Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association launched - October 16, 2008
The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, OASPA, was officially launched in conjunction with an OA Day celebration hosted by the Wellcome Trust in London. OASPA seeks to support and represent the interests of Open Access (OA) journals publishers globally in all scientific, technical, and scholarly disciplines.… Read More
BMJ completes 10 years of offering open access content online - October 16, 2008
British Medical Journal (BMJ), published by medical publisher BMJ Group, UK, has announced that after 10 years of providing free access to its peer reviewed research online, it is now officially an open access (OA) journal. The announcement was made on the first international Open Access… Read More
Elsevier’s online resource for drug safety data adds EMEA documents - October 16, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that its online resource for authoritative drug safety data, PharmaPendium, has expanded its content offering with a new release containing the European Medicines Agency's (EMEA) European Public Assessment Reports (EPARs). The addition of this content makes PharmaPendium the only source… Read More
Publishing House of the Geological Society of London releases new content within Lyell Collection - October 16, 2008
The Publishing House of the Geological Society of London has announced the release of new content within its Lyell Collection. The Lyell Collection, created to mark the Geological Society of London's 200th anniversary in 2007, represents the combined archive content of the Society's own journals, special… Read More
TechInsights launches TechOnline India - October 16, 2008
Business and technical information provider TechInsights, a division of United Business Media, UK, has launched TechOnline India (http://www.techonlineindia.com), an engineering education and technical information portal dedicated to the technology and product information needs of India's burgeoning electronics community. The site features in-country… Read More
Cambridge University Press selects CCC’s online solution to deliver copyright permissions online - October 16, 2008
Cambridge Journals, a division of Cambridge University Press, US, has selected Copyright Clearance Center's online content licensing service, Rightslink, to provide its readers a fast and easy way to obtain copyright permissions to share and distribute published materials directly from content pages online. Rightslink will help… Read More