Open Repository recently hosted a repository workshop at the Museums Association conferencein London entitled Digital Asset Management for Museum Collections. Museums Association conference workshop slides </div The workshop focused on the increasing need for organizations to be able to digitally archive and manage their collections, including a presentation outlining how Open Repository worked with The… Read more »
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust> has a rich heritage as one of Europe’s leading centers in the field of oncology and its related sciences, publishing 350 peer-reviewed papers a year and with over 9000 papers indexed in Medline. The launch of this repository will enable The Christie NHS Foundation Trust to capture and showcase the… Read more »
There’s been a lot of focus on internet technology in the developing world recently. In late August Zunia Knowledge Exchange published a report which provides a detailed mapping of best practice for the implementation of sustainable local broadband access network. Last month the BBC’s dot.life blog explored how technology is shaping the developing world. In… Read more »
BMC Medical Ethics, Journal of Inflammation and Pediatric Rheumatology have all recently been accepted for indexing by Thomson Reuters and are on course to receive their first Impact Factors. BMC Medical Ethics will receive its first impact factor in June 2012, and currently has an unofficial Impact Factor of 1.68. It is the 35th journal… Read more »
There is still time to register for the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association’s free Open Access Week Webinar, which is taking place at 5pm UK time, on Tuesday October 20th. The panel session includes representatives from BioMed Central and Public Library of Science, AOSIS (an African open access publisher), Igitur (a Dutch university press), and… Read more »
BMC Medical Genomics has now been accepted for tracking by Thompson Reuters and will get its first impact factor in June 2010. This announcement further emphasizes the successful path that BMC Medical Genomics has taken to this date. Since its launch in January 2008, BMC Medical Genomics has published more than 100 high quality articles… Read more »
They’re back – and shattered – having cycled 430k over 6 days from the foothills of the Andes to the Pacific coast of Chile and raising over £8,000 for Computer Aid with their efforts so far. Ruth, Helen, Matt and Joe did a sterling job and seemed to have a great time doing it. They… Read more »
Building on the success of last year’s Open Access Day, October 19th-23rd will see the first international Week. The aim of Open Access Week is to help spread the word and broaden awareness of open access around the world. Last year 120 organisations in 27 countries promoted open access through a range of events, this… Read more »
Thomson have released an update to the online version of their Journal Citation Reports. This release includes official Impact Factors for BMC Systems Biology, Chemistry Central Journal, Diagnostic Pathology, Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Neural Development and Radiation Oncology (which had been omitted in error from the earlier release of the JCR in June 2009) and… Read more »