figshare and CLOCKSS announce preservation deal - April 13, 2012
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced that it has partnered with figshare to preserve their data 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, figshare seeks to ensure that their… Read More
Chronopolis gets certification from CRL as trustworthy digital depository - April 10, 2012
The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) in the US has certified Chronopolis, a large-scale data preservation network, as a ‘trustworthy digital repository’ that meets accepted best practices in the management of digital repositories. Chronopolis is led by the UC San Diego Libraries and the San Diego… Read More
University of Delaware Library joins HathiTrust partnership - April 9, 2012
The University of Delaware Library has announced that it has become one of the latest members of HathiTrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating to preserve and provide access to the published record in digital form. The University of Delaware Library plans… Read More
Nature Publishing Group releases linked data platform - April 5, 2012
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has joined the linked data community by opening up access to its publication data via a linked data platform. NPG's Linked Data Platform is available at http://data.nature.com. The platform includes more than 20 million… Read More
NLM and Cengage Learning come together to complete mass-digitisation projects - April 2, 2012
The Archive and Modern Manuscripts Program of the National Library of Medicine’s History of Medicine Division recently worked with Cengage Learning to complete two full-collection digitisation projects for Archives Unbound, Cengage’s online digital archive and manuscripts resource. Cengage Learning is a provider of innovative teaching, learning… Read More
Students, faculty get free access to enterprise version of MarkLogic 5 server - March 28, 2012
Data analytics products firm MarkLogic Corporation, has announced the new free MarkLogic Academic License for students and educators. With this, students and faculty can download a free, enterprise version of MarkLogic 5 server for academic projects. By learning how to leverage technology for Big Data, it… Read More
The Society for General Microbiology to preserve ejournals with the CLOCKSS Archive - March 26, 2012
The CLOCKSS Archive has partnered with the Society for General Microbiology to preserve their ejournals 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, the Society for General Microbiology has committed… Read More
The American Mathematical Society and CLOCKSS announce preservation deal - March 23, 2012
The CLOCKSS Archive has partnered with the American Mathematical Society 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. By archiving with CLOCKSS, the American Mathematical Society has… Read More
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology content now available via the Portico archive - March 15, 2012
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced that participants in the Portico E-Journal Preservation Service will have access to 10 volumes of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology. The title was formerly published by Australian Academic Press and ceased publication in 2011.… Read More
Harvard Library to deposit about 200,000 public domain volumes in HathiTrust - March 8, 2012
The Harvard Library has announced that it will deposit about 200,000 public domain volumes in HathiTrust, a shared digital repository for published materials. The move follows Harvard's first deposit of about 53,000 volumes in HathiTrust in 2011. The Harvard Library, founded in 1638, claims to… Read More
