Knowledgespeak Newsletter

12 April 2013

Waseda University Library becomes first in Asia to acquire the Springer Book Archives STM publisher Springer has announced that the Waseda University Library, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, has acquired the English-language Springer Book Archives (SBA). Members of the university community now have online access to Springer content dating back to 1842 via SpringerLink, Springer's online platform. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme 2014 Chemistry Award nominations for early career women scientists in developing countries called for The Elsevier Foundation, the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) and TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world have called for award nominations for the 2014 Elsevier Foundation Awards recognising talented early career women scientists from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. This year's awards programme will focus on chemistry. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ProQuest to demo cloud-based collaboration platform for research materials ProQuest has announced that it will demo its new RefWorks Flow, a cloud-based collaboration platform for research materials, at the UKSG and Association of College and Research Libraries conferences. It features an intuitive interface that needs little training to use and simplifies the management of research materials. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Children's Tumor Foundation ties up with Thomson Reuters for research funding schemas Thomson Reuters has announced a partnership with the nonprofit Children's Tumor Foundation (CTF). The aim is to further the understanding of neurofibromatosis (NF) research by creating schemas that visually demonstrate the main pathways involved in NF and how the organisation allocates funds for research and development. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme CCC's suite of Pubget document management solutions now available to Ovid's global corporate institutional customer base Wolters Kluwer Health and Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) have announced a partnership to make available CCC's suite of Pubget document management solutions to simplify institutional content discovery, compliance and collection development. Pubget's comprehensive solution in partnership with Ovid allows global corporate institutional users to search, download, organise, and share full text and PDF documents quickly, while automatically managing copyright permissions. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Majority of journals published by Taylor & Francis now comply with RCUK and Wellcome Trust mandates Academic publisher Taylor & Francis has announced that more than 1,650 of its journals now comply with The Wellcome Trust and RCUK's open access (OA) policies that came into effect on April 1, 2013. Over 500 of these journals are published on behalf of society partners. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Bowker BookWire App allows on-the-go access to book data ProQuest affiliate Bowker is introducing a free mobile app that streamlines the search for books by consumers, librarians and booksellers. Using Bowker's new Bookwire app, iPhone or iPad users can scan the barcode of any book to receive a quick search result for that title and format, view a list of the lowest retail prices, and make a purchase through multiple e-retailers. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Ringgold launches ProtoView Journal supply chain support provider Ringgold Inc. has announced a new service for publishers which simplifies the process of creating and disseminating comprehensive metadata for web-scale discovery and Demand-Driven Acquisition. ProtoView puts quality book, e-book and database information in the hands of end-users at the point of use and purchase. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Knowledgespeak Exclusive An interview with Jacks Thomas, Exhibition Director for the London Book Fair 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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