Blackboard launches xpLor, a shared content repository that supports multiple LMS platforms - June 25, 2013
Enterprise technology and innovative solutions provider Blackboard Inc., US, has announced the release of xpLor, a content platform that gives educators unprecedented ability to create, discover and share rich course materials across systems and institutions. xpLor claims to be the industry's first cloud-based learning object repository… Read More
The British Library and Portico partner to preserve thousands of e-journals for future generations - June 20, 2013
The British Library and digital preservation specialist Portico have announced that they will be working together to ensure that thousands of electronic journal titles will be collected, preserved and made available to current and future generations of researchers. The partnership will help the British Library… Read More
New laboratory informatics system revolutionises experimentation management through scientific big data mining - June 14, 2013
Accelrys, Inc., a US-based provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software, has announced the Accelrys Experiment Knowledge Base (EKB), an industry-first laboratory informatics system that raises the bar for experimentation management and enables organisations to transform mass amounts of scientific data into knowledge essential for faster,… Read More
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute unveils international initiative to promote sharing of standardised genetic and clinical data - June 11, 2013
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute recently unveiled an international initiative to promote the sharing of standardised genetic and clinical data. More than 60 leading healthcare, research and disease advocacy organisations from across the world are joining together to form an international alliance dedicated to enabling secure… Read More
ACSESS, Inc. to preserves with CLOCKSS Archive - May 23, 2013
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced that ACSESS, Inc. is participating in the archive to preserve their full-text Digital Library 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… Read More
De Gruyter selects CLOCKSS for long-term digital archiving of databases and e-books - May 9, 2013
Academic publisher De Gruyter, Germany, has announced that it is now archiving its 36 databases and 55 eBookPLUS at the CLOCKSS Archive. CLOCKSS is a US-based non-profit whose mission is to provide for the long-term digital archiving of academic publications. Partnership with CLOCKSS ensures that… Read More
Eight new publishers participate in CLOCKSS digital preservation archive - May 7, 2013
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced the participation of BraDypUS Books, Business Systems Laboratory, Illiesia, the International Journal of Stonefly Research, IWA Publishing, KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Liverpool University Press Translated Texts for Historians E-Library, LIBRE Repository, OMICS Group Inc., and Practical Action Publishing. CLOCKSS is a not-for-profit… Read More
HTRC unveils data mining and analytics tools for HathiTrust Digital Library - April 24, 2013
The HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC) has announced the availability of data mining and analytics tools for the HathiTrust Digital Library, a collection of digital texts from over 70 research libraries around the world. The new tools seek to provide an entry point to large-scale analysis of… Read More
CLOCKSS Archive to preserve LWW ejournals - April 16, 2013
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced that Wolters Kluwer Health is participating in the preservation of their Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) ejournals 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… Read More
SciELO preserves with the CLOCKSS Archive - April 15, 2013
The CLOCKSS Archive has partnered with SciELO to preserve their ejournals and ebooks 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… Read More
