Guisanplatz (BiG) in Switzerland has gone live with the Primo discovery and delivery solution and the next-generation Alma resource management service. Bibliothek am Guisanplatz - the leading library of the Alexandria Library Network… Read More
Affordable, open access publishing now available to biological and medical science researchers - January 29, 2014
UK universities will now be able to centrally fund their researchers' publication plans for biological and medical sciences journal PeerJ following an agreement with Jisc. This will allow authors to publish articles in the journal for free, for life. PeerJ is… Read More
GEN Grupo Editorial Nacional selects Ingram’s Vital Source for e-content distribution and support - January 29, 2014
Ingram Content Group Inc. has announced that GEN Grupo Editorial Nacional (Grupo GEN), a scientific, technical and professional publisher group in Brazil, has selected its Vital Source solution for e-textbook and digital content production, management and distribution. Grupo GEN has plans to make more than… Read More
