Knowledgespeak Newsletter

5 April 2013

ASM Press chooses Scope for enhanced metadata for its books Scope eKnowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of content enhancement and knowledge services, recently completed an engagement to help enhance book content discoverability for ASM Press. ASM Press is the book publishing division of the American Society for Microbiology. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Australasian universities welcome Springer Book Archives STM publisher Springer has announced that it will offer online access to 100,000 eBooks with historic content through its Springer Book Archives (SBA), available anywhere, at any time, via SpringerLink by the end of 2013. As early adopters, Australasian universities were some of the first to offer access to this wealth of scientific content to students, faculty and researchers. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme NPG set to launch Scientific Data to aid scientists publish and reuse research data Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has announced the Spring 2014 launch of Scientific Data. Open for submissions this autumn, Scientific Data is a new open-access, online-only platform for the publication of descriptions of scientifically valuable datasets. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SPARC-sponsored report on Strategies for Sustaining Open Access Resources released Knowledge Exchange has released 'The Collective Provision of Open Access Resources,' the third report in its multiphase 'Sustainability of Open Access Resources' initiative. The report, which was funded by SPARC, examines the practical planning issues relevant to the economic sustainability of infrastructure services that support the growth of the open-access dissemination of scholarly and scientific research. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme EBSCO and ALA award seven scholarships for librarians to attend 2013 ALA Annual Meeting EBSCO, in co-sponsorship with the American Library Association (ALA), has awarded seven librarians $1,000 scholarships to attend the ALA Annual Meeting in Chicago, to be held from June 27- July 2, 2013. As part of the application process, librarians were asked to write an essay on the topic of how attending the conference will contribute to the librarians' professional development. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Northwestern University Libraries select Ex Libris Alma Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Northwestern University has selected the Ex Libris Alma next-generation resource management solution for its libraries. A member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Association of American Universities, Northwestern counts among its libraries the Pritzker Legal Research Center and the Galter Health Sciences Library, both at the school's Chicago campus. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme OUP journals compliant with RCUK and Wellcome Trust open access policies Oxford University Press has announced that from April 1, 2013 Oxford journals will be compliant with the Research Councils UK (RCUK) and Wellcome Trust policies on open access (OA). The publisher embraces both 'gold' and 'green' OA publishing to support this mission. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Rubriq enters second phase of beta testing of peer review system Rubriq has completed the first phase of beta testing for its independent peer review system, and the second phase is now underway. As of the second phase, a total of eight publishers are providing feedback on all aspects of the Rubriq report and system. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme IOP Publishing appoints Beth Mayes as Partner Development Manager, North America Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP) has announced the appointment of Beth Mayes as Partner Development Manager, North America. In her new position, Beth will work closely with Jane Roscoe, Head of Partner Development at IOP. 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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