Knowledgespeak Newsletter

28 February 2013

Scope eKnowledge Center enhances MARC creation services Scope eKnowledge Center, a leading provider of content enhancement and knowledge services, has announced enhancements to its mARCat platform for MARC cataloging services. Scope's service includes Original Cataloging (creation of MARC records) and Copy Cataloging (validating/updating MARC records). mARCat creates MARC records for variant input formats in multiple languages with dynamic cataloging templates based on MARC standards. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Frontiers and Nature Publishing Group announce strategic alliance to advance global open science movement Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has announced a majority investment in the Swiss-based open access (OA) publisher Frontiers. NPG and Frontiers will work together to empower researchers to change the way science is communicated, through open access publication and open science tools. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Wolters Kluwer Health introduces ProVation Care Plans, powered by Lippincott's Nursing Solutions Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced the introduction of ProVation Care Plans, powered by Lippincott's Nursing Solutions. The robust software solution that provides nurses and allied health professionals with the tools they need to create, customise and maintain evidence-based interdisciplinary care plans. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Elsevier appoints Dr. Jim Nolin as Editor-in-Chief of its new order set solution, InOrder STM publisher Elsevier has announced the appointment of Dr. James Nolin as Editor-in-Chief of its new order set solution, InOrder. In his new position, Nolin will be responsible for leading content production and medical content strategy. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme BMJ launches 'Too Much Medicine' campaign in an attempt to tackle harms of overdiagnosis and overtreatment The BMJ (British Medical Journal), an international peer reviewed medical journal, has launched a 'Too Much Medicine' campaign to help tackle the threat to health and the waste of money caused by unnecessary care. Through the campaign, the journal plans to work with others to increase awareness of the true benefits and harms of treatments and develop ways to wind back medical excess, safely and fairly. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme RSC sponsors Green Solvents and Lab Solvents mobile apps The RSC has announced it has sponsored the Green Solvents and Lab Solvents mobile apps for a year. Green Solvents and Lab Solvents are innovative apps for the iOS and Android platforms that list solvents and their scores versus various environmentally relevant properties. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Tilburg University becomes first institution in Europe to go live with OCLC's WorldShare Management Services Library information provider OCLC has announced that Tilburg University is now running OCLC WorldShare Management Services live, in production. Tilburg is the first European library to adopt the cloud-based library management solution. Ranked among the top 500 universities in the world in 2012, Tilburg is a public research university with about 12,500 students. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme CCC and BISG partner to present a live, three-part webcast series Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) has announced a partnership with book trade association Book Industry Study Group (BISG), to present a live, three-part webcast series 'The Business of Rights' to help publishers, authors and agents better understand, manage and monetize content rights. The co-produced series is one of a number of CCC educational events to inform the trade publishing industry about today's rights and licensing risks and opportunities. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Akadémiai Kiadó and Wiley sign representation agreements with ACCUCOMS ACCUCOMS has signed new representation agreements with Akadémiai Kiadó and Wiley. ACCUCOMS is an independent provider of services to academic and professional publishers around the world. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Free University of Bozen in Italy goes live with Ex Libris' Alma solution Ex Libris Group has announced that the Free University of Bozen/Bolzano in Italy is in production with the Ex Libris Alma library management solution. Alma consolidates all the library's back-office operations in a single, cloud-based solution that will reportedly lead to substantial improvements in efficiency. 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Knowledgespeak Newsletter

27 February 2013

EBSCO Publishing releases CINAHL Complete Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has announced that CINAHL, a research tool for nursing and allied health literature, will now provide even more content with the introduction of CINAHL Complete. The database will offer 71 percent more full-text journals than are available in CINAHL Plus with Full Text. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme WK Health expands Medi-Span to include Patient Safety Programs File WK Health has announced that its Medi-Span solution has been expanded to include a new Patient Safety Programs File. The application enables health IT systems to rapidly identify drugs containing specific characteristics that require surveillance based on federal regulations. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme RSC to host UK's chemical database service and develop chemistry data repository The RSC has won the tender to operate the UK National Chemical Database Service from 2013 to 2017. RSC will also develop a chemistry data repository for academia, and build tools and services on this data store to increase the value of researchers' funded work. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Brazilian Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases moves to BioMed Central Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced that the Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases (JVATiTD) has moved to BioMed Central's open access publishing platform. The journal is the official academic journal of The Center for the Study of Venoms and Venomous Animals (CEVAP) of São Paulo State University (UNESP), based in Brazil. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Mary Ann Liebert launches MOOCs Forum, the public venue for sharing and shaping developments in Massive Open Online Courses Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. has announced the launch of MOOCs Forum to serve as the host and chronicle for discussions, debates, announcements, and advancements for all issues and constituents in the Massive Open Online Courses community. The journal will be published online with Open Access options and in print. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SCRIP Intelligence names veteran healthcare journalist Brett Chase US Companies Editor SCRIP Intelligence, an Informa company, has announced that veteran healthcare journalist Brett Chase has been named US Companies Editor. Chase most recently was a regular contributor on the drug and biotechnology industry for the investor website Minyanville.com and conducted investigations for the Better Government Association, a watchdog group in Chicago. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme De Gruyter acquires academic publishers Oldenbourg and Akademie Academic publisher De Gruyter has announced the acquisition of two academic publishers with a long and rich tradition - Akademie Verlag, based in Berlin, and Oldenburg Wissenschaftsverlag, based in Munich. Both companies were acquired retroactively as of January 1, 2013 from Franz Cornelsen Bildungsgruppe, which is seeking to streamline its business. 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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