Knowledgespeak Newsletter

14 October 2013

Around 276,000 visitors attend Frankfurt Book Fair 2013 The Frankfurt Book Fair closed on October 13 with around 7,300 exhibitors in total, from over 100 countries. Altogether 275,342 visitors attended the Fair (October 9 - 13), of which 142,921 were present during the trade visitors' days. New conference formats, such as CONTEC and StoryDrive, contributed to the rapidly changing face of the Book Fair, and to the fact that it now attracts new groups of visitors. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Elsevier announces the launch of astrophysical journal - Journal of High Energy Astrophysics STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of the Journal of High Energy Astrophysics (JHEAp), the first astrophysical journal that revolves around the study of high energy objects and events. The journal targets research on energetic phenomena in the universe. Examples of these phenomena include black holes at all scales, neutron stars, pulsars and their nebula, binaries, novae and supernovae, their remnants, active galaxies, and clusters. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Langston University selects Serials Solutions to streamline library management Langston University has selected Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business to help streamline and improve e-resource management and usage data assessment at its library. The addition of management services, 360 Counter and 360 Resource Manager, will simplify formerly complex tasks, empowering the library staff to focus on collection development. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Allen Press releases 2013 Study of Subscription Prices for Scholarly Society Journals Publishing services provider Allen Press, Inc. has released the 2013 Study of Subscription Prices for Scholarly Society Journals. The study, published regularly, summarises historical prices of approximately 200 publications appearing in the Allen Press Buyer's Guide to Scientific, Medical, and Scholarly JournalsTM. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Ingram Content Group announces new features and enhancements to VitalSource Bookshelf e-textbook platform Ingram Content Group Inc. has announced more than a dozen new features and enhancements to its VitalSource Bookshelf e-textbook platform. The updates include software client support in 25 languages, new and improved functionality and performance enhancements, the addition of international resellers, and worldwide support for integration with institutional systems like Blackboard Learn, Moodle, and others. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme UNEP announces landmark initiative to digitise publications and official documents The United Nation's Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced that its Division of Communication and Public Information (DCPI) recently launched a trailblazing new project to digitise the organisation's books, reference materials and other publications. The initiative - among the first of its kind in the UN system - is a collaboration between DCPI, which coordinates UNEP's library and publishing services, and the UN Office at Nairobi. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Sheridan announces sale of The Dingley Press The Sheridan Group, a print, publishing services and technology provider to publishers of scholarly journals, magazines, books and catalogues, has entered into an agreement to sell its long-run catalogue business based at The Dingley Press in Lisbon, Maine. The Dingley Press will be sold to and privately held by Christopher Pierce, from whom Sheridan purchased Dingley in 2004. 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: Joseph Esposito (Seeking a Path toward Open Access for Books); Ernesto Priego (Predatory journals and defective peer review are general academic problems, not just open access problems); Kent Anderson (Link Miser - Why the NLM Links to PubMed Central Versions Directly from PubMed Search Results); and Mercy Pilkington (Copyright and Open Access: The Future of Publishing). 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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