VIF project brings out guidelines to handle version issues in repositories - May 23, 2008
The JISC funded Version Identification Framework (VIF) project has completed a framework of recommendations and solutions for all those with a role in repository use and implementation to address this problem. A serious growing concern for digital repositories has been the issue of how to identify… Read More
SPARC calls for proposals for presentations at the SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2008 - May 22, 2008
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), in partnership with SPARC Europe and SPARC Japan/National Institute of Informatics, has announced the SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2008, to be held November 17-18, 2008 at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. This is the first North… Read More
Charlesworth Group collaborates with CrossRef to create reference DOI links - May 22, 2008
Publishing solutions provider The Charlesworth Group, UK recently joined as an affiliate member and allied vendor for CrossRef Publisher Services. The move is in response to publisher client requests to create reference DOI (digital object identifier) links in the XML Charlesworth production services and in order… Read More
ARL Preservation Statistics 2005-06 published - May 21, 2008
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published the ARL Preservation Statistics 2005-06, a compilation of data on the levels of preservation efforts in ARL member libraries throughout North America. Highlights from the report suggest that preservation expenditures are in a steady state. In 2004-05, 107… Read More
Ringgold, Ingenta sign deal for centralisation of institutional authentication data - May 21, 2008
Information and publishing services provider Ingenta, UK, a division of Publishing Technology plc, has announced a new agreement with Ringgold, UK. Ringgold creates and maintains a hierarchic database of identifiers for institutions to support publishers and other parties in the delivery of… Read More
Australian Academic Press signs archiving agreement with Portico - May 19, 2008
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced an agreement with the Australian Academic Press to preserve its entire digital journals collection of 14 titles. Australian Academic Press, based in Queensland, is a niche academic publisher of books and journals for the behavioral sciences, specialising… Read More
