Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - March 5, 2012
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Heather Morrison (Will Elsevier accidentally unite the open access movement?); Phil Davis (Can Article Retractions Correct the Scientific Record?); Mike Blechar (Metadata Management for Pace Layering); Joseph Esposito (The Bookstore in the Library); and Joe Wikert (Why I'm Breaking the… Read More
OCLC transfers rights to license publisher-owned databases to EBSCO - March 2, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has transferred to EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) the rights to license publisher-owned databases that are currently available through the OCLC FirstSearch reference service. This transaction is intended to complete the cooperative’s transition out of the role of content… Read More
European Conference on Diamond and Related Materials renamed International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials - March 2, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that the European Conference of Diamond and Related Materials will now be known as the International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials. The name change recognises the global diversity of the conference attendees and speakers. The conference committee comprises… Read More
The University of Connecticut Libraries implement Serials Solutions’ Summon service - March 2, 2012
Serials Solutions, a business unit of the US-based ProQuest LLC, has announced that the University of Connecticut Libraries has selected the Summon service to enable users to quickly and efficiently discover content in the libraries vast collection. With the largest public research collection in the… Read More
MarkLogic, Hortonworks partnership to enhance Big Data apps with Apache Hadoop - March 2, 2012
Data analytics products firm MarkLogic Corporation, US, has announced that it has joined the Hortonworks Technology Partner Program. Hortonworks is a commercial vendor promoting the development and support of Apache Hadoop. The partnership is projected to help businesses and public sector agencies take the next step… Read More
BioMed Central re-launches Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology as OA journal - March 2, 2012
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced the re-launch of the Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology (JASB) as an open access journal. First established in 2010, the journal has reportedly achieved considerable recognition from scholars in the field. JASB is supported by the… Read More
