PRODUCTS
Preserving and sharing from a single system
Preservica, part of the Tessella group, has launched a new version (v5.0) of its active preservation platform. The new version promises a raft of new features including a new Universal Access function that enables organisations to showcase and share their archives, collections and records with the public through an easy to customise web interface. The web interface uses
responsive design to allow public and internal users to browse, discover, search, view, and download digital content in Preservica on multiple devices – PCs, Tablets and Smart Phones – without the need to have the
native applications installed. In addition to the public access and discovery functions, Preservica v5.0 also includes storage policies to enable collections to be split between Amazon S3 and Amazon Glacier; a Copy Home feature to allow archives to be synchronised to a local server; Linked Data Registry to support live file format registry updates and a new look and feel including a management dashboard.
The dashboard gives an at a glance view of the size of a collection, how fast it is growing, the file formats used and how often the collection is accessed.
www.preservica.com
Springer collaborates with Japanese societies on open-access earth-sciences journal
Springer is taking on publication of the journal Earth, Planets and Space (EPS) under an open- access model on behalf of five academic societies in Japan. EPS covers scientific articles in earth and planetary sciences, and in particular geomagnetism, aeronomy, space science, seismology, volcanology, geodesy and planetology.
The publication is the official journal of The Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences; The Seismological Society of Japan; The Volcanological Society of Japan; The Geodetic Society of Japan; and The Japanese Society for Planetary Sciences.
www.springer.com
Data Harmony Version 3.9 gets Author Submit Extension Module
Access Innovations has announced the Author Submit extension module as part of its Data Harmony Version 3.9 release.
Author Submit is a Data Harmony application for integration of author-selected subject metadata information into a publishing workflow during the paper submissions or upload process. Author Submit is said to facilitate the addition of taxonomy terms by the author. With the module, each author
provides subject metadata from the publisher taxonomy to accompany the item they are submitting. During the submission process, Data Harmony’s M.A.I. core application suggests subject terms based on a controlled vocabulary, and the author chooses appropriate terms to describe the content of their document. This is said to assist with early categorisation and selection of peer reviewers and support for trend analysis.
www.accessinn.com
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SAGE launches applied research methods cases collection
SAGE is launching SAGE Research Methods Cases, a collection of real social research case studies, specially commissioned and designed to help users understand abstract methodological concepts in practice.
SAGE Research Methods
Cases was developed for use in a college or university setting for those seeking applied understanding of research methods. The collection is said
to include nearly 300 cases, with plans to expand to more than 400 by the end of 2014. This new resource includes cases that apply the full range of methods in the social and behavioural sciences, as well as many commonly used in the science, technology, and medical disciplines. Cases can be searched by discipline topic, academic level, and the type of method employed.
www.sagepublications.com
E-book tools serve visually impaired users
The e-book reader platform from 123Library promises to enable visually impaired students to access any of the 100,000 or so titles in the 123Library academic catalogue.
According to the company, the formatting of every e-book in the 123Library catalogue can be converted to text-only with a single click. This includes any graphics, tables and illustrations.
Visually impaired users can manipulate the text to their own preferred display by making the typeface larger or by reversing it out. The text-only format can also be read by text-to-speech computer software (such as JAWS: Job Access With Speech). This software reads content aloud or enables a Refreshable Braille device.
www.123library.org
Credo adds to publisher and subject collections
Credo has made several additions and updates to its Publisher and Subject Collections. According to the company, ‘hundreds of e-books from award-winning publishers covering today’s most sought- after topics are now available, creating more opportunities for libraries to provide their users
with the best in online reference content’.
Recent partnerships include publishers like Berrett-Koehler, Harvard Health and English Heritage Publishing, along with new titles made available from Columbia University Press and New York University Press.
corp.credoreference.com
Art Discovery Group Catalogue launches
The new Art Discovery Group Catalogue, a view of WorldCat that brings together items from leading art libraries around the world, has been launched.
Coordinated by artlibraries. net, the catalogue promises to
offer an art-focused research experience within the WorldCat environment.
Art library catalogues can now be searched alongside additional content from online journals and databases.
www.oclc.org
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