Forest Research and Management Institute ICAS preserves with CLOCKSS Archive - April 7, 2014
The CLOCKSS Archive has partnered with the Forest Research and Management Institute ICAS to preserve Annals of Forest Research in its geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries around the world. This action provides… Read More
Databib and re3data.org merge two projects into one service - March 26, 2014
Databib and "re3data.org – Registry of Research Data Repositories" have announced their plan to merge their two projects into one service that will be managed under the auspices of DataCite by the end of 2015. Their joint proposal to the DataCite General… Read More
Portico and the Royal Society of Chemistry announce preservation deal - March 19, 2014
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that the Royal Society of Chemistry, already an e-journals participant, will begin preserving its e-books with Portico as well. With this initiative, the RSC seeks to ensure that this content will be available into the future.… Read More
Knovel expands Crude Oil Assay Database and boosts Chemical Data Records - March 18, 2014
Two of Knovel's Critical Content Databases have received significant updates. Yaws' Critical Property Database for Chemical Engineers and Chemists has increased by 160,000 data records to include almost 450,000 records in total. With this update, Knovel offers the largest compilation of correlations for chemical engineers online.… Read More
Mendeley Readership Statistics now available in Scopus - March 12, 2014
Scopus, Elsevier's abstract and citation database, has announced a new feature that will show users the Mendeley readership statistics of a specific article. The beta version of Mendeley readership statistics went live on March 7, 2014. This new feature shows how many times Mendeley users have… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education introduces Connect Insight data analytics and visualisation tool for higher education at SXSWedu - March 5, 2014
Digital learning company McGraw-Hill Education, US, has introduced Connect Insight™, a first-of-its-kind data analytics and visualisation tool for higher education. The launch leads McGraw-Hill Education's presence at the Austin-based education festival, SXSWedu, where the company will also host an on-site lounge experience, debut a new interactive… Read More
NIH adds substantial set of genetic, health information to online database - February 28, 2014
Researchers will now have access to genetic data linked to medical information on a diverse group of over 78,000 people, enabling investigations into many diseases and conditions. The data, from one of the nation’s largest and most diverse genomics projects - Genetic Epidemiology Research on Aging (GERA) - have just… Read More
Five new publishers to participate in the CLOCKSS digital preservation archive - February 20, 2014
The CLOCKSS Archive has partnered with eLife to preserve their ejournal in CLOCKSS's geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries around the world. This action provides for content to be freely available to everyone after a "trigger event"… Read More
SCOAP3 repository launches in beta - February 19, 2014
The SCOAP3 repository is now available at repo.scoap3.org. This beta version of the SCOAP3 repository contains all articles funded by SCOAP3 in several formats, including PDF, PDF/A and XML. All articles are published under a CC-BY license and can be freely downloaded… Read More
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to preserve with CLOCKSS Archive - January 24, 2014
The CLOCKSS Archive has partnered with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to preserve the preprint server for the life sciences BioRχiv and the ejournals of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press in CLOCKSS's geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries… Read More
