linkouts

2collab ... is a new type of research tool launched in 2007- a collaboration platform designed specifically for researchers in the science, technical and medical communities. intended for use by professional researchers in academic, government and corporate institutions, 2collab provides three types of features: (1) online bookmarking and reference management; (2) groups - for sharing with existing networks, or building new ones; (3) networking - find, evaluate and initiate contact with new people
[they also carried out a very interesting social media survey back in mid-June]

NPG, in their ultimate wisdom, have recently launched a manscript deposition service and previous to that an english language editing service... the former enables authors to meet the open access or public access policies of all of the participating funders, making it simple and free for researchers to comply and the latter is pretty much what it says on the tin - with gold and silver options, which are 'comprehensive' and 'thorough' respectively...

CrossRef have launched CrossCheck with iThenticate in order to verify the originality of works submitted for publication...

Charlesworth have developed AutoProof to be integrated with Aries Preprint Manager. it allows publishers to create page proofs from their own desk top within ten minutes (!)

NISO and ALPSP have released a report on journal article versions, which describes the various versions that appear - and especially what the 'version of record' is...

and, finally, a great post from the scholarly kitchen asking 'are we watching the wrong things'?