Knowledgespeak Newsletter

1 July 2013

EBSCO and Innovative Interfaces announce expanded strategic partnership Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and Innovative Interfaces, Inc. (Innovative) have expanded their strategic partnership designed to improve access to library resources. The expanded partnership will incorporate catalogue functionality within the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) experience. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ProQuest names Rafael Sidi as General Manager, ProQuest Information Solutions Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest has announced the appointment of information industry veteran Rafael Sidi as General Manager, ProQuest Information Solutions. In his new role, Sidi will lead strategic development of the company's content-rich solutions for academic markets globally. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme The BMJ rises to 4th place in global rankings of most cited general medical journals The BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal) has risen from sixth to fourth place in the international rankings of the most influential general medical journals in the world, show new figures on research citations (impact factor) for 2012. The BMJ has now overtaken two heavyweight US titles, PLos Medicine and the Annals of Internal Medicine. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Memorial Hospital selects Wolters Kluwer Health's ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate decision support Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that Memorial Hospital has selected its ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, software as its electronic order set solution. A central component of a healthcare organisation's care quality and core measures improvement strategy, ProVation Order Sets is an easily customisable order set authoring and management solution. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme University of Oklahoma Libraries select Ex Libris solutions Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of Oklahoma Libraries have selected the Ex Libris Primo discovery and delivery solution, the bX article recommender, and the SFX OpenURL link resolver. A new member of the Ex Libris community, the University of Oklahoma (OU) Libraries opted for Primo as part of a wider initiative to strengthen the libraries' ability to serve the research needs of students and faculty. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme More than 120 libraries now using Web-based library management services Computer library service OCLC has announced that fifty additional libraries have selected OCLC WorldShare Management Services, choosing the Web-based library management services that simplify back-office operations, streamline library workflows, and provide a powerful discovery and delivery service for library users. WorldShare Management Services were released for general availability in July 2011. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing preview issue to publish in fall 2013 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers has announced the launch of 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, a highly innovative, peer-reviewed journal on this rapidly growing disruptive technology. The preview issue will publish in the fall of 2013, and quarterly thereafter in 2014. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Ingram adds over 50,000 titles and new functionality to its MyiLibrary e-book platform Ingram Content Group Inc., a US-based provider of physical and digital services to the book industry, has announced that it has grown its MyiLibrary platform, adding more than 50,000 titles and new functionality to meet the changing needs of today's libraries. More than 50,000 titles have been added to the MyiLibrary e-book platform since the beginning of the year. 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 (On the Likelihood of Academia "Taking Back" Scholarly Publishing); Joe Wikert (The content concierge: Curation and personalization, not discovery); Mike Shatzkin (Publisher margins today may be enviable, but it will be a big challenge to keep them that way); and Clément Bosquet and Pierre-Philippe Combes (Departmental characteristics play an important role in determining the productivity of individual researchers). 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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