Springer Book Archives now comprise 72,000 titles - April 9, 2013
STM publisher Springer has announced that the Springer Book Archives (SBA) now contain 72,000 eBooks. This news represents the latest developments in a project that seeks to digitise nearly every Springer book ever published, dating back to 1842 when the publishing company was founded. The announcement… Read More
PeerJ journal selected for indexing by PubMed Central, PubMed and Scopus - April 9, 2013
PeerJ Inc. has announced that the journal PeerJ has been accepted for indexing by PubMed Central (PMC), PubMed and Scopus. PeerJ Inc. is a new academic journal publisher, founded on the principles of affordability, innovation, and Open Access. PeerJ articles will start to appear in… Read More
NPG set to launch Scientific Data to aid scientists publish and reuse research data - April 5, 2013
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced the Spring 2014 launch of Scientific Data. Open for submissions this autumn, Scientific Data is a new open-access, online-only platform for the publication of descriptions of scientifically valuable datasets. Scientific Data will initially focus on experimental datasets… Read More
European organisations launch initiative to clarify on digital curation costs - March 26, 2013
Seven European countries have announced that they are launching 4C (the Collaboration to Clarify the Costs of Curation). The aim is to help public and private European organisations invest more effectively in digital curation and preservation, sustaining the long-term value of all types of digital information. Curation is seen… Read More
Springer’s interdisciplinary OA journal now indexed in Scopus and PubMed Central - March 20, 2013
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that its interdisciplinary fully open access journal, SpringerPlus, is now indexed by PubMed Central and Scopus. Consequently, authors publishing with SpringerPlus will enjoy maximum exposure of their research work. The journal is part of SpringerOpen, the publisher's portfolio of… Read More
Four new publishers to participate in the CLOCKSS Digital Preservation Archive - March 20, 2013
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced the participation of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME); Cardiometry; Healthy Aging Research; and Stanford University Press. This action provides for content to be freely available to everyone after a 'trigger event' and ensures an author's work will be… Read More
Journal of Healthcare Engineering accepted for inclusion into MEDLINE - March 19, 2013
Publisher Multi-Science Publishing Co Ltd, UK, has announced that its title, the Journal of Healthcare Engineering has been accepted for inclusion into MEDLINE. MEDLINE - the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online - is a premier bibliographic database containing over 19 million references to… Read More
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences to be preserved with Portico - March 13, 2013
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) has entered into an agreement with non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico to preserve its journal. Through this agreement, PNAS seeks to ensure that its e-journal will be preserved and… Read More
Springer adds 28,000 German-language titles to Springer Book Archives - March 12, 2013
STM publisher Springer is providing online access to its historic German-language titles in addition to those in English, adding another 28,000 eBooks to the Springer Book Archives (SBA). These books are part of the SBA project in which books dating right back to 1842 – when… Read More
bepress to preserve Digital Commons ejournals with the CLOCKSS Archive - March 6, 2013
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced that academic publisher Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) has entered into an agreement with CLOCKSS to preserve ejournals hosted on bepress Digital Commons publishing repositories. The journals are all participants in the new Digital Commons Publishing Services programme, which is designed to… Read More
