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16 September 2013

Elsevier and RSM in deal to provide RSM members with electronic access to peer-reviewed medical journals and reference book STM publisher Elsevier recently announced an agreement with The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) to provide its 21,000 members with electronic access to thousands of peer-reviewed medical and surgical journals and reference books. The RSM's decision follows a review of its library strategy, which emphasises making such information available electronically to meet the demands of its members. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Frankfurt Book Fair Fellowship Programme celebrates 15 year anniversary This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Frankfurt Book Fair's Fellowship Programme. First launched at the 50th anniversary of the Frankfurt Book Fair in 1998, the Frankfurt Fellowship Programme has provided information and networking opportunities in the world of international publishing to more than 260 participants in 48 countries. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme WebAssign and Cengage Learning renew partnership Educational content, software and services company Cengage Learning, Inc., and WebAssign, a major provider of online instructional tools, have announced the renewal of their long-standing alliance with a contract extension. WebAssign's unique capabilities combined with Cengage's trusted content enable both companies to provide educators and students with content and technology solutions that improve the teaching and learning experience. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Platts launches Platts Market Data – Sugar daily data package Energy and metals information provider Platts recently launched Platts Market Data – Sugar, a comprehensive, daily data package containing global price assessments and freight rates for raw and white sugar from Brazil, Thailand, Europe and other locations. Aimed at sugar market professionals, the end-of-day data feed features proprietary price references for break bulk and containerised spot cargoes of raw and white sugar, and associated freight rates, as assessed by Kingsman, the sugar pricing specialist unit of Platts. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Swets acquires Netherlands' leading Law content expert, Jongbloed Information services company Royal Swets & Zeitlinger has completed the acquisition of Jongbloed, an expert in the supply of legal, fiscal and accountancy content. The arrangement will see Swets take control of the entire Jongbloed company, including both of its physical bookstores in The Hague and Leiden as well as its online stores www.jongbloed.nl and www.jongbloedjuridica.nl. 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: David Crotty (Rolling Back Gold Open Access in the UK); Joseph Esposito (The "M" in STM Publishing) and Mark Carrigan (A closer look at why public engagement matters to academics will improve practical discourse and action). 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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