Knowledgespeak Newsletter

22 October 2012

Frank Stumpf joins Scope eKnowledge Center's Board of Directors Scope eKnowledge Center (Scope), a Quatrro group of company and a leading provider of content enhancement and knowledge services, has announced that Frank Stumpf has joined the company's Board of Directors. Frank, a well-known and experienced professional in the global scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business, has been an advisor to the Board since 2008. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme JISC Collections license data added to Serial Solutions' 360 Resource Manager Serials Solutions has announced that it is working with JISC Collections to save librarians time and increase access to the licences negotiated by JISC Collections for NESLi2, databases and archives. Under the deal, licences will be added to Serial Solutions' ERM, 360 Resource Manager. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme BioMed Central to celebrate Open Access Week 2012 via activities across the globe BioMed Central, as the official sponsor of Open Access Week 2012, is participating in various activities around the globe for the event. BMC Medicine has published a research that reports the growing volume of scientific articles published in full immediate OA journals during the period 2000-2011. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Elsevier and Capes / MEC announce winners of SciVal Award Brazil 2012 STM publisher Elsevier in partnership with the Federal Coordination of Improvement of Personnel in Higher Education (Capes / MEC), has announced the winners of the second edition of SciVal Award Brazil 2012, honouring higher education and research institutions for their contribution to the scientific development of the country. According to Scopus data, Brazil holds the 13th position globally in research output per country. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ALA and EBSCO partner to offer five scholarships to librarians attending 2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting The American Library Association (ALA) and EBSCO are partnering to offer scholarships to five librarians who plan to attend the 2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting. Scheduled for January 24 – 28, 2013, in Seattle, the meeting gives library professionals an opportunity to participate in continuing education programmes, attend informative meetings, and interact with colleagues. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Pharmacy OneSource to host free webinar on value based-purchasing and readmissions reduction Software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider Pharmacy OneSource, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, is hosting a complimentary webinar with Steve Riddle, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP on 'An Update on Medicare's Value-based Purchasing and Readmissions Reduction Programs: Positioning Pharmacy as Team Leaders.' The webinar is scheduled for October 31, 2012 from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET. Participants can register at http://www.pharmacyonesource.com/webinars. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SAGE to publish The Journal of International Medical Research Academic publisher SAGE has announced the purchase of The Journal of International Medical Research from Field House Publishing LLP. Edited by Professor Malcolm Lader from King's College London, the journal is covered by MEDLINE and ranked in the Thomson Reuters' Journals Citations Report. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme University Libraries at Virginia Tech join HathiTrust The University Libraries at Virginia Tech has joined the HathiTrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries that are collaborating to build a digital library initiative that preserves and provides access to the published record in digital form. As HathiTrust members, Virginia Tech students, faculty, and staff will have access to more than 3 million public domain books. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Maney Publishing announces special prices for OA publication to support Open Access Week Academic publisher Maney Publishing has announced its support for the Open Access Week with special prices for OA publication. Throughout Open Access Week, the publisher is highlighting its hybrid open access model, MORE OpenChoice, and reducing author fees in order to encourage open access publication. Open Access Week is a global event running from October 22-28 organised by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC). 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: Todd A Carpenter (Does All Science Need to be Preserved? Do We Need to Save Every Last Data Point?); Joe Wikert (Publishing's "open" future); Kent Anderson (Recuse, Refuse, or Excuse — The Conflicts of Interest at the Heart of Funder-Backed Journals); Mike Shatzkin ("Platforms" are not exclusively the purview of Kindle, NOOK, and other retailers) and Bradley Voytek (There's something fishy about citations: We need a method of assessing the support of research if we want to change the 'publish or perish' culture). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here. 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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