Symyx joins SAFE-BioPharma to safe-guard critical scientific data - September 17, 2009
Symyx Technologies, Inc., a US-based provider of technologies for R&D, has announced that it has joined SAFE-BioPharma Association, a non-profit association that created and manages the SAFE-BioPharma digital identity and signature standard for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. The membership enables Symyx to implement the SAFE-BioPharma… Read More
Thomson Reuters launches Century Of Social Sciences - September 16, 2009
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced the launch of Century of Social Sciences, a superior and unique set of backfiles covering research in the social sciences back to 1900. Century of Social Sciences expands the coverage of Web of Science, available on the ISI… Read More
Portico announces digital preservation deal with the Society for Endocrinology and BioScientifica - September 4, 2009
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has signed an agreement with the Society for Endocrinology and its subsidiary, BioScientifica Ltd. Under the deal, Portico will preserve the online collection of the five e-journals they publish, together with their predecessor titles. The UK-based Society has been… Read More
BioMed Central journals indexed by PsycINFO - September 4, 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced that the American Psychological Association has accepted two BioMed Central journals for inclusion in its abstracting database PsycINFO. The journals accepted for inclusion are: BMC Neurology and International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity. BMC Neurology is… Read More
NLM launches ‘Rapid Research Notes’ archive for quick scientific communication - August 25, 2009
The US’ National Library of Medicine has announced the introduction of Rapid Research Notes (RRN). Developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a division of NLM, RRN will be used to archive research made available through online venues for rapid scientific communication. The RRN… Read More
Portico announces digital preservation deal with UTS Library - August 21, 2009
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced an agreement with University of Technology Sydney (Australia) Library (UTS Library) to preserve its online collection of 11 e-journals. With this inclusion, over 10,000 e-journals and 27,000 e-books from 77 publishers on behalf of 2,000 societies and… Read More
Portico seeks community input on preservation of DOAJ journals - August 13, 2009
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced that as the number of Open Access journals continues to increase, it has been approached by several librarians to expand its preservation work with Open Access publishers. Portico already preserves nearly 350 Open Access titles from its… Read More
ARL to host webcast on preservation function in research libraries next month - August 10, 2009
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that it is hosting a webcast on ‘Preservation: Evolving Roles and Responsibilities of Research Libraries’ on September 15, 2009, from 1:00-2:00 PM EDT. The webcast is based on the recently released report by Lars Meyer, ‘Safeguarding Collections at… Read More
Portico signs digital preservation deal with Rockefeller University Press - August 7, 2009
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced an agreement with Rockefeller University Press to preserve its online collection of three e-journals. Rockefeller University established a publications department in 1910 and has been publishing scholarly journals in the sciences since 1917. Through this agreement with… Read More
Foot & Ankle Specialist accepted for inclusion in MEDLINE - July 28, 2009
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that the journal Foot & Ankle Specialist (FAS) has been accepted for inclusion in MEDLINE. Maintained by the US National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online) is a premier bibliographic database containing more than 16 million… Read More
