Knowledge Unlatched to preserve with CLOCKSS Archive - December 6, 2013
The CLOCKSS Archive has partnered with Knowledge Unlatched to preserve their ebooks in CLOCKSS's geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries worldwide. This action provides for content to be freely available to everyone after a 'trigger event' and… Read More
Ex Libris’ Rosetta to ensure permanent access to research data, web sites and digital collections of the Bavarian Library Network - December 3, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the Bavarian Library Network (BVB) has selected Ex Libris Rosetta to provide long-term preservation services to all the academic libraries in the state. This decision extends the existing Rosetta implementation at the Bavarian State Library (BSB)… Read More
Pharmaceutical Patent Analyst and the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research selected for coverage by MEDLINE - December 2, 2013
Publisher Future Science Group Ltd has announced that Pharmaceutical Patent Analyst and the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research have been selected for coverage by MEDLINE. Maintained by the US National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE® (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online) is a premier bibliographic database… Read More
UA Libraries join HathiTrust - November 25, 2013
The University of Alabama has become one of the latest partners of Hathitrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating in a digital library initiative to preserve and provide access to the published record in digital form. Launched in… Read More
HathiTrust releases new bibliographic metadata management system – Zephir - November 11, 2013
HathiTrust has announced the release of a new, state-of-the-art bibliographic management system for its 11-million volume digital repository. The new system, called Zephir, is developed and managed by the California Digital Library, and represents the first distributed development of a major repository component outside the University… Read More
The Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group preserves e-journals with Portico - October 28, 2013
The Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group has entered into an agreement with Portico to preserve its e-journals. The Group is the scientific publishing arm of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Through this agreement, the Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group ensures that these e-journals will… Read More
ACS Publications announces large-scale digitisation and open availability of data coupled to ACS Legacy Archives Journals - October 25, 2013
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced the completion of a comprehensive undertaking to digitally convert and conserve the Supporting Information for its broadly subscribed ACS Legacy Archives journals collection. This initiative was part of the Society's commitment to broaden the online… Read More
Sanofi to use QUOSA to support adverse event monitoring - October 23, 2013
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that Sanofi, one of the world's leading pharmaceutical organisations, has implemented QUOSA's literature management tools to automate adverse event monitoring. QUOSA powers the retrieval, storage, tagging and annotation of relevant case reports, allowing for the creation of a centralised repository… Read More
Serials Solutions’ Summon Service to index PEP Web Archive - October 16, 2013
Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, continues to expand its coverage by working with Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing to include PEP Web, a digital archive of classic psychoanalytic texts, in the Summon service. Acting on requests from clients in the UK, the full text of these important psychoanalytic… Read More
UNEP announces landmark initiative to digitise publications and official documents - October 14, 2013
The United Nation’s Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced that its Division of Communication and Public Information (DCPI) recently launched a trailblazing new project to digitise the organisation's books, reference materials and other publications. The initiative - among the first of its kind in the UN… Read More
