German National Library of Science and Technology selects Ex Libris’ Rosetta digital preservation system - December 8, 2011
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) in Hannover has selected Rosetta for its digital collections. The library will lead the digital preservation programme for the three member libraries of the Leibniz Library… Read More
Portico in deal with Cambridge University Press to preserve Cambridge Books Online content - December 7, 2011
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced that Cambridge University Press will preserve its Cambridge Books Online content with Portico. Through this agreement, Cambridge extends its relationship with Portico, which began in 2006 with the publisher's commitment to deposit its entire list of e-journals… Read More
Future Science Group titles selected for coverage by MEDLINE - December 5, 2011
Publisher Future Science Group (FSG) has announced that two of its key titles have been selected for coverage by MEDLINE. Maintained by the US National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online) is a premier bibliographic database containing approximately 13 million references… Read More
Association of Research Libraries to preserve e-journals and e-books in the CLOCKSS Archive - November 30, 2011
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the CLOCKSS Archive have partnered to preserve ARL's e-journals and e-books 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 ARL has… Read More
JISC, RCUK to build robust repository infrastructure for the future - November 25, 2011
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and Research Councils UK (RCUK) are working together to build a robust repository infrastructure for the future. Tracking the UK's research outputs is now expected to become easier in the future. Over the coming months a piece of… Read More
Many publication professionals aware of selective data availability, says survey - November 25, 2011
Many medical publication professionals are aware of unpublished negative data from clinical trials and many believe obligations to make these data available should go beyond current legal requirements in the US and the EU. This is according to a new survey conducted during August by Ryan… Read More
JISC unveils community-owned content service for higher education institutions - November 24, 2011
JISC Collections, the membership organisation that supports the provision of digital content for education and research in the UK, is formally launching a new service to consolidate and host a broad range of content. This includes journal archives, historic books and multimedia items. The JISC eCollections… Read More
National Archives publishes National Registry of Controlled Unclassified Information - November 15, 2011
The US' National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has been designated as the Executive Agent to implement the Executive Order 13556, signed by President Obama, and oversee agency actions to ensure compliance with this order. Earlier this month, as required by this Executive Order, the… Read More
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in deal with Portico to preserve e-journals - November 3, 2011
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced an agreement with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). Under the deal, Portico will preserve the latter’s e-journals. NCTM is a public voice of mathematics education supporting teachers to ensure equitable mathematics learning of… Read More
Cengage Learning announces international advisory board for Nineteenth Century Collections Online - November 3, 2011
Teaching, learning and research solutions provider Cengage Learning, US, has announced the international advisory board for Nineteenth Century Collections Online, a new global digitisation and publishing programme that brings together rare nineteenth century primary source content from around the world. The archive will include content… Read More
