National Library of Israel opts for Ex Libris’ Rosetta for digital preservation - January 3, 2013
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the National Library of Israel (NLI) has adopted its Rosetta digital preservation solution. As part of the NLI's strategic renewal programme, Rosetta will manage and preserve its collections of e-books, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, audio recordings, websites… Read More
European Commission launches open data portal in public beta - December 24, 2012
The European Commission has launched its open data portal, announced last year December, in public beta. While the site is already on-line, the EC has requested to not widely circulate the URL yet. The beta launch will be more widely announced in January 2013. At… Read More
Amazon Web Services unveils High Storage instances for data intensive applications - December 24, 2012
US-based Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company, has announced High Storage instances, a new Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance family optimised for applications requiring fast access to large amounts of data. These new instances provide customers with 35 EC2 Compute Units (ECUs)… Read More
Digital Science Press to preserve UroToday International Journal with Portico - December 12, 2012
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced an agreement with Digital Science Press to preserve the latter's UroToday International Journal. Through this agreement, Digital Science Press seeks to ensure that its e-journals will be preserved and available for future scholars, researchers, and students. … Read More
Four new publishers to participate in CLOCKSS Archive - December 7, 2012
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced the participation of four new publishers in its digital preservation archive. These include: ALPSP, Rocky Mountain Geology, Tangram Edizioni Scientifiche Trento and Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Press (VGTU Press). ALPSP is the international organisation for non-profit publishers. It has a… Read More
American Chemical Society in deal with Portico to preserve e-books - December 3, 2012
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced that American Chemical Society (ACS) has entered into an agreement with Portico to preserve its e-books. Through this agreement, ACS extends its relationship with Portico, which began in 2007 with the publisher's commitment to deposit its entire… Read More
Searchable database Antibodypedia catalogues over half a million antibodies - November 30, 2012
The Antibodypedia, a searchable online database of publicly available antibodies hosted in collaboration with Nature Publishing Group (NPG), has announced that it now catalogues more than 500,000 individual antibodies. These antibodies collectively detect 88 percent of the proteins encoded by the human genome. The database also… Read More
COAR and euroCRIS announce strategic partnership - November 26, 2012
The World Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and euroCRIS recently announced a strategic partnership. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed at the euroCRIS members meeting in Madrid/Spain on November 6, 2012. The partnership will be based on the mutual understanding of the importance of… Read More
Manchester University Press to preserve e-journals with Portico - November 21, 2012
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced that Manchester University Press (MUP) has entered into an agreement with Portico to preserve its e-journals. Through this agreement, MUP seeks to ensure that its e-journals will be preserved and available for future scholars, researchers, and students.… Read More
QScience in deal with Portico to preserve e-journals - November 20, 2012
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced an agreement with QScience.com to preserve the latter's e-journals. Through this agreement with Portico, QScience.com seeks to ensure that its e-journals will be preserved and available for future scholars, researchers, and students. QScience.com is a collaborative,… Read More
