University Libraries at Virginia Tech join HathiTrust - October 22, 2012
The University Libraries at Virginia Tech has joined the HathiTrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries that are collaborating to build a digital library initiative that preserves and provides access to the published record in digital form. As HathiTrust members, Virginia Tech students,… Read More
Maney Publishing announces special prices for OA publication to support Open Access Week - October 22, 2012
Academic publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced its support for the Open Access Week with special prices for OA publication. Throughout Open Access Week, the publisher is highlighting its hybrid open access model, MORE OpenChoice, and reducing author fees in order to encourage open access publication.… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - October 22, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Todd A Carpenter (Does All Science Need to be Preserved? Do We Need to Save Every Last Data Point?); Joe Wikert (Publishing's "open" future); Kent Anderson (Recuse, Refuse, or Excuse — The Conflicts of Interest at the Heart of Funder-Backed… Read More
Elsevier launches Core Measures in Quality and Safety section of Mosby’s Nursing Consult - October 19, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the launch of Core Measures in the Quality and Safety section of Mosby's Nursing Consult. Core Measures is in addition to content on CMS Never Events and Medication Safety already available in Nursing Consult. The Quality and Safety section of… Read More
CAB Abstracts is critical to search of veterinary literature, says study - October 19, 2012
A new study of the coverage of veterinary journals in bibliographic databases has reportedly shown that no search of veterinary literature is complete without reference to applied life sciences database CAB Abstracts. The study, "Searching the Veterinary Literature: A Comparison of the Coverage of Veterinary Journals by Nine Bibliographic… Read More
Thomson Reuters adds oil refinery alerts from Genscape to desktop product Eikon - October 19, 2012
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the addition of oil refinery data to Thomson Reuters Eikon, its desktop product for financial traders, through an exclusive agreement with Genscape. The agreement will purportedly enable Thomson Reuters Eikon customers to gain significant… Read More
