Knowledgespeak Newsletter

21 May 2013

Elsevier and GSA collaborate to add over 60,000 maps to Geofacets research tool STM publisher Elsevier has announced a collaboration with The Geological Society of America (GSA). The collaboration will formally launch in September through the integration of more than 60,000 geological maps from GSA's flagship journals, book series and the comprehensive Decade of North American Geology compendium into Geofacets. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Wiley launches trial of Altmetric service on subscription and OA articles Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has launched a trial of Altmetric, a service that tracks and measures the impact of scholarly articles and datasets on both traditional and social media. The six month trial will run on a number of subscription and open access journals published by Wiley. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Lippincott Williams & Wilkins published journals receive 13 ASHPE awards for Editorial and Design Excellence Wolters Kluwer Health, a global provider of information, business intelligence and point-of-care solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced that its Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) published journals won 13 ASHPE awards in 10 categories. ASHPE's annual awards competition recognises member articles and publications for editorial, design, print and online award categories. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Official journal of the Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine moves to BioMed Central's OA platform Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced that Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (AOEM) has moved to BioMed Central's open access publishing platform. AOEM is the official academic journal of The Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (KSOEM). More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme UK's four national academies respond to Government consultation on science and research funding The Presidents of the Academy of Medical Sciences, the British Academy, the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering have responded jointly in a letter to the Government's consultation on strategic priorities for science and research funding. The letter emphasises that it is essential that the UK maintain broad national research and innovation capabilities if it is to ensure a supply of highly skilled people and to attract investment. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Blackboard and Vital Source launch integrated offering Blackboard Inc. and Vital Source Technologies, Inc. have launched pilot programs with a number of colleges and universities to test-drive an integrated offering that makes the VitalSource Bookshelf platform and its hundreds of thousands of e-Textbooks available directly within Blackboard Learn, the company's flagship learning management system (LMS). Participants in the field trial will provide ongoing feedback to the companies about their experience to strengthen the offering. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Cengage Learning appoints Alexander Broich as President of International Cengage Learning, a US-based provider of teaching, learning and research solutions, has announced the appointment of Alexander Broich as the President of International. Beginning July 1, he will be based in the company's Boston, MA office and will serve on the executive team reporting to Michael Hansen, Chief Executive Officer. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Accelrys announces new release of Accelrys Electronic Lab Notebook Accelrys, Inc. has announced the latest release of the Accelrys Electronic Lab Notebook (AELN), which now offers extensive integration with the unifying, scientifically aware Accelrys Enterprise Platform (AEP). Expanded integration with AEP supports the management and orchestration of information, data, people, tasks and processes within and across labs, enhancing collaboration, externalisation, chemistry harmonisation, instrument integration, experiment design and reporting. 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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