UKSG / NISO release first KBART recommendations for improved OpenURL data supply - January 18, 2010
The UK Serials Group (UKSG) and the National Information Standards Organisation (NISO) have announced the first report by the KBART (Knowledge Bases And Related Tools) Working Group, a joint initiative that is exploring data problems within the OpenURL supply chain. The KBART… Read More
Optical Society of America’ Optics Express named first SPARC Innovator of 2010 - January 18, 2010
Optical Society of America (OSA) has announced that its open-access journal Optics Express has been named the first SPARC Innovator of 2010. Optics Express publishes original, peer-reviewed articles in all fields of optical science and technology twice a month – within an… Read More
Cambridge Imaging Systems in deal with British Library to build moving image archive - January 18, 2010
Cambridge Imaging Systems has announced a deal to supply the British Library with an advanced digital archive management system, known as Box of Broadcasts or simply ‘BoB'. The British Library contains over 150 million items including a moving image collection of around 40,000 titles. As part… Read More
EBSCO unveils ERM Essentials, an electronic resource management tool for libraries - January 18, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced the release of ERM Essentials, an electronic resource management (ERM) solution that seeks to help libraries manage e-resources. According to the company, the system features auto-population of holdings and data, making a highly effective ERM solution. The… Read More
Maney Publishing launches open access model, MORE OpenChoice - January 18, 2010
Academic Publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced the launch of a new open access (OA) business model, MORE OpenChoice. Twenty-four materials science and engineering journals and fifteen health science titles are initially included in MORE OpenChoice, with the intention to expand this to humanities journals in… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - January 18, 2010
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: David Crotty (Going Legit: The Difficult Path from Piracy to Partnership); Lydia Dishman (Why Even the Most Pirated E-Books of 2010 Won't Bring Down Publishing); Spero melior (Ontologies to facilitate revolution in scientific publishing); and Nicolas Gremion (The Greater Flexibility… Read More
