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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