More libraries join OCLC WorldShare Management Services community - January 16, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has announced that 28 libraries have selected OCLC WorldShare Management Services since July 1, 2011. The OCLC WorldShare Management Services claims to be the first Webscale management services for libraries that streamline cataloging, acquisitions, circulation, license management and workflows, and offer… Read More
Copyright Alliances welcomes US bill overturning free access to publicly funded research - January 16, 2012
The Copyright Alliance has applauded US Representatives Darrell Issa and Carolyn Maloney for their bipartisan introduction of H.R. 3699, the Research Works Act. The proposal would overturn an unprecedented federal government taking of copyrights from certain authors and researchers. In a recently issued statement, the… Read More
RSC Kyoto University iCeMS collaborate to launch new journal, Biomaterials Science - January 16, 2012
The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, has announced the launch of a new journal, Biomaterials Science. The new journal seeks to provide the academic and industrial researchers in the field of biomaterials a new option for the publication of their research in 2012. Norio Nakatsuji, Prof.… Read More
Cambridge University Press set to publish ICDD journal – Powder Diffraction - January 16, 2012
Cambridge University Press (CUP), the publishing division of the UK's University of Cambridge, and the International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) have formed a new publishing partnership to produce ICDD's flagship journal, Powder Diffraction. Powder Diffraction will be published by Cambridge from March 2012 Volume 27,… Read More
The European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation becomes the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology - January 16, 2012
Academic publisher SAGE and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) have announced that the European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation has become the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. The journal is the official journal of the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (EACPR)… Read More
Online registration for 2012 LibQUAL+ Webcast now open - January 16, 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that online registration is now open for the 2012 LibQUAL+ Webcast, a free workshop designed to provide potential and current participants with vital information on the LibQUAL+ service. This one-hour webcast will provide practical information for administering a… Read More
