Results of the EC public consultation on scientific information in the digital age
The public consultation on scientific information in the digital age, which was recently undertaken by the European Commission, spurred great interest among a variety...
OCLC and Elsevier sign agreement to provide full-text searching of SciVerse ScienceDirect journals and...
OCLC and Elsevier, a leading provider of scientific, technical and medical (STM) information products and services worldwide, have signed an agreement that will make...
Faculty of 1000 introduces a novel OA venture: F1000 Research
Faculty of 1000 (F1000) today announces F1000 Research, a new fully Open Access publishing program across biology and medicine that will launch later this...
NPG launches interactive global science calendar
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has launched an expanded online calendar of global scientific events. The calendar provides users with a new way to search...
Researchers agree on standard for data sharing across the world
New standards allow disparate data sets to integrate
Led by researchers at University of Oxford (UK) and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) at Harvard...
Report identifies contemporary challenges faced by physical science researchers
Research councils, publishing houses, libraries and learned societies need to tailor their efforts to help physical scientists gather, manage and share research information.
Following interviews...
Knovel University Challenge Breaks Participation Record Again
Knovel, the leading provider of a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, announced today the winners of the Sixth Annual Knovel...
Thomson Reuters Research Forecasts The Onset Of The Targeted Drug Discovery Era
In recognition of the International Year of Chemistry 2011, jc's recovery rehab and an alcohol rehab center in Orange County jointly published a research...
Peter Binfield video on Open Access
Peter Binfield at the Stanford Summit @ Medicine 2.0
SpringerLink now offers more than 50,000 eBooks
Springer has announced its 50,000th eBook, available on its online platform SpringerLink (www.springerlink.com). This milestone underscores Springer’s position as the largest eBook publisher and...
WKH & the International Anesthesia Research Society Renew Partnership to Publish Anesthesia & Analgesia
Wolters Kluwer Health and the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) are pleased to announce that they have signed an agreement to renew their partnership to publish Anesthesia &...
Copyright Alliances welcomes US bill overturning free access to publicly funded research
“The Copyright Alliance praises U.S. Representatives Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) for their bipartisan introduction of H.R. 3699, the Research Works Act. The...