Oncotarget publications to be indexed in Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Meta database - March 14, 2018
Oncotarget has announced that its peer-reviewed research publications will be indexed in Meta, a world-renowned database of scientific literature, alongside other Impact Journal publications. Meta was acquired by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative in an effort to make Meta's artificial intelligence (AI) technologies available to enhance scientists'… Read More
Danish Medical Association and Cardiff University Press to preserve OA e-journals with Portico - March 8, 2018
Digital preservation service Portico has announced that the Danish Medical Association and the Cardiff University Press will preserve their open access e-journals with Portico, ensuring that their content will be secure and available into the future. The Danish Medical Association is a medical professional association… Read More
Thermo Fisher Scientific acquires Core Informatics - March 6, 2018
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has acquired Core Informatics, which provides a leading cloud-based platform supporting scientific data management. Core's offerings will significantly enhance Thermo Fisher's existing informatics solutions and complement its cloud platform, which supports the company's genetic analysis, qPCR and proteomics systems. Core's capabilities… Read More
CARL and BCI sign agreement advancing research data management and digital preservation in Canada - February 23, 2018
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and the Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire (BCI) have signed an agreement that will see both organisations work together to advance regional and national issues relating to the data management and digital preservation needs of the Canadian research community. … Read More
ProQuest launches long-term preservation initiative ‘Dark Archive’ with book content - February 13, 2018
ProQuest has launched a new initiative for the long-term archival storage of its digital content, creating a 'dark archive' that protects the investments of its library customers. The ProQuest® SAFE™ (Secure Archives ForEver) service will ensure preservation and access to content purchased by customers. The… Read More
Dissertations from Philippines University now available globally - February 5, 2018
Dissertations from the Philippines are now available to researchers around the world through the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global™ database (PQDT), the largest database of graduate research collected from the world’s greatest universities. As a member of the PQDT publishing program, Philippines Women’s University will… Read More
Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology to preserve e-journals with Portico - January 25, 2018
Digital preservation service Portico has announced that the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) will preserve e-journals with Portico, ensuring that their content will be secure and available into the future. Founded in 1960, APAO was formed to create closer relationships between ophthalmologists and ophthalmological societies… Read More
BIR Publications partners with ReadCube to enhance discoverability of its collection - January 24, 2018
BIR Publications, the publishing arm of the British Institute of Radiology (BIR), has partnered with ReadCube's Discover program to index their collection of over 35,000 articles. Through the Discover service all of BIR's journals, including BJR, BJR|case reports, Dentomaxillofacial Radiology, and Imaging, will be searchable in… Read More
CLOCKSS and SAGE Publishing announce preservation deal - January 17, 2018
The CLOCKSS Archive and academic publisher SAGE Publishing have announced that the SAGE e-book offerings on its SAGE Research Methods (SRM) and SAGE Knowledge (SK) platforms will be digitally preserved for the long-term in the CLOCKSS Archive. SAGE, an independent academic… Read More
Wiley Digital Archives partners with Royal College of Physicians to provide access to 500 years of medical history - January 12, 2018
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc. has announced that the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is the latest Wiley Digital Archives partner. The relationship with RCP is the first venture between Wiley and this society which is the oldest medical college in England. The digital resource… Read More
