NISO publishes recommended practice on single sign-on authentication - November 9, 2011
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the publication of a new Recommended Practice, ESPReSSO: Establishing Suggested Practices Regarding Single Sign-On (NISO RP-11-2011). The ESPReSSO recommended practice is the result of the NISO Chair's Initiative - a project of the chair of NISO's Board of… Read More
American Chemical Society expands publication benefits for ACS members - November 8, 2011
The American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications and Membership and Scientific Advancement Divisions have jointly announced the introduction of new programmes that will expand ACS member access to over 1 million articles and book chapters from the most trusted, most cited, most read publications in the chemical… Read More
Oxford Journals set to publish two new journals in 2012 - November 7, 2011
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP), a department of the University of Oxford, has announced that Oxford Journals will publish the journals - Research Evaluation and Science and Public Policy - from 2012. Research Evaluation is an interdisciplinary journal covering the emerging methods, experiences and… Read More
Routledge announces free access to Area Studies journals - November 7, 2011
Routledge, the social science and humanities imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, has announced its latest free access campaign, Access All Areas. Access All Areas offers free online access to Routledge's complete range of Area Studies journals for six weeks, available from the November 3… Read More
APA unveils enhanced version of PsychiatryOnline on SCM6 platform - November 4, 2011
American Psychiatric Publishing, a division of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), has launched the latest version of PsychiatryOnline, the APA's integrated digital product suite, on SCM6 - the natively semantic platform by Silverchair Information Systems. The new PsychiatryOnline uses the SCM6 architecture to create a… Read More
EBSCO Publishing expands corporate research solutions collection, releases Business Source Corporate Plus - November 4, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has expanded its collection of corporate research solutions with the release of Business Source Corporate Plus (BSC+). By providing detailed corporate information plus the latest business news and trends to corporations worldwide, Business Source Corporate Plus delivers what… Read More
University of California partners with several major research institutions to develop data management tool - November 3, 2011
The University of California and several other major research institutions have partnered to develop the DMPTool, a flexible online application to help researchers generate data management plans - simple but effective documents for ensuring good data stewardship. These plans increasingly are being required by funders such… Read More
DuraSpace launches open-source cloud service, DuraCloud - November 3, 2011
DuraSpace, a US-based not-for-profit organisation dedicated to preserving the world’s scholarly, scientific and cultural records, has announced the launch of its managed cloud service, DuraCloud. DuraCloud is projected as the only managed software service that lets organisations archive content across more than one cloud provider.… Read More
Nature Publishing Group and Digital Science announce integration of ReadCube’s web reader tool with nature.com - November 3, 2011
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, and Digital Science, a division of Macmillan Publishers Ltd., have announced the integration of ReadCube's web reader tool with nature.com. The web reader tool is currently available to personal subscribers and site license users on Nature and 18 Nature… Read More
MarkLogic unveils latest version of Big Data applications product - November 2, 2011
Data analytics products firm MarkLogic Corporation, US, has announced MarkLogic 5, the latest version of its product designed for Big Data applications across the enterprise. MarkLogic 5 is projected to help organisations build Big Data applications that make information actionable. With MarkLogic 5, organisations can… Read More
