Knowledgespeak Newsletter

31 May 2012

Elsevier announces evidence-based skills database designed for respiratory care professionals STM publisher Elsevier has announced the availability of a new skills product for respiratory care professionals - Mosby's Respiratory Care Skills. Mosby's Respiratory Care Skills gives respiratory therapists the first and only online skills database based on the latest evidence and clinical guidelines. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Dr. Frank Vocci joins Journal of Addiction Medicine as Co-Editor The American Society of Addiction Medicine has announced the appointment of Dr. Frank Vocci as the third Co-Editor of the Society's official journal, the Journal of Addiction Medicine. He joins Senior Editor Dr. George F. Koob and current Co-Editors Dr. Shannon C. Miller and Dr. Martha J. Wunsch. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme IEEE to hold 802 University Outreach event to examine standards development IEEE has announced the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee University Outreach Program to engage university students and faculty in standards development. IEEE 802 is developing standards to improve communication for communities, with many positive results including longer battery life, faster Internet access and better security. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme NISO seeks public comment on draft Recommended Practice PIE-J: Presentation & Identification of E-Journals The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has released the draft Recommended Practice 'PIE-J: Presentation & Identification of E-Journals' (NISO RP-16-201x) for public review and comment through July 5, 2012. The PIE-J draft Recommended Practice and an online commenting form are available from the NISO PIE-J workroom at http://www.niso.org/workrooms/piej/. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ProQuest helps create online access to Queen Victoria's personal journals A digital retrospective of the complete personal journals of Queen Victoria has been launched. With its expertise in making rare, fragile works accessible to broad audiences, ProQuest is a partner in the project along with University of Oxford's renowned Bodleian Libraries and the Royal Archives. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Fifteen more libraries join OCLC WorldShare Management Services community Global library cooperative OCLC has announced that fifteen more libraries have selected OCLC WorldShare Management Services. The library management solution claims to be the first cooperative, Webscale library management services that streamline cataloguing, acquisitions, circulation, license management and workflows, and offer a next-generation discovery tool for library users. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme National Geographic Learning and Nowa Era expand partnership National Geographic Learning (NGL) has announced an agreement with Nowa Era, a part of Sanoma, to expand their partnership to include the development of Polish language science and history programmes for primary school. This agreement enables Nowa Era to use National Geographic articles, photography, illustration and video in science and history programmes for primary school in Poland and to carry the National Geographic Learning brand on those programmes. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Massachusetts Medical Society and Atypon renew contract Atypon has announced that the Massachusetts Medical Society has renewed their contract with Atypon to continue providing the platform for the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). NEJM claims to be the most widely read, cited, and influential general medical journal in the world, completing its second century of service to the medical community in 2012. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme

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Knowledgespeak Newsletter

30 May 2012

STM welcomes PEER conference's support for gold open access 'Gold' open access publication is the practical route to achieving sustainable OA, the project partners have agreed at the PEER End of Project results conference in Brussels. STM welcomes the consensus of the partners, and hails PEER as a successful collaboration. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Thomson Reuters recognises Australia's contribution to global research and innovation Business information provider Thomson Reuters has recognised Australia's continuing influence on international scientific research and innovation. Thomson Reuters announced a total of 19 Australian-affiliated recipients including 12 of the most influential researchers and seven most innovative organisations during the 2012 Thomson Reuters Australia Citation & Innovation Awards event held at the National Press Club. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Springer celebrates 10,000th MyCopy purchase STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media recently celebrated the 10,000th MyCopy purchase by a researcher at Auraria Library. As a way to recognise this milestone, the researcher who purchased the 10,000th title will receive 10 free MyCopy books. In addition, all members of the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries were presented with six months of free access to SpringerReference. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Australia's Austin Health selects ProVation Medical Software for procedure documentation and coding Information and point-of-care solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health) has announced that Austin Health has selected its ProVation Medical Software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding. Located in Victoria, Australia, Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research in northeast Melbourne. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE selects EBSCO Discovery Service Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing has announced that Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE in Australia has chosen the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) to allow students and staff better discoverability of the institution's resources and to increase online usage. The institute also believes that EDS will be advantageous in attracting potential students by providing the latest innovative technology. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Research collaboration platform Mendeley expands with funding from Eurostar Funding from EUREKA Eurostars has reportedly helped rapidly establish Mendeley as a serious player in the academic industry. Mendeley is a research collaboration platform helping millions of researchers and scientists organise their research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest papers in their subjects. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Publishing Technology announces new agreements with 10 new scholarly publishers Publishing-specific software solutions provider Publishing Technology plc has announced agreements with 10 new scholarly publishers, further strengthening its client portfolio and online collections. In a series of recent signings, content from six academic publishers is now open to the ingentaconnect network of over 25,000 libraries. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme DeepDyve announces major updates to its service DeepDyve, a research engine for the Deep Web, has announced major updates to its service. Most notably, the company now offers the ability to purchase discounted, downloadable PDFs, making DeepDyve the one-stop destination for unaffiliated researchers (so-called 'knowledge workers') to search, rent and now purchase articles in life sciences, technology, medical, and business journals. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme

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