The Merck Index now available via Knovel’s online technical reference collection - December 18, 2007
Web-based information services provider Knovel, US, and medical and scientific information provider Merck Publishing, US, have announced the integration of The Merck Index into Knovel's online reference collection. The addition of The Merck Index will provide Knovel subscribers with a key source of precise, comprehensive information… Read More
LANL Research Library joins OA consortium for particle physics publishing - December 18, 2007
The LANL Research Library has joined several libraries in the US and internationally in expressing support for the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3). SCOAP3 seeks to make articles in selected high energy physics (HEP) journals free to read for everyone. It… Read More
Reed Elsevier restructuring operations to save £100 million annually - December 18, 2007
Publisher Reed Elsevier is reportedly merging back offices across its three operating divisions to achieve annual savings of £100 million. Following the restructuring, the business units will be purely customer-facing activities, including product development, sales and marketing. The rest will be integrated. The programme, internally referred… Read More
Columbia University Libraries joins Google Book Search Library project - December 18, 2007
Internet search services provider Google, Inc. and Columbia University Libraries have signed an agreement to digitise a large number of the Libraries' books in the public domain and make them available online. The project, which is one of several collaborations between Google and major research libraries, will assess and review… Read More
Emerald to launch Emerald Backfiles at ALA Midwinter conference - December 18, 2007
Academic and professional publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced the launch of Emerald Backfiles in conjunction with the ALA Midwinter conference, to be held January 11-16, 2008 in Philadelphia. Emerald is releasing the digitisation of the full archive of its journal titles in business,… Read More
Dear Subscribers - December 18, 2007
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