 ProQuest, University of Michigan Library and Bodleian Libraries provide 25,000 early modern books as open access text |
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The full text of more than 25,000 titles from the acclaimed ProQuest resource Early English Books Online (EEBO) are now openly available on the websites of the University of Michigan Library and the Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford. The new open access titles are the result of work of the Text Creation Partnership (TCP), a longstanding effort to transcribe early modern print books, creating standardised, accurate XML/SGML encoded electronic text editions. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Wiley launches premium open access journal Advanced Science |
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Publisher John Wiley and Sons, Inc., has announced the launch of Advanced Science, a new premium, interdisciplinary open access journal. Advanced Science publishes cutting-edge research, selected through a rigorous and fair reviewing process and is presented using the highest quality production standards to create a premium open access journal. More Search for more news in this Category |
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DynaMed grant to allow free website to continue to provide infectious diseases specialists with beneficial educational resource |
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A grant from DynaMed will enable healthcare professionals to continue to have the opportunity to learn from interesting and instructive infectious disease cases. The EBSCO Health resource has made a donation to support the Partners Infectious Disease Images website, a free database for healthcare trainees and providers that contains thousands of clinical images and hundreds of in-depth cases. More Search for more news in this Category |
 SAGE’s Global Publishing Director, Ziyad Marar, appointed to Campaign for Social Sciences Board |
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Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it’s Global Publishing Director and author of three books, Ziyad Marar, has been appointed to The Campaign for Social Science (CfSS) coveted board. Launched to raise the profile of social science in the public, media and parliament, The CfSS is one of the leading voices and advocates for social sciences in the UK. More Search for more news in this Category |
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IOP Publishing joins eduGAIN service |
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Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP) has joined the service eduGAIN to allow institutions, within participating federations, access to IOPscience through Shibboleth/Institutional login, simplifying access to scientific content within the global research community. Through eduGAIN, IOP has expanded the list of institutions that can use Shibboleth/Institutional login to access IOPscience to include customers in the Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy and Switzerland. More Search for more news in this Category |
 De Gruyter expands Advisory Board in China in the area of STM |
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Academic publisher De Gruyter has announced that Professor Wing Sum Cheung of the University of Hong Kong has been appointed to De Gruyter’s Advisory Board, strengthening the company’s STM activities in the area of mathematics. Professor Cheung’s appointment is the latest development in De Gruyter’s many years of successful engagement in China. More Search for more news in this Category |
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New whitepaper compares and contrasts linked data initiatives at OCLC and the Library of Congress |
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OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, and the Library of Congress jointly released a whitepaper which compares and contrasts the compatible linked data initiatives at both institutions. The whitepaper is an executive summary of a more detailed technical analysis that will be released later this year. More Search for more news in this Category |
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More than 20 institutions now using Altmetric to help track and report research impact |
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Alternative metrics provider Altmetric has announced that over 20 world-leading research institutions have now adopted the Altmetric for Institutions analytics platform to monitor and report on the engagement and attention surrounding their research outputs. The platform aggregates mentions of an institution’s output from a number of non-traditional sources including public policy documents, mainstream and social media, post-publication peer-review and online reference managers. More Search for more news in this Category |
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University of Arizona selects Ex Libris Rosetta to drive large scale digital asset management and preservation for a consortium-led initiative |
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Library automation and preservation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of Arizona has adopted the Rosetta digital management and preservation solution as a key component of its repository services. Designed to expose the University’s rich digital collections for the benefit of diverse audiences, the project will better enable the University of Arizona to provide sustained access to scholarly digital content and research to both university members and the broader academic community. More Search for more news in this Category |
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