Knowledgespeak Newsletter

15 November 2012

ORCID and CrossRef collaborate to solve ambiguous author names problem in scholarly content Two not-for profit organisations, ORCID and CrossRef, have collaborated to solve the problem of ambiguous author names in scholarly content. ORCID began assigning unique identifiers to researchers in October. As part of the ORCID Registry, individuals can search the metadata from CrossRef and add their works to their personal ORCID records. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Very few delegate places left for London Online Information event, say organisers The Online Information 2012 Conference and Exhibition, taking place at the Victoria Park Plaza, London on November 20-21, has announced that there are only five delegate places remaining to register. Incisive Media, the organiser, reports that almost 400 delegates have already registered for the conference. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Elsevier launches Postdoc Free Access Program, a new initiative designed to help early career researchers STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of the Postdoc Free Access Program, a new initiative designed to help early career researchers who are in between research positions stay up-to-date in their field. For scholars who have recently received their PhD and currently do not have a research position, the programme will offer postdocs a Free Access Passport, with complimentary access to journals and books on ScienceDirect for up to 6 months. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Research4Life partners extend partnership through 2020 The Research4Life partners have announced that they have agreed to extend their partnership through 2020. Research4Life currently provides over 6,000 institutions in more than 100 developing countries with free or low cost access to peer-reviewed online content from the world's leading scientific, technical and medical publishers. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Dedicated e-readers losing ground to tablets, says BISG study E-book consumers are shifting to tablets and away from dedicated e-readers, according to BISG's Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading survey. The final installment of the Bowker-powered survey shows tablets have risen by 25 percent over the past year as the first choice for respondents' reading device. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme MDPI launches new open access journal, Publications Switzerland-based open access publisher MDPI has launched a new open access journal, Publications. Publications is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal which seeks to provide an advanced forum for studies related to all aspects of academic, scholarly, and professional publishing. Dr. John J. Regazzi has been appointed founding Editor-in-Chief. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme UBM Tech unveils EE Times University, a live digital educational experience to scale engineering know-how Business information provider UBM Tech has launched EE Times University, a six-month, free live digital educational experience for design engineers. The University is designed by EE Times, an independent engineering resource for design decision makers in the electronics industry. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme 2013 pricing for UPCC Book Collections now available Project MUSE has announced that 2013 pricing is now available for the UPCC Book Collections, along with several new purchase options and a new current-content subscription offering. Project MUSE is a collaboration between libraries and publishers, providing full-text, affordable and user-friendly online access to a comprehensive selection of prestigious humanities and social sciences journals. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Oxford University Press re-launches Oxford Handbooks Online Academic publisher Oxford University Press has announced the re-launch of Oxford Handbooks Online (OHO). The Oxford Handbook Series brings together the world's leading scholars to write review articles that evaluate the current thinking on a field or topic, and make an original argument about the future direction of the debate. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Bremen Public Library Director elected to OCLC Board of Trustees Barbara Lison, Director of the Bremen Public Library in Bremen has been elected to the OCLC Board of Trustees by the Board. New leaders and new members began serving on the Board during a regular meeting held from November 3-5 in Dublin. Lison replaces Elisabeth Niggemann, Director General of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB- German National Library), who served two four-year terms on the OCLC Board beginning in November 2004. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Knowledgespeak Exclusive An interview with Stephen Dale, Conference Chair, Online Information 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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