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
InTech publications accepted for inclusion in Inspec and Scopus - March 6, 2012
STM publisher InTech, Croatia, has announced the inclusion of 620 books in the Inspec database and the International Journal of Engineering Business Management entering the Scopus database. In 2011 alone, the number of downloaded book chapters and articles outperformed the number of any year between… Read More
Ex Libris Group integrates LOCKSS Program software with the SFX OpenURL link resolver - February 17, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced the integration of the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) Program software with the SFX OpenURL link resolver. Based at Stanford University Libraries, the LOCKSS Program is an international community collaboration that archives copies of… Read More
Institution of Engineering and Technology and Whiting & Birch to preserve content with the CLOCKSS Archive - February 16, 2012
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced the participation of two new publishers - The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and Whiting & Birch - in its Digital Preservation Archive. The CLOCKSS Archive has partnered with the IET to preserve its entire digital range in CLOCKSS's… Read More
Brigham Young University selects Ex Libris Rosetta digital preservation system - February 15, 2012
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that Brigham Young University (BYU) has selected the Ex Libris Rosetta digital preservation system. The first member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) to adopt Rosetta, Brigham Young will implement Rosetta initially for the Harold… Read More
