‘PLoS ONE article’ examines open access adoption for research papers - June 28, 2010
A recent survey published in PLoS ONE, a peer-reviewed online publication of open access (OA) publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS), reveals that one in five research papers published in 2008 are currently available for free on the Internet. Bo-Christer Bjork and colleagues at the Hanken… Read More
OCLC Web-scale Management Services to offer next-generation choice for traditional, back-office operations - June 28, 2010
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, has announced that it is moving its Web-scale library management services from pilot phase to production with the release of acquisitions and circulation components to a limited number of early adopters. Beginning July 1, OCLC will… Read More
Study examines demands of mobile technology on e-books collection development - June 28, 2010
A collaborative study on the demands of mobile technology on virtual collection development was recently conducted by Mari Aaltonen, Saija Nieminen and Marja Hjelt from the Aalto University Library, Espoo, Finland, and Petri Mannonen from the Aalto University, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Strategic Usability Research Group, Finland. The… Read More
Portico and Wiley announce archive license agreement - June 28, 2010
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced that publisher John Wiley & Sons has entered into an archive license agreement to preserve its collection of more than 8,000 online scholarly monographs. This agreement expands the global publisher's relationship with Portico, which began in 2006 with Wiley's… Read More
China leading in bioethanol patents, says CAS report - June 28, 2010
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, has announced that in 2009, China surpassed all other countries in the production of bioethanol patents, emerging as the global leader in the commercialisation of bioethanol research. In the CAS Chemistry Research Report: China Takes… Read More
ISTIC and Thomson Reuters host International University Research Summit to promote Scientometrics in China - June 28, 2010
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, and the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC) jointly hosted an International University Research Evaluation Summit and Scientometrics Research Workshop in Beijing on June 25, 2010. The workshop was organised with the objective… Read More
