Knowledgespeak Newsletter

8 February 2013

Elsevier's Gold Standard launches MEDalternatives, a new comprehensive resource for drug therapy options and costs Elsevier's Gold Standard, a drug information provider, has announced the launch of the MEDalternatives database, a comprehensive resource for drug therapy options designed to give health plans and their members additional drug cost savings options through access to information on alternative therapies. MEDalternatives uses only evidence-based alternatives that have comparable or better efficacy and safety, compared to current prescriptions. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme French Open Access Works to be indexed in Serials Solutions' Summon Discovery Service Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced that Le Cléo, le centre pour l'édition électronique ouverte (The Centre for Open Electronic Publishing) is working with the company to have their scientific research content indexed in the Summon service. Founded by French research and academic institutions, Le Cléo publishes thousands of scientific works with a focus on social sciences and the humanities More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme John Wiley & Sons launch Labtiva's ReadCube Web Reader on Wiley Online Library Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has launched Labtiva's ReadCube Web Reader on Wiley Online Library. PDFs read using the ReadCube Web Reader feature hyperlinked in-line citations, annotations, clickable author names, and direct access to supplemental content, making it easier for researchers to discover, access and interact with scientific literature. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme AAAS / Science and HighWire Press renew long-standing relationship The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has announced its decision to renew its relationship with long-standing ePublishing partner, HighWire Press. The two organisations will continue to share a collegial and collaborative working relationship, exploring new ways to innovate in the scientific marketplace. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme NISO unveils project to develop standards for open access metadata and indicators NISO members have approved a project to develop standardised bibliographic metadata and visual indicators to describe the accessibility of journal articles with respect to how 'open' they are. The project will focus initially on metadata elements that describe the readership rights associated with an OA article. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Cambridge University Press and Chinese Laser Press to launch OA journal - High Power Laser Science and Engineering Academic publisher Cambridge University Press and Chinese Laser Press will be launching a new open access journal from 2013. The new journal, High Power Laser Science and Engineering (HPLaser), will be an online-only (printed version available only in China), international and peer-reviewed journal focusing on all aspects of high power laser science and engineering. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Lorraine Haricombe elected Chair of the SPARC Steering Committee The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has announced that Lorraine Haricombe, Dean of the University of Kansas Library, has been elected to the position of Chair of the SPARC Steering Committee. Haricombe has served as member of the Committee, which provides strategic advice and guidance to the SPARC staff, since 2010. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme BioScientifica, SAGE select ACCUCOMS for global telemarketing projects Not-for-profit publisher BioScientifica and academic publisher SAGE have selected ACCUCOMS for major telemarketing projects in 2013. SAGE has renewed an ongoing agreement for global telemarketing support. BioScientifica has started a long-term project to increase awareness of its products across the world. 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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