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Swets Blackwell in deal to serve entire Icelandic population
7 Nov 01:
Swets Blackwell have made a major agreement in Iceland where they will supply 2000 e-journals to the entire population - academia, government and private citzens.
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Free access to meetings abstracts
16 Oct 01:
BiomedCentral - the independent online publisher - has launched a free meetings abstracts service
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SwetsnetNavigator implements CrossRef linking to IEEE and Wiley journals
8 Oct 01:
SwetsNavigator have implemented article level links to over 100 IEEE and Wiley Journals via CrossRef and DOI technologies.
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VAT on e-journals - cause for concern?
6 Nov 01:
Publishers can (and do) charge VAT on part of a joint print/electronic subscription. There are no rules on how to calculate the proportion however.
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RoweCom and divine deal concluded
7 Nov 01:
RoweCom UK Ltd has announced that negotiations with divine inc of Chicago to acquire the RoweCom Group were successfully concluded on 6th November and that all companies within the Group will be merged into divine’s existing worldwide operations.
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New environmental Journal from Canada's National Research Council
5 Nov 01:
NRC Research Press is adding a 15th journal to its list of serial publications. The online version of the new peer-reviewed bimonthly Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science will be accessible for free until Fall 2002.
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IFIS to launch Food Science Central Web site
1 Nov 01:
IFIS (International Food Information Service) will be launching a web implementation of the complete (1969-present) Food Science and Technology Abstracts™ (FSTA™) database.
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Sage offers free access to 250 e-journals
24 Oct 01:
Sage is offers free access to over 250 journals - for backfiles up to 2000.
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Swets & Zeitlinger turns 100 and gains "royal" status
18 Oct 01:
Any Dutch company reaching 100 years with a good reputation can be granted a "Royal" status - subsidiary companies won't change their names however.
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Openly Informatics launches CrossRef tool
17 Oct 01:
Openly Informatics has launched a tool that enables libraries to implement linking to e-journals using the CrossRef standard.
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BiomedCentral receive PLoS scientists' submissions
5 Oct 01:
BiomedCentral are now receiving submissions from some of the 28,000 scientists who signed the PLoS advocacy's group open letter.
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Swets Blackwell and ProQuest in E-Journal deal
2 Oct 01:
Swets Blackwell have established a reciprocal linking agreement to enable ProQuest users with SwetsnetNavigator subs to access 6,000 full text e-journals.
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CrossRef steps up pace of linking developments
10 Oct 01:
CrossRef, the publisher collaborative in electronic link enablement, is campaigning for more co-operation between publishers, librarians and vendors.
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PALS Code of practice on Usage Stats under way
5 Nov 01:
The PALS usage stats working parties are set to deliver a Code of Practice by Spring 2002.
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Bailey's 39th bibliography out
24 Oct 01:
Charles Bailey has released the 39th version of his well regarded bibliography on Scholarly Electronic Publishing containing over 1,450 articles, books and other material.
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