Publishing-specific software solutions provider Publishing Technology plc, UK, has announced the latest release of its flagship research platform, IngentaConnect. The release integrates a number of site enhancements to improve user experience and offer greater discoverability of its content.
IngentaConnect users can now benefit from improved content discoverability through the Summon service, driving user traffic to IngentaConnect via a trusted partner for access to reliable and credible content with increased efficiency. The release also marks the introduction of WorldPay e-commerce, enabling wider methods of payment, including PayPal. IngentaConnect now has improved and expanded social bookmarking, to allow its users to bookmark content and recommend and share articles with peers even more easily. With 14 popular social bookmarking sites supporting the site, IngentaConnect is now able to offer even greater social networking flexibility to its 4.5 million unique visitors every month.
Earlier this year, Publishing Technology announced the integration of Rightsconnect licensing functionality with the scholarly hosting platform, working in conjunction with the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC). Publishers with Rightsconnect licensing on their content can offer their users instant permission to license and reuse their content right where they view it. Rightsconnect will be implemented on content from a broad number of publishers by the end of the year. Rightslink, a further enhanced and advanced version of the software, is also now available.
Publishing Technology has also announced that five new clients have selected its online publishing package. Content from Firenze University Press, Warburg Institute, Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem, the American Association for Respiratory Care and City University of New York all now feature on IngentaConnect.
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