Scotland’s shared digital library initiative to widen access for educational institutions - March 10, 2009
Scotland's university researchers are set to benefit from Scottish Higher Education Digital Library (SHEDL), a shared digital library that will widen access to over 1,500 specialist journals and publications. JISC Collections negotiated this pilot scheme, which will be led by the Scottish Confederation of University and… Read More
Bradford University Repository Project ready for launch - March 10, 2009
The Bradford University Repository Project (BURP) is ready for launch. The Project Team of the 1-year project has announced the forthcoming launch of Bradford Scholars - the University of Bradford online research archive. The archive is already available to users for viewing existing materials and contributing… Read More
Springer India launches Indian edition of Dentistry - March 10, 2009
Springer India Pvt. Ltd., in collaboration with FMC, part of the specialist publishing group Springer Science+Business Media, has announced the inaugural issue of the Indian edition of Dentistry, the UK Business Magazine of the Year 2008. First published in 1995, Dentistry claims to be the UK's… Read More
First international Open Access Week announced - March 10, 2009
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), the Public Library of Science (PLoS), and Students for FreeCulture have jointly announced the first international Open Access Week (October 19 - 23, 2009). Open Access… Read More
Thomson Reuters and the University Of Queensland to host bibliometrics conference on research evaluation - March 10, 2009
The Healthcare and Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced an upcoming international bibliometrics conference on research evaluation. Jointly organised with The University of Queensland (UQ) in Brisbane from April 16-17, the conference will address issues and challenges of metrics-based research evaluation. National and institutional perspectives… Read More
American Business Media launches whitepaper on latest tech for B2B media firms - March 10, 2009
American Business Media, an association of business information providers, has announced the availability of a new whitepaper that helps B2B media companies leverage Web 2.0 and social media tactics and technologies. Created by ABM's Media Marketing Committee, the whitepaper is entitled "Leveraging… Read More
