Portico and Evolutionary Psychology announce preservation deal - August 31, 2011
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced that Evolutionary Psychology has entered into an agreement to preserve its e-journal. Through this agreement with Portico, Evolutionary Psychology seeks to ensure that its e-journal will be preserved and available for future scholars, researchers, and students.… Read More
Journal of Addiction Medicine selected for indexing in MEDLINE - August 30, 2011
The Journal of Addiction Medicine (JAM), the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, has been selected for indexing in MEDLINE, the US National Library of Medicine's (NLM) premier bibliographic database. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters… Read More
Four BioMed Central journals indexed in MEDLINE - August 29, 2011
Open Access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that four of its titles have recently been accepted for indexing in MEDLINE following a review by the Literature Selection Technical Review Committee. The journals are: Journal of Nanobiotechnology, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, Parasites and… Read More
University of California Libraries expand access to orphan works via HathiTrust - August 25, 2011
The University of California Libraries will join with the University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin and University of Florida in an initiative to identify and make available digital versions of "orphan works" within the holdings of the HathiTrust Digital Library. HathiTrust is a partnership of… Read More
KRDS-I2S2 Digital Preservation Benefits Analysis Project releases KRDS Digital Preservation Benefits Analysis Toolkit - August 8, 2011
The KRDS-I2S2 Digital Preservation Benefits Analysis Project has announced the release of the KRDS Digital Preservation Benefits Analysis Toolkit. Development of the toolkit has been funded by JISC. The worksheets, guidance documentation and exemplar test cases can be downloaded from the project website. The Toolkit… Read More
IOP Publishing and Chinese Academy of Sciences announce archiving deal - July 26, 2011
Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has announced a new deal with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Under the deal, researchers from CAS will now be able to access nearly 140 years of scientific research. The new arrangement gives researchers access… Read More
The UK’s National Archives to pilot web archiving model for local authorities - July 26, 2011
The National Archives, the official archive of the UK government, will pilot a web archiving model for local authorities to ensure that important online information is preserved for future generations. Currently, The National Archives works in partnership with the Internet Memory Foundation (IMF) to archive central… Read More
University of Florida Libraries join HathiTrust Digital Library - July 15, 2011
The University of Florida (UF) George A. Smathers Libraries has joined the HathiTrust Digital Library, a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future. There are more than fifty partners in the… Read More
Lafayette joins HathiTrust digital library initiative; approves OA research resolution - July 1, 2011
Lafayette has become the first liberal arts college to join HathiTrust, a cooperative of academic and research libraries seeking to preserve and provide access to the published record in digital form. The College is also one of just four liberal arts institutions to approve an open… Read More
Future Science journal Therapeutic Delivery accepted for coverage by Chemical Abstracts - June 28, 2011
Future Science Ltd, part of Future Science Group, UK, has announced that its journal Therapeutic Delivery has been selected for coverage by Chemical Abstracts. Chemical Abstracts, a division of the American Chemical Society, is an authoritative and comprehensive source for chemical information. CAS databases, including… Read More
