May 2013 – Access

Wolters Kluwer Health expands partnership with Amirsys for two additional clinical anatomy and pathology image databases

DatabasesMay 31, 2013

(New York, NY, 29 May 2013) Wolters Kluwer Health expands its partnership with Amirsys Inc., a leader in healthcare information solutions in radiology, pathology, and anatomy, to offer two new clinical reference databases, the Amirsys Pathology Reference Center and the Amirsys Anatomy Reference Center, via the OvidSP medical research platform. The Amirsys Imaging Reference Center…

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GeoScienceWorld selects HighWire for new eBooks platform

eBooks, Publishers, TechnologyMay 31, 2013

(Washington DC & Stanford, CA, 30 May 2013) GeoScienceWorld (GSW) and HighWire Press today announced a significant expansion of their journals partnership through a new integrated eBooks platform built on the HighWire Open Platform. The GSW eBooks Collections will be the first nonprofit, multi-publisher eBooks platform devoted to the study of the earth sciences. It…

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NDL Digitized Contents and the Digital Library from the Meiji Era are released

Asia Pacific, DatabasesMay 31, 2013

On 30 May 2013, NDL, the National Diet Library, released the English version of the NDL Digitized Contents and the Digital Library from the Meiji Era. The user interface (advanced search interface, help and FAQ page) of each database is available in English. Japanese materials can be searched with Japanese characters only. Bibliographic information is available…

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British Library publishes updated economic evaluation of the library

Libraries, UncategorizedMay 28, 2013

(23 May 2013) The British Library has published an updated evaluation of its economic contribution to the UK, looking at how the British Library creates economic value for its users and society as a whole. The Library last undertook a study of this kind in 2003. The report shows that the economic value that the…

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RSC and the Chinese Chemical Society announce unique publishing partnership

eJournals, PublishersMay 28, 2013

(23 May 2013) A unique not-for-profit society partnership signed today between the Chinese Chemical Society (CCS) and the RSC will launch a collection of journals that combine high quality content and fast publication with trusted values of society publishing. Dr Robert Parker, RSC chief executive, said after today’s signing in China: “These journals, known as…

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Serials Solutions Summon service to index STAT!Ref® healthcare eResource

Publishers, ToolsMay 27, 2013

(23 May 2013) Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, is working with Teton Data Systems (TDS) to make STAT!Ref® discoverable via the Summon service. Metadata for more than 400 resources in STAT!Ref from a wide variety of respected publishers and societies covering more than 60 healthcare-related disciplines will be indexed in the Summon service. STAT!Ref includes full text…

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The UK’s Open Access Policy: Controversy Continues

Open AccessMay 26, 2013

Richard Poynder, 23 May 2013, in his blog writes: The new Open Access (OA) policy introduced this year by Research Councils UK (RCUK) — in response to last year’s Finch Report — has been very controversial, particularly its exhortation to researchers to “prefer” Gold over Green Open Access When it was first announced there was…

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History of Roads in Japan database

Asia Pacific, DatabasesMay 26, 2013

The Toshokan Ryutsu Center is offering access to the History of Roads in Japan (日本の道の歴史) database free of charge here: http://jroad.majestic.jp/nmr-120725-http/index.html

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Public libraries without the bookshelves

eBooks, LibrariesMay 26, 2013

(25 May 2013) The Digital Public Library of America quoting the BBC reports: “The first purpose-built ‘bookless’ public library is due to open in Texas later this year and in the US capital, the first virtual reading room replaces books with computers and smart technology. Some of the nation’s most famous institutions are also collaborating in…

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New web-archiving report tackles ‘moving target’ of preserving digital memory

DigitizationMay 26, 2013

(24 May 2013) The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) has released its latest in the series of topical Technology Watch Reports to the public today. ‘Web Archiving,’ by Maureen Pennock, presents a constructive study of the fast-paced digital age and the pressures we face in attempting to capture web based information for the future. Maureen’s report…

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