Knowledgespeak Newsletter

11 April 2013

Elsevier and Security Executive Council launch Elsevier's Security Executive Council Risk Management Portfolio STM publisher Elsevier and Security Executive Council (SEC), a research and advisory services firm for risk mitigation solutions, has launched Elsevier's Security Executive Council Risk Management Portfolio at ISC West in Las Vegas. This new content equips executives, practitioners and educators with proven information and practical solutions for successful security and risk management programmes. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme The Virtual Library of Virginia and the Washington Research Library Consortium sign eBook deal with Springer STM publisher Springer has signed a major deal with the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) and the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC). The agreement gives students and researchers from across more than 80 campuses access to Springer eBook content. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Taylor & Francis survey studies authors' perceptions on benefits of open access Taylor & Francis has released the fourth press release on the findings of the Open Access Survey, exploring authors' perceptions regarding the advantages of OA. A majority felt OA journals offer wider circulation. A quarter thought papers published in OA journals were cited more often. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme WK Health's Global Customer Support team receives NorthFace ScoreBoard Award from Omega Management Group Information services provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that its Global Customer Support team supporting the Ovid and LWW Journals business has received the NorthFace ScoreBoard Award from Omega Management Group Corp for achieving excellence in customer service and support in 2012. The award is presented annually to companies that exceed expectations in customer satisfaction scores - based solely on direct customer feedback. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Bowker, ebrary and Choice in joint initiative to enhance RCL tool for libraries Bowker, ebrary and Choice, a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), have united to improve the accessibility and utility of Resources for College Libraries (RCL), a collection development tool for academic libraries. Choice and Bowker have launched a variety of enhancements. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme PeerJ announces first institutions to provide PeerJ memberships to their faculty Academic publisher PeerJ Inc. and PeerJ PrePrints (a preprint server) have announced the first four universities to enter into an institutional arrangement to centrally fund PeerJ membership fees for their faculty. Universities who have already entered into these arrangements for their faculty include Duke University, the University of Nottingham (UK), the University of Birmingham (UK), and Arizona State University. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Credo announces new technology to streamline research through EBSCO Discovery Service Credo has deployed new technology that integrates its growing library of Topic Pages with EBSCO Discovery Service. Students who search EDS will now see Topic Pages, which provide a gateway through Credo's trusted multimedia-rich reference content to other library resources, alongside their search results, providing a highly targeted starting point for deeper research. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme AASL seeks proposals for ALA 2014 Annual Conference programmes The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is inviting proposals for programmes to be presented during the 2014 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference. The conference will be held from June 26 - July 1 in Las Vegas. The deadline for pre-conference submissions is 11:59 p.m. CDT on May 27, 2013. 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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