Thursday, December 13, 2012

Royal Society of Chemistry to operate EPSRC National Chemical Database Service from 2013-2017

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) will be operating the EPSRC National Chemical Database Service from 2013-2017, having won a competitive tender against other bids. The RSC have issued a statement about the proposed new service. Follow the RSC on Twitter (@cds_rsc) for the latest developments.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Closure of Daresbury Chemical Database Service

The EPSRC is not providing funding to run the Daresbury Chemical Database Service after December 2012 and the service is now scheduled to be terminated on 2 January 2013. Daresbury advise that the new Royal Society of Chemistry service is likely to be significantly different from the present service and some databases currently available from Daresbury will no longer be available. Full details of the Royal Society of Chemistry service are not yet available. Please see CDS News - Future UK Chemical Database provision for the latest information. Updates will also be posted on the CDS homepage and on Twitter (@cds_daresbury).