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30 September 2013

Scope achieves yet another milestone in abstraction Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, has announced that it has delivered 4 million abstracts of patents, book chapters, technical articles, standards etc, for information providers globally. Scope initiated the abstraction service in 2003 for English language text, with a weekly dispatch capability of 150 abstracts. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Springer signs deal to provide NYU access to more than a century of scientific content STM publisher Springer has entered into an agreement to provide New York University (NYU) with the entire English-language contents of its Springer Book Archives (SBA). This deal grants access to around 50,000 English-language titles to researchers, students and faculty at one of the nation's top-ranked universities. The books are available via Springer's online platform, SpringerLink. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ALPSP publishes report on the state of the publishing industry - Scholarly Journals Publishing Practice The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has published its report on the state of the publishing industry, Scholarly Journals Publishing Practice. Although the report shows that publishers are generally in good health, the ALPSP warned that the report should be seen as a benchmark against which to assess the future effects of changes in scholarly publishing, particularly the move towards open access. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme EBSCO introduces 15 new EBSCO eBook Subject sets to help librarians build e-book collections Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has introduced 15 new EBSCO eBook Subject Sets to help librarians build their e-book collections. Subject sets are pre-packaged sets of titles from leading publishers in specific, high-interest topics designed to meet the needs of libraries while simplifying collection development. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SPARC and the World Bank announce speakers for Open Access Week 2013 kick-off event The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the World Bank have announced the speakers for the Open Access Week 2013 kick-off event to be held October 21, starting at 3:00 p.m. EDT in Washington, DC. The kick-off event will take place at the World Bank. A live blog and webcast of the panel discussion and ceremony will be available for those who cannot attend in person. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Hawaii Department of Education selects McGraw-Hill Education's Reading Wonders program for state-wide use Digital learning company McGraw-Hill Education has announced that the Hawaii Department of Education has selected McGraw-Hill Reading Wonders as the exclusive reading program for classrooms across the 'Aloha State.' Reading Wonders will first be implemented in approximately 25 elementary schools at the start of the 2013 school year, making it the first exclusive adoption of a single program in the state's history. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Penguin Group to distribute eBooks to public libraries via Axis 360 Baker & Taylor, a distributor of digital and physical books, has announced that Penguin Group (USA) LLC's ebooks are available to all public libraries and consortia using the Axis 360 digital media platform. Axis 360 delivers digital audiobooks and ebooks for library users in EPUB, PDF and Blio formats to PC and Mac computers, laptops and netbooks, to smartphones and tablets running on Android and iOS, and to popular e-readers. 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: Phil Davis (Visualizing Article Performance — Altmetrics Searches for Appropriate Display); Joe Wikert (The "more content is better" myth); George Lozano (Registered Reports: a new publishing initiative aimed at countering publication bias); and Joseph Esposito (When It Comes to Green OA, Nice Guys Finish Last). 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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