Portico and Ithaka release results of Digital Preservation Survey of US library directors - June 9, 2008
In September 2005, library directors from 17 universities and colleges met to discuss the current state of electronic journal preservation and endorsed a statement calling for 'Urgent Action' to preserve scholarly e-journals. Over two years later in January 2008, Portico and Ithaka invited 1,371 library directors… Read More
FIZ Karlsruhe releases new patent family file on STN International - June 9, 2008
Scientific information services provider FIZ Karlsruhe, Germany, has released the new bibliographic patent family file INPAFAMDB (International Patent Family Database) on STN International. Data sources of INPAFAMDB are the EPO Patent Information Resource that currently covers 81 patent authorities, and the INPADOC legal status file covering… Read More
OA articles published in Oxford Open to be deposited in PubMed Central free of cost - June 6, 2008
The Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced that open access (OA) articles published in over 50 journals in the Oxford Open initiative will now automatically be deposited in PubMed Central (PMC). PubMed Central is a free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at… Read More
OAI unveils beta version of ORE specifications and user guides - June 5, 2008
The Open Archives Initiative (OAI) has released the beta version of the ORE specifications and user guides as part of its Object Reuse and Exchange (OAI-ORE) project. Under the project, launched 18 months ago, international experts from the publishing, web, library and e-science community developed standards… Read More
SAGE-Hindawi launch new OA journal – Human Genomics and Proteomics - June 4, 2008
Open access (OA) journal Human Genomics and Proteomics (HGP) marks the first title to be launched through SAGE-Hindawi, a joint venture between Sage Publishing and the Hindawi Publishing Corporation. The journal is the first database journal affiliated with a database, FINDbase: the… Read More
The Company of Biologists announce completion of the online archive of Development - May 26, 2008
The Company of Biologists has announced the completion of the process of digital retro conversion of the archives of its journal - Development. The entire contents of the journal's predecessor, the Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology (JEEM), is now freely available online. The complete archive… Read More
BioMed Central articles now indexed in Zetoc and SOCOLAR - May 26, 2008
Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced that its articles are now indexed in both the Zetoc and SOCOLAR services. Zetoc provides access to the British Library's Electronic Table of Contents for journals and conference proceedings. The service is free to use for members of… Read More
Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research moves to BioMed Central - May 23, 2008
Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced that the Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research (JECCR) has moved to BioMed Central's open access publishing platform. Overseen by Editor-in-Chief Mauro Castelli and supported by an international Editorial Board, the journal has joined BioMed Central in… Read More
PhysMath Central launches new OA journal – PMC Biophysics - May 20, 2008
PhysMath Central, sister site of open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has launched a new open access journal - PMC Biophysics. The journal will be of interest to all BioMed Central readers and authors with an interest in the physical processes behind biological systems. PMC Biophysics… Read More
Hindawi launches new OA journal on zoology - May 20, 2008
STM publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation, US, has reportedly launched a new open access journal - International Journal of Zoology. A peer-reviewed journal, International Journal of Zoology will publish original research articles as well as review articles in all areas of zoology. There… Read More
