Oxford University Press and Portico in deal to preserve e-books - February 24, 2011
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced an agreement with academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP). Under the deal Portico will preserve the publisher's entire collection of e-books from its Oxford Scholarship Online resource and Handbooks Online resource. Oxford… Read More
Another Multi-Science Publishing journal listed in Science Citation Index (Engineering) - February 22, 2011
Publisher Multi-Science Publishing, UK, has announced that its journal, International Journal of Aeroacoustics, is now listed in ISI's Science Citation Index (Engineering). Science Citation Index provides researchers, administrators, faculty, and students with quick access to the bibliographic and citation information they need to find relevant,… Read More
Elsevier and JST announce new deal to automate indexing of 90 journals in SciVerse Scopus - February 17, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) have announced a new agreement for the automated delivery of the metadata of 90 J-STAGE journals in SciVerse Scopus. JST has been utilising Scopus custom data to analyse scientific… Read More
Disability and Health Journal accepted for coverage by Thomson Reuters and MEDLINE - February 16, 2011
The American Association on Health and Disability has announced that its official publication, Disability and Health Journal, published by Elsevier, has been accepted for coverage by multiple Thomson Reuters abstracting and indexing services, including Journal Citation Reports, as… Read More
CLOCKSS and Springer announce preservation agreement - February 3, 2011
CLOCKSS, a not for profit joint venture between the world's leading scholarly publishers and research libraries, has announced a partnership with STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media. The deal is to preserve over 32,000 e-books in CLOCKSS's geographically and geopolitically distributed network of… Read More
EACTS and Portico sign agreement to preserve multimedia e-journal - January 26, 2011
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced an agreement with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS). Under the deal, Portico will preserve the latter’s e-journal Multimedia Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery. The Multimedia Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery is an online manual of cardiovascular and… Read More
Three more SAGE journals accepted for inclusion in MEDLINE - January 24, 2011
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that a further three of its scientific journals collection have been selected for inclusion in MEDLINE. The journals are: Journal of Pharmacy Practice; Food Science and Technology International; and the Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers. MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis… Read More
Emerald journals now available for preservation in Global LOCKSS Network - January 20, 2011
The LOCKSS Program, a unit of the Stanford University Libraries, has announced that journal titles from academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, are now available for preservation in the Global LOCKSS Network. Emerald has reportedly committed more… Read More
ABM joining efforts to support US’ First Amendment right to gather and sell data - December 17, 2010
American Business Media (ABM), a grouping of business information companies, has reportedly joined with other publishing and data-collection associations and companies in supporting the US' First Amendment right to gather, market and sell data. This follows a reported split of opinion that has developed between two… Read More
NDIIPP partner digital collections now viewable on website - December 14, 2010
The Library of Congress's National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) has introduced a new section in its website to provide a high level view of the collections that partners are preserving worldwide. Users of 'Explore Partner Collections' will now see a map plotting the… Read More
