Knowledgespeak Newsletter

10 December 2012

Thomson Reuters launches ProView eReader platform version 1.5 Thomson Reuters, a leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has announced the latest version of Thomson Reuters ProView, a professional eReader platform. Thomson Reuters ProView version 1.5 provides enhanced navigation, content organisation and table displays. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme John Wiley & Sons acquires assets from Stevenson, Inc. Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the acquisition of assets from Stevenson, Inc., a leading resource for newsletters and online events in fundraising, non-profit management and communications. This acquisition will enable Wiley to expand its already robust strategy for digital delivery of content to the growing non-profit market globally. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme AudioGO to join PubEasy community Books enquiry and ordering services provider PubEasy has announced that AudioGO has joined its growing, international e-community of booksellers and their suppliers. AudioGO is one of UK's leading audiobook publishers of a broad and diverse range of spoken word and large print books. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SPIE urges US Congress to adopt financial reforms to boost science and technology SPIE is urging the US Congress to find a balanced, bipartisan plan including tax and entitlement reform to avoid the fiscal cliff. Economic growth in the industrialised world since World War II has been driven by innovation and technological progress, the letter to Congressional leaders says. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and ISPG in deal for key access to medical content The Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and ISPG (Independent Scholarly Publishers Group), a selection of High-Impact Scholarly journals hosted by HighWire Press, have signed a 3 year agreement for access to 37 key medical publications in Mainland China. The Charlesworth Group, ISPG's exclusive agent in the region, helped secure the purchase of ISPG content by CAMS. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Lebanese university gets EU grant for academy-industry research project The American University of Beirut has received a grant from the European Union Tempus Programme to implement a project supporting academic research while enhancing partnerships with industries. The project, Innovation and Development of Academic-Industry Partnerships through Efficient Research Administration in Lebanon, was launched last week. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Joyce Backus appointed NLM Associate Director for Library Operations The National Library of Medicine (NLM), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has announced that Joyce Backus has been named NLM Associate Director for Library Operations and a member of the Senior Executive Service, effective December 16, 2012. The announcement was made by NLM Director Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Amazon launches Brazil Kindle Store Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc. has launched the Brazil Kindle Store with the largest selection of the most popular books. The Brazil Kindle Store offers over 1.4 million books, now available to Brazilian customers priced in Brazilian Reais (R$), including more than 13,000 Portuguese-language books, 49 of 60 Veja best sellers - the most of any digital bookstore - and the most free books in Portuguese. 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 (As Hybrid Open Access Grows, the Scholarly Community Needs Article-level OA Metadata); Christopher Land (Universities should sink their resources into publishing partnerships with scholarly societies); Joshua Drew (Why I publish Open Access); and Dr Dave Hone (What peer review means for science). 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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