Institute of Physics: New Open Access Journal

The latest "Librarian Insider" Newsletter, June 2008 (Read June's issue now for the latest news and developments ) will give you information on the latest news & developments from IOP. One of them is the launch of new Open Access journal.

The Institute of Physics (IoP) launched the "IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES)" , a new open access proceedings service based on their hugely successful open access proceedings in physics. EES is the latest addition to their portfolio of environmental publications and services: the community web site environmentalresearchweb.org and the open access journal Environmental Research Letters. Backed by a highly experienced conference publishing team, EES provides conference organizers with a fast, flexible and cost-effective proceedings service. By choosing EES organizers can create a comprehensive record of their event and make a valuable contribution to the open access literature that will be of long-lasting benefit to their communities. You can find out more by reading the page for conference organizers and downloading the EES information brochure (PDF).

Vol. 1, 2008, 14TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF BOUNDARY LAYER REMOTE SENSING23–25 June 2008, Risø National Laboratory, DTU, Denmark is now available on: http://www.iop.org/ej/journal/ees. (Click on the Vol.1 to view the issue)

Forthcoming conferences: An advance list of conferences that have been accepted for publication.

P.S. The library subscribes to the IoP journals full-text. Go to the Library webpage: http://www.uj.ac.za/library, Click on Databases, select Institute of Physics and login.

Institute of Physics: Librarian Insider

In the latest December 2007 issue, you will find the following information:

* Things you need to know right now: The Astronomical Journal publishes its first issue with IOP in January 2008;

* News: New look for IoP. Some improvements to the website were made

* Did you know? NEW! IOPscience … always more to discover. IoP introduces their new platform for electronic journal content, IOPscience. Some of the features are:

- Related Articles: A ‘Related Articles' tab has been added to every abstract page in IOPscience.

- Content Finder: The introduction of the ‘Content Finder’ allows you to go straight to a specific article in the service.

- Saved Searches: Personalization features have been enhanced, with the inclusion of a brand new tab called ‘My IOPscience’.

- Most cited: The IOPscience homepage, and all journal homepages, now show the 5 most cited articles

- Enhanced PDFs: All PDFs downloaded from IOPscience now include an interactive coversheet, allowing you to link back to IOPscience at any time.

IOPscience provides site-wide access to content from 1874 to the present day, and is available by electronically license. IoP want to give every customer cost-effective access to IOP content, through our tailored pricing model, which is based on a number of factors including the size of relevant research at your institution and your geographic location.

P.S. Trial can be arranged for UJ. Please let me know if you are interested. Click on the TITLE to view the Newsletter