Knowledgespeak Newsletter

19 June 2013

Elsevier to publish the International Economics journal STM publisher Elsevier has announced that it has been selected as the new publisher for the journal International Economics. The journal is published on behalf of CEPII, the French research center in international economics, and is edited by Valerie Mignon and Farid Toubal of CEPII. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme European publishing partnership for physics celebrates 15th anniversary The European publishing partnership for physics, The European Physical Journal (EPJ), is celebrating its 15th year in 2013. During this time, EPJ has launched new open access titles, either in response to the emergence of new research fields at the interface between more established subjects, or to fill obvious gaps in the EPJ catalogue. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme More than 400,000 e-book titles from EBSCO eBooks now available on Ingram's OASIS content platform Ingram Content Group Inc. and EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) have announced that more than 400,000 e-book titles from EBSCO eBooks have been integrated with Ingram's OASIS content platform and are now available to academic libraries worldwide. Users of the OASIS platform that have their account enabled will now have access to an expanded selection of scholarly, frontlist and award-winning e-book titles from leading publishers. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme UK science facing knowledge drain, says RSC chief executive The Science is Vital campaign group has issued a report on the legacy of the 2010 Comprehensive Spending Review for UK science. The science budget saw a cash freeze in 2010, but this has been a 10 percent cut in real terms. The report shows that, as a result, researchers are reporting a drop in grants, difficulty in finding money for equipment and consumables and a struggle to recruit PhD students. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Institutions in Australia and New Zealand select Primo to complement their Ex Libris Alma LMS Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of South Australia (UniSA), the University of Western Sydney (UWS), and New Zealand's Otago University have chosen the Ex Libris Primo discovery and delivery solution to complement their Ex Libris Alma library management service. As a result, these institutions will offer users a unified discovery experience that is seamlessly integrated with library services and operations. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Cambridge University Press selects CCC's RightsLink for Open Access solution to manage APCs for OA publications Licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) has announced that Cambridge University Press has selected CCC's RightsLink for Open Access to manage Article Processing Charges (APCs) for its OA publications. CCC has been helping publishers improve the author experience in collecting APCs for over six years and welcomes efforts toward standardisation and transparency. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme HathiTrust and DPLA partnership to make nearly 3.5 million books accessible via DPLA portal and API The HathiTrust Digital Library will partner with the recently launched Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) to expand discovery and use of HathiTrust's public domain and other openly available content. DPLA provides an online portal to freely available digital material held by libraries, archives, and museums across the US. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Eight new publishers to join University Press Content Consortium in 2014 Eight distinguished scholarly presses, including the recently-revived University of Missouri Press and the Chinese University Press, are confirmed to join the University Press Content Consortium (UPCC) and make their books available digitally on the Project MUSE platform in 2014. All of the new presses are expected to make their books available in both the UPCC Collections on MUSE and the recently launched Single Title Sales program. 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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