MORE 'SCHOLARLY-PUBLISHING' POSTS
New Preprint: "Deal or No Deal? : Evaluating Big Deals and Their Journals"
| Academic Libraries, Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, Publishing
Title Deal or No Deal? : Evaluating Big Deals and Their Journals (38 pages; PDF) Authors Deborah D. Blecic (U. of Illinois at Chicago) Stephen E. Wiberley Jr. (U. of Illinois at Chicago) Joan Fiscella (U. of Illinois at Chicago) Sara Bahnmaier-Blaszczak (U. of Michigan) Rebecca Lowery (U. of Illinois at Chicago) Source College and […]
From the Announcement: It is free to download from the iTunes App Store providing access to the science platform www.springerlink.com containing articles and chapters from over 2,000 peer-reviewed journals and 49,000 books. In total SpringerLink is offering over 5.4 million documents spanning every area of science, technology and medicine. The SpringerLink mobile app includes a […]
From Thomson Reuters: For the tenth consecutive year, ScienceWatch.com Webmaster Spyder Schafer presents the 10th annual “Top 20” listings of countries which, according to the latest bimonthly update of Essential Science Indicators, achieved particular distinction based on their papers published in Thomson Reuters-indexed journals from January 2001 through August 31, 2011, a 10-year plus 8-month […]
OA: Pioneering Electronic Publication of New Plant Species
| Archives and Special Collections, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Open Access, Preservation, Publishing
From a News Release: The changes to the publication requirements of new names for algae, fungi and plants accepted at the XVIII International Botanical Congress in Melbourne in July 2011 initiated several important challenges to scientists, publishers and information specialists. To address practical questions arising from the Congress decisions, the open access journal PhytoKeys, will […]
A Look at Why and How eBooks Became Part of Project MUSE
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Libraries, Publishing
As many of you already know, the new Project MUSE platform formally launched yesterday. It’s home to more than 500 journals, over 14,000 ebooks from 66 university presses, faceted searching, and more. On December 22nd, Dean Smith, Director of Project MUSE , posted some informative background about why and how ebooks became part of the […]
From Discovery News: Two top scientific journals said Tuesday they were mulling whether to publish details of a man-made mutant killer flu virus that has sparked concerns of mass deaths if it were released. A US government’s science advisory committee urged the US journal Science and the British journal Nature to withhold key details so […]
Scholarly Publishing: Purdue University Signs New One-Year, $2.9 Million Contract With Elsevier
| Elsevier, Journal Articles, Libraries, Publishing, Scholastic
From The Exponent (Purdue University): Purdue students and faculty could have lost access to the majority of scholastic research articles available online through Purdue libraries today. Purdue signed another one-year contract with a publishing company that allows access to journal articles necessary for research for $2.9 million, after being threatened to be cut off in […]
Two video tutorials are now available for the new Project MUSE platform (aka “New Muse”) scheduled to debut on January 1st. The tutorials were produced by the Project MUSE team. Searching Books and Journals on the New MUSE (Runs 3:33) Browsing Books and Journals on the New MUSE (Runs 4:00) Learn More About the New […]
From Emerald: Emerald Group Publishing has announced the launch of the Emerald app. Providing access to almost 100,000 articles from Emerald journals, the Emerald App also allows users to synch their personal profiles for seamless research workflow and share results through social media for increased dissemination and impact. It is available now for free download […]
An intro to a very valuable freebie, JournalTOCS. They provide alerts (via web, RSS, and email) for more than 17,000 scholarly publications. Written by INFOdocket’s Gary Price for Search Engine Land.
