Dear Subscribers - December 19, 2007
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Scopus to launch online tool to search documents belonging to specific organisations - December 18, 2007
Abstracting and indexing database Scopus, part of STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the January launch of its online literature research tool, the Scopus Affiliation Identifier Phase 1. The new tool is projected to speed up the search process by enabling users to find all the… Read More
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
