Knowledgespeak Newsletter

11 September 2012

Landmark Papers on Higgs Boson freely available online on ScienceDirect Physics Letters B, Elsevier's flagship journal in high energy physics, has announced that the observations of the long-sought Higgs particle, hailed as one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time, have been published. The papers 'Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC' and 'Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC' are freely available online on ScienceDirect. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Publisher-plaintiffs to appeal court ruling in Georgia State University copyright case Publishers Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press USA and SAGE have announced their intention to appeal the May 11 decision in the copyright case with Georgia State University. The aim is to protect its authors' copyrights and advocate for a balanced and workable solution. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Bowker and LibraryThing launch BookPsychic - a personal recommender system for libraries Bibliographic information provider Bowker and LibraryThing have launched BookPsychic, a new concept in readers advisory - a personal recommender system for libraries. BookPsychic is a service within LibraryThing for Libraries, distributed by Bowker, an affiliate of ProQuest. It went live at its first site earlier this month at Maine's Portland Public Library. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Knovel University Challenge launches with new weekly prizes for solving engineering problems Knovel, the leading provider of a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, started off the Knovel University Challenge with a new twist - additional prizes will be awarded on a weekly basis, giving students 12 more opportunities to win. The annual Knovel University Challenge, now in its seventh year, continues to grow in popularity among engineering students globally. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme NISO brings out themed issue of ISQ on linked data for libraries, archives and museums NISO has published a themed issue of the Information Standards Quarterly magazine on Linked Data for Libraries, Archives and Museums. ISQ Guest Content Editor Corey Harper has sought to pull together a range of perspectives on what is happening today with linked data in cultural institutions. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Gale to preserve two more collections with Portico Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico has announced the addition of two Gale Digital Collections - Nineteenth Century Collections Online and National Geographic Magazine Archive, 1888-1994 to Portico's D-Collections Service. Portico has already preserved more than 1,380,000 objects and 83,000,000 files from 14 Gale Collections previously committed to the archive. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Fort Hays State University goes live with Ex Libris' Alma library management service Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the library of Fort Hays State University (FHSU) has gone live with the Ex Libris Alma library management service. FHSU has run Ex Libris solutions for many years, including the Voyager integrated library system, Primo discovery and delivery solution, and bX Recommender. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Edinburgh University Press and Boydell & Brewer set to join University Publishing Online Academic publisher Cambridge University Press has announced the addition of over 450 scholarly titles to University Publishing Online, from two of the UK's prestigious academic presses - Edinburgh University Press and Boydell & Brewer. Launched in October 2011, University Publishing Online provides access to thousands of titles from scholarly presses around the world, accessible through quick, powerful search and browse functionality. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme

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