Knowledgespeak Newsletter

17 April 2013

Elsevier and O'Reilly Media announce ebook distribution deal STM publisher Elsevier and technology publisher O'Reilly Media have announced that O'Reilly will distribute many of Elsevier's academic, research-focused ebooks. This expands the depth of ebooks available from O'Reilly in areas such as computer security and networking. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Thomson Reuters posts sessions from conference on impact of US govt. R&D programme Thomson Reuters has posted the sessions from its recent industry conference, 'Understanding Federal R&D Impact through Research Assessment and Program Evaluation'. The conference explored the impact of government research programmes and current challenges faced by researchers, information professionals and administrators. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Publishers' online communities to double by 2015, says Bowker study Publishing Technology and Bowker have released the findings of the first US and UK research into the growth of academic and trade publishing online communities. The number of publisher-owned online communities is set to more than double over the next two years, according to the research. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme McGraw-Hill Education and ePals partner to expand global collaborative learning opportunities for K-12 students McGraw-Hill Education, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., has formed a collaboration with ePals Corporation, an education media company and a leading global learning network. The partnership pairs world-class content from McGraw-Hill Networks, McGraw-Hill Education's award-winning digital social studies learning program for Grades 6-12, with ePals' global community and social learning platform. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SPARC releases new community resource on Article-Level Metrics The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) has released a new community resource, Article-Level Metrics - A SPARC Primer, delving into Article-Level Metrics (ALMs) an emerging hot topic in the scholarly publishing arena. ALMs are rapidly emerging as important tools to quantify how individual articles are being discussed, shared, and used. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ADHA launches Journal of Dental Hygiene on HighWire The American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) has announced that the Journal of Dental Hygiene (JDH) has launched on the HighWire Open Platform. The Journal of Dental Hygiene is the premier, peer-reviewed scientific research publication for dental hygienists. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme CCC and PubMatch partner to create Web-based sub-rights licensing service Licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. has announced a partnership with PubMatch, the book publishing portal and rights database. Under the deal, CCC and PubMatch will create an automated, Web-based exchange for sub-rights deals focused on whole book translation and distribution rights, using CCC's RightsLink transaction engine. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Ingram Content Group expands CoreSource platform to include direct distribution to British Library Ingram Content Group Inc. has announced that it has expanded its CoreSource platform to include direct distribution to the British Library, making it easy for publishers to comply with United Kingdom legal deposit law. Publishers and distributors in the UK have a legal obligation to send one copy of each of their printed books and paper publications to the Legal Deposit Office of the British Library within one month of publication. 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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