UKPubMed Central gets funding for development
16 September 2008
The UK PubMed Central website has received funding for further development over the next three years.
James Gray assesses the situation and how it can be addressed
Industry trends
Study challenges e-book assumptions
9 September 2008
Students prefer to read e-textbooks online but interactivity is not a major issue for them, according to the first survey of the UK's e-book observatory
International Open Access Day planned
1 September 2008
The first international Open Access Day will be held on 14 October 2008
Deadline for Elsevier Foundation grant proposals looms
30 August 2008
Elsevier Foundation grants help researchers in developing countries and the academic workplace.
Max Planck Society strikes OA deal with PLoS
29 August 2008
The Max Planck Society (MPS) has signed a deal with the Public Library of Science (PLoS) to centrally fund the publication fees of MPS scientists
Gladstone scientists create Wikipathways
15 August 2008
Gladstone scientists create Wikipathways to foster research collaboration.
Open-access articles don't generate more citations, says study
11 August 2008
Study concludes that open-access academic articles get read more often but don't generate more citations.
'Online journals reduce citation count'
5 August 2008
New research shows that fewer papers are being cited than in the days before the internet, reports Rebecca Pool
SPARC Europe and DRIVER promote repositories
19 July 2008
SPARC Europe and DRIVER agree to work together to promote repositories.
Collexis and JISC launch new online resource
18 July 2008
Collexis Holdings and JISC Collections widen access to essential biomedical research in the UK with new online resource.
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