Knowledgespeak Newsletter

13 August 2012

ASTM International selects Scope eKnowledge Center to provide enhanced smart content and MARC cataloging services Knowledge services company Scope eKnowledge Center (Scope) has announced that ASTM International, one of the largest voluntary standards developers worldwide, has engaged the company to provide enhanced smart content services and MARC cataloguing for its highly valued content. Previously, Scope had developed a domain-specific, multi-level taxonomy for the vast array of content within ASTM's Standards and Engineering Digital Library (SEDL). More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Northwestern University joins VIVO network with Elsevier's SciVal Experts Northwestern University, in collaboration with STM publisher Elsevier has announced its participation in VIVO, a semantic network that enables the discovery of researchers across institutions. By connecting to the VIVO semantic network, Northwestern University can now share its data with other web-based applications that support research collaboration. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme CrossRef announces support for STM - DataCite statement The International Association of STM Publishers (STM) and DataCite issued a joint statement on the Linkability and Citability of Research Data in June 2012. CrossRef, a US-based not-for-profit membership association of publishers, has now announced its support for this statement and the best practices for data it recommends. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Serials Solutions and National Research Council of Canada in deal to index NRC Publications Archive in the Summon service Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced an agreement with the National Research Council of Canada to index the NRC Publications Archive in the Summon service to expand access to valuable scientific research information. The web-based archive is an online repository containing more than 50,000 publication citations and provides access to more than 12,000 full-text publications. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Cengage Learning appoints Michael Hansen as new CEO Cengage Learning, a US-based provider of innovative teaching, learning and research solutions, has announced the appointment of Michael Hansen to the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Hansen will succeed Ron Dunn, who has served as CEO since July 2007. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme IFLA Code of Ethics for Librarians and Other Information Workers approved The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Code of Ethics for Librarians and Other Information Workers has been approved and endorsed this month. The Code is presented in two versions: a long, comprehensive version, and a shorter version for quick reference. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Duke University Press to preserve e-journals in CLOCKSS Archive The CLOCKSS Archive has announced a partnership with the Duke University Press to preserve their e-journals in CLOCKSS's geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries around the world. By archiving with CLOCKSS, the Press has committed to the preservation of their e-journals. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Biotechnology and Ecology sections added to ScienceIndex under Biological Sciences ScienceIndex.com has now included the two new categories of Biotechnology and Ecology under Biological Sciences. While the Biotechnology section covers the utilisation of bacteria, yeasts and other biological substances for industrial and manufacturing processes, the Ecology section covers the relationships between organisms and their environments. 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: Phil Davis (The Secret Life of Retracted Articles); Joe Wikert (Why Are Apps Only on Tablets?); Martin Eve (Blog inequality in scholarly research will not end until digital preservation techniques improve); Kent Anderson (Disruption - Are We Seeing a New Type Emerging in Academic Publishing?) and Amanda Alampi (Social media is more than simply a marketing tool for academic research). 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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