Knowledgespeak Newsletter

27 August 2012

LWW and American Medical Student Association partner to provide medical content to members Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, is now the exclusive medical content provider for the American Medical Student Association (AMSA). The AMSA claims to be the nation's largest independent medical student organisation. As physicians-in-training from around the world join AMSA, they will receive a new member benefit of one or more of LWW's well-known medical titles. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Safe water projects in developing nations win Reed Elsevier environment awards Reed Elsevier has announced the winners of the Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge, which seeks to award innovative solutions to improve sustainable access to safe water and sanitation. The $50,000 first and $25,000 second prizes were won by projects implemented in Nepal and Africa, respectively. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Latest issue of IBM Journal of Research and Development now available via the IEEE Xplore digital library Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced that the latest issue of IBM Journal of Research and Development, a special issue on Technologies for Healthcare Transformation, is now exclusively available in the IEEE Xplore digital library. Technologies for Healthcare Transformation examines how the healthcare industry is working toward developing centralised databases and advanced analytics to help foster clinical understanding based on aggregated medical data. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme OCLC Researcher appointed to NISO Content and Collection Management Committee Library information provider OCLC Research has announced that the company's Consulting Project Manager Eric Childress has accepted an invitation to join the NISO Content and Collection Management Committee. The committee is one of three main leadership groups that help oversee existing and new standards work for NISO. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Thieme launches new journal - Journal of Wrist Surgery Scientific and medical publisher Thieme Publishing Group has announced the publication of the first issue of the Journal of Wrist Surgery (JWS). JWS brings together all aspects of wrist surgery and small bone surgery of the hand, and will serve hand surgeons, orthopaedic trauma surgeons, and plastic and reconstructive surgeons as a key reference. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ALCTS/LITA announce formation of ALCTS/LITA Metadata Standards Committee The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) and the Library Information Technology Association (LITA), with the support of Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), divisions of the American Library Association, have announced the formation of the ALCTS/LITA Metadata Standards Committee. The ALCTS/LITA Metadata Standards Committee will play a leadership role in the creation and development of metadata standards for bibliographic information. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SaaS used more for sensitive data than for mission-critical data, says Gartner survey Gartner has said avoiding SaaS remains a significant form of risk control for many organisations. Those that do use SaaS are more likely to use it for sensitive data than for mission-critical data. These findings are based on Gartner's survey of risk management programmes globally. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Platts releases 2012 China Steel & Iron Ore Reserves Map Energy and metals information provider Platts, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., has released the 2012 edition of its Platts SBB China Top 100 Steel Making Companies & Iron Ore Reserves Map. The Map offers a detailed snapshot of China's steel industry as of the end of 2011 and an update of the top 100 companies. 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 (Publicity at eLife - Are Media Embargoes Part of the Plan?); Stephen Barr (How should academic libraries communicate their own value?); Stevan Harnad (Urgent Need to Revise the New RCUK Open Access Policy); and David Glance (The long tail of academic publishing and why that isn't a bad thing). 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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