Knowledgespeak Newsletter

31 October 2012

Elsevier collaborates with the OSTI at the US Department of Energy to enhance access to and visibility of research STM publisher Elsevier has incorporated 300,000 full-text technical reports from the Office of Scientific Technical Information (OSTI) at the US Department of Energy (DOE) into its free scientific search tools, SciVerse Hub and Scirus. This addition will enable the global research community to search full-text documents from laboratories affiliated with the DOE on Elsevier's widely-used platforms. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme COAR publishes report examining current state of open access repository interoperability The COAR has published a report, "The Current State of Open Access Repository Interoperability (2012)". It provides an overview of the current interoperability landscape in terms of the types of services that are possible because of recent R&D efforts from throughout the open access community. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Chicano Database now available via EBSCOhost EBSCO Publishing has announced that information designed to explore the broad dimensions of class, race and gender within the Chicano and Latino U.S. experience is now available through EBSCOhost. The Chicano Database, a bibliographic index formerly available via First Search from OCLC, furthers research, teaching and scholarship for Chicano studies programmes and broader ethnic studies curricula. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme RSC to sponsor six challenges on scientific ideas crowdsourcing platform Marblar The RSC has teamed up with an Oxford University spinout to sponsor six challenges on Marblar - an online platform for finding applications for unused scientific discoveries. It has selected six technologies that have been published in RSC journals and is sponsoring a challenge for each. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Five major research centres to make data more accessible through British Library's DataCite service British Library, the national library of the UK, has announced that five major research centres have expanded their commitment to make data more accessible through its DataCite service, a global initiative which addresses the problem of how to find, access and re-use the results of research. Data from the participating organisations will be marked with DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) to enable it to be identified and cited, a system which has been widely used to provide persistent links to academic journal articles. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Lexicomp and UpToDate collaborate to enhance patient education leaflets in Lexicomp Online Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health) has announced that Lexicomp and UpToDate, both part of WK Health, have collaborated to enhance the patient education leaflets in the Lexicomp Online product to include new and updated content. As a part of WK Health, Lexicomp collaborated with UpToDate to enhance the overall patient education offering in Lexicomp Online. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme CDL announces new POD and ebook distribution/sales service for books and journals published in eScholarship The California Digital Library has announced a new print-on-demand (POD) and ebook distribution/sales service for books and journals published in eScholarship, the University of California's open access (OA) publishing platform. This service will enable publishing units within UC to develop hybrid OA business models for their publications. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ARL-ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication announce facilitators for Scholarly Communication Workshop on Strategic Skills for Success The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication will conduct a workshop 'Increasing the Effectiveness of Your Scholarly Communication Program: Strategic Skills for Success.' The workshop is scheduled to be held from April 9–10, 2013, in Indianapolis, Indiana. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Parker University Selects Blackboard Learn to replace current LMS Enterprise technology and innovative solutions provider Blackboard Inc. has announced that Parker University has selected Blackboard Learn to replace its current learning management system (LMS) following a three-month evaluation of four commercial and open source platforms. The selection was driven by the university's need to have an LMS that could support its ongoing growth in programmes and students. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme You are receiving this email newsletter as part of your Knowledgespeak membership. You can unsubscribe instantly from any of our email newsletters by clicking here.

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Knowledgespeak Newsletter

30 October 2012

Penguin, Random House merged to create global consumer publishing organisation Two European media companies Pearson and Bertelsmann have announced an agreement to create the world's leading consumer publishing organisation by combining Penguin and Random House. The combination is stated to bring together two of the world's leading English language publishers, with highly complementary skills and strengths. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Palgrave Pivot launches with publication of 21 new titles Palgrave Macmillan has announced the launch of Palgrave Pivot, a new initiative that seeks to break down the boundaries of publishing research. Palgrave Pivot, which publishes peer-reviewed research at lengths between the journal article and the monograph, has brought out 21 new titles. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and the Bodleian Libraries in deal with Elsevier for ClinicalKey STM publisher Elsevier has signed a one-year agreement with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (OUH) and the Bodleian Libraries providing access to ClinicalKey. Launched earlier this year, ClinicalKey draws answers from the largest proprietary collection of clinical resources, covering every medical and surgical specialty. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Serials Solutions Summon Service expands Japanese-language content with Japan Medical Abstracts Society Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, and the Japan Medical Abstracts Society (JAMAS) have improved access to Japanese-language article abstracts in Ichushi-Web through the Summon web-scale discovery service. The inclusion of metadata from the JAMAS abstracting and indexing database for more than 5,800 journals covering medicine, dentistry and pharmacy subjects will be available to mutual subscribers of each company's service. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme IOP Publishing launches article level metrics on its journal platform IOPscience Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing has announced the launch of article level metrics on its journal platform IOPscience. Article level metrics are increasingly being used by authors and readers to view the wider impact of an article beyond traditional citations. The metrics also provide a new way for readers to discover content. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ProQuest and ACRL call for applications for ProQuest Support Staff Scholarships Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) are calling for applicants for the ProQuest Support Staff Scholarships that will send eight library professionals to the 2013 ACRL Conference. The event is scheduled to be held from April 10-13, 2013, in Indianapolis, Indiana. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery journal announce two publishing initiatives to expand reach Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (PRS), the official journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), has announced two publishing initiatives that will expand the reach of PRS to the international plastic surgery community. The initiatives are an integral part of the ASPS mission to educate and support plastic surgeons globally with convenient, easy access to the highest quality research used to help inform their practice and improve patient care. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme You are receiving this email newsletter as part of your Knowledgespeak membership. You can unsubscribe instantly from any of our email newsletters by clicking here.

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