Knowledgespeak Newsletter

22 April 2013

Elsevier launches Mosby's Nursing Consult App STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of its Mosby's Nursing Consult App, now on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Mosby's Nursing Consult puts trusted clinical information into nurses' hands. The App is available for free from the App Store on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch or at www.AppStore.com. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Publisher associations unveil safe harbour rules for use of out-of-commerce journals STM, ALPSP and PSP have issued rules for the digitisation of out-of-commerce copyright works. They have also granted a 'safe harbour' on behalf of publishers in the form of a waiver of claims for fees for use of works when the new rules are followed. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme CHILL selects EBSCO to provide health and medical information to libraries in Greater London Library resources provider EBSCO has announced that it has been selected as dual supplier of print and electronic serials subscriptions, packages and databases for CHILL, the Consortium of Independent Health Information Libraries in London. The two-year renewable contract is under a framework agreement between CHILL and EBSCO, initiated through a competitive tendering process. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SAGE to support library travel grant for ALPSP International Conference 2013 Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it will be sponsoring a librarian place again at this year's Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) International conference. The annual event is scheduled for September 11 - 13, 2013 in Birmingham, UK. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Royal Society of Chemistry wins Queen's Award for Enterprise The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is celebrating being awarded the UK's highest accolade for business success - the 2013 Queen's Award for Enterprise. This award recognises outstanding business achievement by UK organisations. The RSC has been honoured in the International Trade category for its sustained and impressive international growth. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Freeslate to develop and sell Accelrys' Lab Execution and Analysis software Accelrys has exclusively licensed the RAS and Polyview components of the Lab Execution and Analysis (LEA) software suite to Freeslate for automated research applications. Freeslate will now have the exclusive right to develop, sell and support the entire LEA software suite for high throughput research. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Latest edition of Blogspeak now online The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (The Dynamics of a Complex and Varied Expense for Journals); Mike Shatzkin (The three forces that are shaping 21st century book publishing: scale, verticalization, and atomization); Eli Horowitz and Russell Quinn (Publishing Companies Are Technology Companies. Now It's Time For Them To Act Like It); Rolf Zwaan (Pre-publication posting and post-publication review will facilitate the correction of errors and will ultimately strengthen published submissions); and Husna Haq (Are e-readers hurting our reading comprehension?). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here. 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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