Canadian group to address research data management issues - August 15, 2008
Canadian universities, institutes, libraries, granting agencies and individual researchers have formed a multi-disciplinary group called the Research Data Strategy (RDS) Working Group to examine the nation's data management issues. This follows observations that Canada does not have nationally adopted standards or policies governing how data is collected, catalogued or preserved.… Read More
Taylor & Francis to deposit NIH-funded articles into PubMed Central - August 15, 2008
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis, UK, has announced that it will deposit into PubMed Central (PMC) author manuscripts on behalf of Taylor & Francis, Routledge and Psychology Press authors reporting NIH funded research. This service is offered as part of Taylor & Francis' new 2008 deposit… Read More
‘Journal of Immunological Methods’ named official journal of AMLI - August 15, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that the Journal of Immunological Methods has become the official journal of the Association of Medical Laboratory Immunologists (AMLI). All the members of the Association will have full text online access to the journal including its 38-year archive. Launched in… Read More
SAGE set to publish Journal of Dental Research - August 15, 2008
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it has signed an agreement to publish the Journal of Dental Research (JDR), beginning 2009. JDR is the official publication of the International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR). The first SAGE issue of the journal will be Volume… Read More
NASA’s Mars exploration programme to bring samples to Earth outlined in Journal Astrobiology - August 15, 2008
Astrobiology, a peer-reviewed journal published by medical publisher Mary Ann Liebert, US, has announced the publication of a report on NASA's Mars exploration programme which involves bringing planetary samples back to Earth for in-depth analysis. The report is available free online at Read More
Blackwell to sell Greenwood Publishing Group’s online databases - August 15, 2008
Publisher Greenwood Publishing Group recently announced that it has entered into an agreement with Blackwell (Library Services Division). Under the deal, Blackwell will act as its non-exclusive agent for the sale of Greenwood's online databases in the US. Libraries interested in the… Read More
