Methodspace, SAGE's free public social network dedicated to the discussion of research methods online, attracted more than 1000 members in its first month
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Oxford Journals releases title to preservation services
Online access to the discontinued journal Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention is being maintained through CLOCKSS and Portico
More US universities back open-access physics initiative
Five universities and a consortium in the USA plan to re-direct their current high-energy physics journal subscriptions to the SCOAP3 initiative
Publishers try out Espresso Book Machine pilot programme
Lightning Source has launched an Espresso Book Machine (EBM) title pilot with On Demand Books
Report reveals what users want from library catalogues
Although library catalogues are often thought of as discovery tools, their delivery-related information is just as important to end users, according to a new report from OCLC
Elsevier announces Grand Challenge winners
Elsevier has announced the winners of the Elsevier Grand Challenge, which invited researchers to prototype tools dealing with the increasing amount of online life sciences information
Standards needed for publishing datasets
OECD is urging the industry to adopt standards for bibliographic dataset metadata and linking to help overcome current problems with discovering and citing data
Guide sets out open-access payment guidelines
The UK's Research Information Network and Universities UK have provided advice on paying open-access publication charges
Funding helps medical image repository project
Middlesex University in the UK has received funding to develop a medical image repository
IOS Press electronic access agreed across China
IOS Press and NSTL have signed a three-year contract for China-wide access
Two UK academic libraries pick Encore
Two UK academic libraries have gone live with Encore, the discovery services platform from Innovative Interfaces
Egyptian researchers get Web of Knowledge
The Egyptian University Libraries consortium has signed a multi-year contract for researcher access to ISI Web of Knowledge