Free access to APS online journals in US public libraries - July 30, 2010
The American Physical Society (APS) has announced a new public access initiative that will give readers and researchers in public libraries in the US full use of all online APS journals, from the most recent articles back to the first issue in 1893. The collection includes… Read More
SkyRiver Technology files antitrust suit against OCLC - July 30, 2010
Cataloging services provider SkyRiver Technology Solutions, US, has announced that it has filed a lawsuit in a federal court in San Francisco against library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US. The suit alleges that OCLC, a purported non-profit with a membership of 72,000 libraries… Read More
JISC funded project to open up data on climate research - July 30, 2010
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced a new investment to improve the way UK university researchers manage their data. As a result of this initiative, climate scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) will soon be demonstrating new methods of providing open… Read More
DynaMed Drug Topics to provide medication cost assistance program information from NeedyMeds - July 30, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that a new service within its DynaMed point-of-care clinical reference will link clinicians to cost assistance programmes designed to help patients afford their medications. DynaMed drug topics now include links to NeedyMeds, a non-profit organisation that… Read More
Maney Publishing and BSBI announce new publishing arrangement to relaunch Watsonia as the New Journal of Botany - July 30, 2010
Academic Publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced a new publishing arrangement with the Botanical Society of the British Isles (BSBI) to relaunch its journal Watsonia - Journal of the Botanical Society of the British Isles as the New Journal of Botany, in 2011. New Journal of… Read More
ISMPP and MPIP launch new medical publishing website - July 30, 2010
The International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) and the Medical Publishing Insights and Practices (MPIP) initiative have launched a new web page highlighting various MPIP initiatives (http://www.mpip-initiative.org). The web page is projected as a valuable resource providing information on the overall… Read More
