A group representing UK biologists has come out in favour of open-access publishing, provided that it is adequately funded and that policies are flexible.
News
Project Prospect scoops award
17 September 2007
RSC Project Prospect from the Royal Society of Chemistry has won the 2007 ALPSP/Charlesworth Award for Publishing Innovation.
Thomson Scientific predicts Nobel Laureates
14 September 2007
Based on total citations to their works, US-based Thomson Scientific has pinpointed researchers most likely to win a 2007 Nobel Prize
Knovel and ASTM seal online publication deal
13 September 2007
Knovel adds publications from ASTM International to its online technical reference collection
US universities pioneer electronic publishing
12 September 2007
North American universities are leading the world on electronic publishing and open access while European counterparts play catch up, indicates the latest Webometrics survey
Google gets personal with libraries
11 September 2007
Internet search provider, Google, has added a new feature to its 'Books Search' that allows users to build their own digital libraries
Mayo Clinic teams with Collexis to uncover database secrets
11 September 2007
US software developer, Collexis, is to pilot its semantic profiling system with Mayo Clinic Libraries, US, in a bid to mine hidden knowledge from existing databases
European libraries drive digital repositories forward
06 September 2007
A collaboration between the European Association of Research Libraries and the European Digital Repository Research Infrastructure aims to promote open access across Europe
International archives select UK preservation technology
06 September 2007
The British Library and the National Archives of Malaysia have chosen UK archiving technology to combat digital preservation problems
Canada Institutes champion open access
05 September 2007
A new policy from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research aims to promote public access to its funded research
YBP Library Services and Ebrary seal 'eBook' deal
04 September 2007
YBP Library Services and Ebrary have teamed up to provide electronic books through YBP's online database
Australian library bags cash from Bill Gates
03 September 2007
Remote Australian library wins $1 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Microsoft, for providing technology to indigenous communities
Pages
