Gale to preserve two more collections with Portico - September 11, 2012
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced the addition of two Gale Digital Collections – Nineteenth Century Collections Online and National Geographic Magazine Archive, 1888-1994 to Portico’s D-Collections Service. Portico has already preserved more than 1,380,000 objects and 83,000,000 files from 14 Gale Collections… Read More
Western Regional Storage Trust completes first round of print journal archiving - August 31, 2012
The Western Regional Storage Trust (WEST), a partnership to create a distributed retrospective print journal repository in western US, has announced that it has completed its first round of print journal archiving. This has been accomplished under a three-year programme jointly funded by WEST members and… Read More
arXiv adopts new business model, gets grant from Simons Foundation - August 29, 2012
arXiv, a US-based free repository that has reportedly revolutionised the way scientists share information, has announced that it is adopting a new governance and business model. An operating grant from the Simons Foundation, Cornell University Library has helped arXiv take a major… Read More
‘American Journal of Botany’ article describes ontologies for plants data - August 21, 2012
The American Journal of Botany has, in this month's issue, published an article by Ramona Walls (of New York Botanical Garden) and colleagues. The article describes how scientists build ontologies such as the Plant Ontology (PO) and how these tools can transform plant science by facilitating… Read More
CLOCKSS Archive announces participation of five new publishers in its digital preservation archive - August 16, 2012
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced the participation of five new publishers in its digital preservation archive. The publishers are: Duke University Press, NZCER Press, New Prairie Press, Mathematical Sciences Publishers and Copernicus Publications. Duke University Press publishes primarily in the humanities and social sciences and… Read More
Asian Journal of Psychiatry accepted for indexing in MEDLINE - August 15, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that the Asian Journal of Psychiatry, the official scientific journal of the Asian Federation of Psychiatric Associations, has been accepted for indexing in Medline and will soon be accessible via PubMed. Indexing through the US National Library of Medicine's (NLM)… Read More
Fifty seven UK Academic Libraries now participating in Portico - August 15, 2012
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced the expansion of its digital preservation services to twenty more academic libraries in the UK. This brings the total number of UK participating institutions to fifty-seven. JISC has been providing consultation and guiding adoption of digital… Read More
Duke University Press to preserve e-journals in CLOCKSS Archive - August 13, 2012
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced a partnership with the Duke University Press to preserve their e-journals in CLOCKSS's geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries around the world. By archiving with CLOCKSS, Duke University Press has committed… Read More
Print Archives Preservation Registry now online - August 6, 2012
The Print Archives Preservation Registry (PAPR) has announced that it is now available online at http://papr.crl.edu. The registry is designed to support archiving and management of serial collections by providing detailed information about titles, holdings, and terms and conditions of the major… Read More
Society of Exploration Geophysicists to preserve e-books with Portico - July 26, 2012
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced that the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) will preserve its e-books with Portico. Through this agreement, SEG extends its relationship with Portico, which began in 2009 with the Society’s commitment to preserve its three e-journals and… Read More
