British Library report studies information usage patterns of researchers vis-à-vis funders - November 4, 2009
The British Library has announced that a report – based on a study conducted along with the Research Information Network – seeks to provide an insight into how information is used by researchers across life sciences. The report has revealed that researcher practices diverge from policies… Read More
Elsevier to partner with universities to host webinars for librarians and researchers - November 4, 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it is partnering with several universities from around the globe to launch Scholarly Perspectives 2009, a webinar series for librarians and researchers. Senior researchers and librarians from the University of Aberdeen, Princeton University and the University of Hong Kong… Read More
Singapore research organisation partners with MSC to launch online publication - November 4, 2009
Macmillan Scientific Communications (MSC) and Singapore-based Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have announced the launch of a new open access website, A*STAR Research (http://www.research.a-star.edu.sg/). The free online publication aims to highlight key research material published by A*STAR’s research institutions. Established… Read More
BioMed Central publishes journal for Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - November 4, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central has commenced publishing Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology (AACI), the official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (CSACI). This follows the journal’s decision to adopt an open access format to increase its reach. AACI aims to further… Read More
Publishing Technology platform to be deployed in TBI’s semantic web project - November 4, 2009
Publishing Technology, a UK-based provider of services to the publishing industry, has announced that it has joined Breathing Space, a semantic web collaboration between scholarly societies, as a technology partner. Publishing Technology will deploy its pub2web platform for Breathing Space, which is being coordinated by TBI… Read More
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