JATS-Con 2013 Program is Now Available
JATS-Con is a conference for users of the
Journal Article Tag Suite, that is, users of any of the "NLM DTDs" or NISO Z39.96. JATS-Con
will take place on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland on October 22 and 23, 2013.The full program is
now available, as are proceedings from previous years. There is no charge for the conference; however, space is limited so registration is
required.You may also sign up for a pre-conference tutorial on October 21, 2013. Details are on the
Tutorial Registration
page. (Source: PubMed Central News)
Source: PubMed Central News - July 17, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Keep Better Track of PMC Features
PMC has created a new email list for announcements of new or updated tools and utilities to
help you keep better track of improvements to the archive. To find out more information
about the list, or to subscribe, please visit PMC-Utils-Announce. (Source: PubMed Central News)
Source: PubMed Central News - April 22, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
New OA Web Service for PMC
PMC is pleased to announce the new OA web service, designed to allow tool developers an
easier way to find content in the PMC open access subset. Until now, it has not been easy
for outside users to determine which articles in the subset are new or have been updated
recently. Our new OA web service addresses this need. It provides a simple API to allow you
to query the subset, to find PDF or tgz (tarred-gzipped) format files, either by article ID,
or by date/time ranges. More information, along with examples, is available from the
documentation page, at OA Web Service. Your f...
Source: PubMed Central News - April 19, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
PMC Advisory Committee Appoints New Members
As of February 1, 2013, the following new members have been appointed to serve on the PMC
National Advisory Committee: Ms. Sharon Terry of the Genetic Alliance; Dr. C. Victor
Jongneel of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Dr. Bevin Engelward of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dr. Randall Morse of the Wadsworth Center; and Dr.
Adelita Cantu of the University of Texas. For more information, see PMC
National Advisory Committee. (Source: PubMed Central News)
Source: PubMed Central News - February 1, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
KoreaMed Synapse Adds PubReader as a Display Option
KoreaMed Synapse, a digital archive and reference
linking platform of Korean medical journals, is now using NCBI’s new PubReader presentation
style to display their full-text journal articles. KoreaMed’s database of 122 journals now
includes a blue ‘PubReader’ icon for each full-text article. NCBI launched PubReader in December 2012 as a convenient new way to view
full-text articles in PubMed Central on desktops as well as tablets and mobile devices. In
tandem with the launch, NCBI made the code used to create PubReader freely available on GitHub. (Source: PubMed Central News)
Source: PubMed Central News - February 1, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
PubReader – A New Presentation Style for PMC
NCBI has developed a new web presentation style called PubReader, which offers you an
easier way to use your Web browser to read the articles in PMC. Designed particularly for
enhancing readability and navigation on tablet and other small screen devices, PubReader can
also be used on desktops and laptops and from multiple web browsers. For more information on
PubReader, see the article in the November-December issue of the NLM Technical Bulletin. (Source: PubMed Central News)
Source: PubMed Central News - December 11, 2012 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
UKPMC Rebranded as Europe PMC
With the addition of several European sponsoring agencies, including the European Research
Council, UKPMC was renamed Europe PMC as of November 1,
2012. Europe PMC is an outgrowth and expansion of UKPMC, which was first launched in January
2007 with sponsorship from the Wellcome Trust and several other funders of biomedical
research in the UK. Europe PMC receives all of its final published articles directly from
the U.S. PMC archive. It also accepts and processes author manuscripts of journal articles
funded by the Europe PMC sponsoring agencies and
makes them availa...
Source: PubMed Central News - November 5, 2012 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
JATS Becomes NISO Standard
The Journal Archiving Tag Suite(JATS), known formerly as the NLM DTD, has now been
officially adopted as an American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/ National Information
Standards Organization (NISO) standard. According to the press release from NISO, "JATS
provides a common XML format in which publishers and archives can exchange journal content
by preserving the intellectual content of journals independent of the form in which that
content was originally delivered." For more information, see NISO Publishes Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS) Standard. (Source: PubMed Central News)
Source: PubMed Central News - August 22, 2012 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
A Facelift for PMC
PMC has recently undergone another redesign to improve the look and feel and functionality
of the site, featuring more white space, cleaner lines and enhanced navigation on its article, issue, and
journal archive pages. For more information, see the article in the
July-August 2012 issue of the NLM Technical Bulletin. (Source: PubMed Central News)
Source: PubMed Central News - July 13, 2012 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
New Version of PMC Help is Released
The PMC user's guide, PMC Help has been updated to include
new and improved information on navigating the site as well as descriptions and instructions
on using the new search functions, such as Limits and Advanced Search
Builder. Further updates will also be forthcoming. (Source: PubMed Central News)
Source: PubMed Central News - July 12, 2012 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
JATS-Con Dates Announced for 2012!
The third annual Journal Article Tag Suite Conference (JATS-Con) will be held on October 16
and 17, 2012 on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland. JATS-Con is a conference for users of
the NISO Z39.96 Journal Article Tag Suite: that is, users of any of the NLM DTDs. JATS-Con
is a peer-reviewed conference with a broad range of content on the Tag Suite from the
technical to publishing theory — and the latest news on the Tag Suite. For more information,
see JATS-Con. (Source: PubMed Central News)
Source: PubMed Central News - March 26, 2012 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
PMC Advisory Committee Appoints New Members
The following new members have been appointed to serve on the PMC National Advisory
Committee: Martha Bedard, Dean of Libraries at the University of New Mexico; and Lorraine
Haricombe, Dean of Libraries at the University of Kansas and a member of SPARC's board. The
next meeting of the committee is scheduled for June 19, 2012. For more information, see PMC National Advisory Committee. (Source: PubMed Central News)
Source: PubMed Central News - February 29, 2012 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
JATS-Con is Coming!
The second annual Journal Article Tag Suite Conference (JATS-Con) will be held on September
26 and 27, 2011, at the Natcher Conference Center on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, Maryland.
The 2011 conference will feature a host of presenters who will discuss topics ranging from
Best Practices to PMC Tagging Guidelines. For more information on the
conference and the program, see JATS-Con. (Source: PubMed Central News)
Source: PubMed Central News - July 12, 2011 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
The PMC 10th Anniversary Video is now on YouTube!
A video celebrating PMC's first decade is now available for viewing on the NCBI YouTube Channel. The
PMC 10th Anniversary Video can
also be found on the regular YouTube site. (Source: PubMed Central News)
Source: PubMed Central News - June 20, 2011 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
PMC Advisory Committee to Meet at NLM
The PMC Advisory Committee will hold its annual meeting at the National Library of Medicine
on Friday, June 17, 2011 from 9:30 am to 3 pm. Four new committee members will be joining
the group, see New Members Appointed to PMC Advisory
Committee. Presentations will include discussions relating to the NIH Public Access
policy and a viewing of the PMC 10th Anniversary video. For more information, see PMC National Advisory Committee. (Source: PubMed Central News)
Source: PubMed Central News - June 14, 2011 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
