Nature Publishing Group and National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences sign digital preservation deal - June 8, 2012
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, and National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSLC) have signed an agreement to provide long-term digital preservation of NPG’s content in Beijing. The agreement was signed by Dr. Zhang Xiao Lin, Director of National Science Library, Chinese… Read More
Three new publishers announce participation in CLOCKSS’ digital preservation archive - June 8, 2012
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced the participation of three new publishers in its digital preservation archive. The publishers are - Berghahn Books, The International Glaciological Society and Aerospace Medical Association. Berghahn Books is an independent scholarly publisher of distinguished books and journals in the humanities… Read More
Portico and American Medical Association announce archiving deal - June 1, 2012
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced that the American Medical Association (AMA) will preserve its e-journals with Portico. AMA has committed 13 titles for preservation in Portico. These include the AMA’s flagship journal, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA); the 9… Read More
OA journal AIP Advances to be indexed in Thomson Reuters databases - May 17, 2012
AIP Publishing, a division of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), has announced that its open access journal AIP Advances will now be indexed in several Thomson Reuters databases, which serve as vital scholarly resources for the international research community. This is an important milestone for… Read More
NTIS launches National Technical Reports Library Version 3.0 - May 16, 2012
The National Technical Information Service (NTIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce has announced the launch of the next generation National Technical Reports Library Version 3.0, also known as NTRL V3.0. The NTRL V3.0 is now publicly available after two years of research and development.… Read More
Massachusetts Medical Society to re-launch Journal Watch on the HighWire Open Platform - May 15, 2012
The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS), publisher of the New England Journal of Medicine, has elected to refresh and re-launch Journal Watch on the HighWire Open Platform. Journal Watch has been a partner with HighWire since it first launched its online presence in 1995. The journal… Read More
ProQuest and partners to add new census content to HeritageQuest Online service - May 7, 2012
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has announced that it is joining forces with Archives.com, FamilySearch International, findmypast.com and the National Association of Records and Archives in the 1940 US Census Community Project, a collaborative effort to index the contents of the newly released US… Read More
Portico and Association of University Programs in Health Administration announce preservation deal - May 4, 2012
The Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) has entered into an agreement with non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US. The deal is to preserve the AUPHA's e-journal, Journal of Health Administration Education (JHAE). Through this agreement with Portico, AUPHA ensures that its… Read More
University of Utah selects Ex Libris Rosetta for long-term digital preservation - May 1, 2012
Ex Libris Group, a US-based provider of library automation solutions, has announced that the University of Utah has opted for Ex Libris Rosetta to preserve the school's extensive cultural heritage collections. These include newspapers and other historical textual documents, photographs, rare books, oral history interviews (including… Read More
Indiana University selected as a partner institution in new data curation fellowship programme - April 26, 2012
Researchers are creating and using scientific data at unprecedented levels, underscoring the need for curators, or caretakers, to ensure that this massive amount of vital information is being maintained for important research. To help meet this need, Indiana University, through a joint effort between its Data… Read More
