Canadian group to address research data management issues - August 15, 2008
Canadian universities, institutes, libraries, granting agencies and individual researchers have formed a multi-disciplinary group called the Research Data Strategy (RDS) Working Group to examine the nation's data management issues. This follows observations that Canada does not have nationally adopted standards or policies governing how data is collected, catalogued or preserved.… Read More
ProQuest expands Periodical Archive, releases new collection - August 14, 2008
ProQuest, a Cambridge Information Group company, has announced the completion of Collection 6 and launch of Collection 7 of Periodicals Archive Online. Periodicals Archive Online is known for its access to international, scholarly literature from 37 subject areas in the arts, humanities and social sciences, spanning… Read More
Cusat launches institutional repository for research publications and theses - August 12, 2008
The Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) in India has launched an institutional repository where its research publications and Ph.D. theses will be available online for the public. Jointly developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Libraries and Hewlett-Packard (HP) Labs, the service enables the… Read More
Bayer CropScience acquires licence for Ariadne’s Pathway Studio - August 11, 2008
Bioinformatics firm Ariadne Genomics, Inc., US, has announced that Bayer CropScience AG, Germany, has licensed its Pathway Studio platform with the ResNet Plant database to supplement its plant stress reactions research. In particular, the company will use Pathway Studio for gene expression analysis of plant and… Read More
Co-Action Publishing signs preservation deal with Portico - July 28, 2008
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced an agreement with Co-Action Publishing, Sweden, to preserve its digital journals collection of three titles. With this inclusion, over 7,700 titles have now been entrusted to the Portico archive. Through this agreement with… Read More
NRC-CISTI set to launch searchable, web-based archive – NRC Publications Archive - July 25, 2008
The National Research Council's Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI) has announced an initiative to create an NRC Publications Archive (NPArC). This searchable, web-based archive, set for launch in December 2008, will provide access to NRC's record of science and demonstrate the many ways… Read More
SwetsWise Title Bank upgraded to include e-books related data - July 25, 2008
Subscription services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced that it has successfully upgraded SwetsWise Title Bank to include e-books related data. SwetsWise Title Bank is an online tool that enables a customer to create a customised, browsable A-Z list of all the print and electronic publications contained… Read More
Gladstone Institute scientists create tool for data exchange of biological pathways - July 24, 2008
The laboratory of Bruce Conklin at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease has created a new collaboration tool called WikiPathways to focus on the use of biological pathways. The project, described in the current issue of PLoS Biology, follows the efforts of scientists to focus on… Read More
British Library initiative to preserve low use journals gets HEFCE funding - July 18, 2008
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has announced £9.84 million of funding for the creation of the UK Research Reserve (UKRR) following a successful 18-month pilot. The UKRR is a collaborative initiative of higher education libraries led by Imperial College London and the British… Read More
Portico announces new digital preservation activities - July 16, 2008
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has introduced three expansions of its preservation work at its third annual Participants' Meeting, held during the American Library Association Annual Conference in Anaheim, California. Portico is moving beyond e-journal preservation in response to preservation concerns expressed by libraries… Read More
