Knowledgespeak Newsletter

30 April 2012

Journal of Infusion Nursing unveils iPad edition at INS conference Journal of Infusion Nursing, the official publication of the Infusion Nurses Society, has unveiled an iPad app. It is being showcased at the INS 2012 Annual Conference in Las Vegas. The app is available as a free download at the iTunes App Store. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme EBSCO adds CE modules to clinical reference tool for rehab therapists EBSCO has announced that it has added continuing education modules to Rehabilitation Reference Center, an evidence-based clinical reference tool for use by rehabilitation clinicians at the point-of-care. Nineteen CE modules are currently included in Rehabilitation Reference Center and there are plans to increase that number later. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Oxford University Press launches journal 'Migration Studies' Oxford University Press has launched a journal titled Migration Studies, which will draw together diverse disciplinary and thematic strands of research about migration in order to consolidate migration studies as a unified field. Alan Gamlen is its Editor-in-Chief. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Cengage Learning's Course360 among finalists for CODiE Awards Cengage Learning was recently named a finalist in the Best Postsecondary Instructional Solution category of the 2012 CODiE Awards for its Course360 online courses. The category recognises the best teaching solution targeted toward students in college and trade/professional school learning environments. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme CrossRef launches CrossMark update identification service for scholarly content users CrossRef has launched the CrossMark update identification service. The CrossMark system will alert researchers to important changes that may occur to published scholarly content and will highlight important publication record information. The service has been piloted by several CrossRef member publishers for the past year. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme A-levels not equipping students with appropriate mathematical skills, says SCORE report The RSC hosted an event at the Chemistry Centre in London last week, at which the science-alliance SCORE launched a report on A levels and science. New evidence shows that A-levels in a range of subjects fail to equip students with appropriate mathematical skills. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Ronald F van Vollenhoven named Editor-in-Chief of 'European Musculoskeletal Review' Touch Briefings has appointed Prof. Ronald F van Vollenhoven, MD, PhD, as Editor-in-Chief of European Musculoskeletal Review, a quarterly review journal. He currently serves as Chief, Clinical Trials Unit Department of Rheumatology at the Karolinska University Hospital. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme 'Index on Censorship' shortlisted for Amnesty UK Media Award Index on Censorship, a journal published by SAGE, has been shortlisted for an Amnesty International UK Media Award. It had previously won an Amnesty Media Award in 2008 for an issue on the media in Russia. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Latest edition of Blogspeak now online The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Reproducibility - An Attempt to Test the Psychology Literature Underscores a Growing Fault Line); Joe Wikert (What if DRM Goes Away?); Phil Davis (Universal Citation Paper Lacks Universality); and Kevin (Harvard Libraries join the fight for open access). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here.

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Knowledgespeak Newsletter

27 April 2012

Elsevier releases ChemApps: Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis STM publisher Elsevier has announced the release of ChemApps: Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis (SANROS), the second in a new series of apps for iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad based on Elsevier books. The first title, NeuroApps: MRI Atlas of Human White Matter is also available on the App Store. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Benchmark portal honours WK Health's Ovid and LWW technical services team as top 100 Center of Excellence Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health) has announced that the Technical Services team for its Ovid and LWW journals business has been designated a 2012 Top 100 Center of Excellence from Benchmark Portal, in collaboration with the Center for Customer-Driven Quality, founded at Purdue University. The recognition was in the Small Center category, which is for those service centers with less than 100 staff members. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SAGE set to publish AOFAS journal, Foot & Ankle International Academic publisher SAGE has been chosen by the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) to publish its journal, Foot & Ankle International, beginning in January 2013. Foot & Ankle International (FAI) began publication in 1980 and emphasises surgical and medical management as well as basic clinical research related to foot and ankle problems. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ACM announces winners of awards for innovations in computing technology The Association for Computing Machinery has announced the winners of five awards for innovations in computing technology who have made significant contributions that enable computer science to solve real world challenges. ACM will present these at the ACM Awards Banquet on June 16 in San Francisco. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme DuraSpace provides Internet2 members access to DuraCloud DuraSpace, a US-based not-for-profit organisation dedicated to preserving the world's scholarly, scientific and cultural records, and Internet2 have announced that Internet2 members now have automatic access to DuraCloud. DuraCloud is a service for archiving and managing content in the cloud featuring one-click creation of many copies, in multiple locations with several providers. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SPARC publishes new guide for campus action related to journal marketplace SPARC has produced a guide suggesting positive actions that campus stakeholders can take to contribute to the creation of a more equitable journal marketplace. This is inspired by the willingness of the academic community to speak out against practices that limit the utility of their scholarship. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Chilton partners with WHI to add real-time parts pricing and inventory to products Chilton has announced an agreement with WHI Solutions to provide updates to Chilton's ChiltonPRO and ChiltonEstimating products. Through this agreement, all ChiltonPRO and ChiltonEstimating users with WHI/Nexpart credentials will now have the ability to create estimates using real-time parts prices and have access to distributor's inventory. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme New BioMed Central journal to focus on cilia research Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced the launch of a new journal, Cilia. The journal welcomes basic and translational research into the biology of cilia and diseases associated with ciliary dysfunction. Topics of interest include a wide range of areas from human genetics to ciliatherapeutics. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Aviation Week launches redesigned website with enhanced features Aviation Week has unveiled its redesigned AviationWeek.com and enhanced subscriber-based Aviation Week Intelligence Network. These recent changes are said to share the common goal of continuously simplifying and integrating the products and services to meet the changing needs of today's aerospace and defence market. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme

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