Knowledgespeak Newsletter

28 October 2013

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust implements Elsevier Clinical Skills online training tool Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is providing its healthcare professionals with access to a new, interactive online training solution from Elsevier that enables staff to improve patient care and record their annual learning. The Trust has implemented the Elsevier Clinical Skills online training tool following needs analysis carried out after the Francis Report. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme BMJ and Lupus Foundation of America join forces to publish Lupus Science & Medicine journal Evidence-based medical knowledge provider BMJ and the Lupus Foundation of America have announced a partnership to publish Lupus Science & Medicine, an open access journal dedicated to lupus. The journal will seek to provide an international focal point for clinicians and researchers across multiple disciplines. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme The Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group preserves e-journals with Portico The Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group has entered into an agreement with Portico to preserve its e-journals. Through this agreement, the Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group ensures that these e-journals will be preserved and available for future scholars, researchers, and students. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Cambridge University Press's William Bowes appointed new Chair of the PA's Academic and Professional Division Board The Publishers Association (PA) has announced that William Bowes, General Counsel and Company Secretary at Cambridge University Press will become Chair of The PA's Academic and Professional Division Board (APD). William Bowes will chair the upcoming Annual General Meeting and APD Board in November 2013. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme University of Bucharest partners with Versita to publish Acta Horti Botanici Bucurestiensis Academic publisher Versita has announced a new partnership with the University of Bucharest to publish Acta Horti Botanici Bucurestiensis. Acta Horti Botanici Bucurestiensis is an international scientific journal, published annually since the late 1950's. It covers research on all aspects of vegetation, plant, algae and fungi biodiversity, as well as biosystematics. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ARL membership elects ARL Board of Directors 2013-2014 The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that Carol Pitts Diedrichs, vice provost and director of university libraries, the Ohio State University, began a one-year term as president of the ARL on October 10, during the ARL Membership Meeting in Arlington, Virginia. She succeeds Wendy Pradt Lougee, university librarian and McKnight presidential professor, University of Minnesota. Lougee will continue to serve as a member of both the ARL Board of Directors and the ARL Executive Committee as past president. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Palgrave Pivot celebrates first anniversary by making 100 titles free to download for 100 hours Palgrave Pivot, the mid-length digital-first research format from Palgrave Macmillan, is celebrating its first anniversary by making 100 Palgrave Pivots free to download for 100 hours. Publishing across the humanities, the social sciences and business, Palgrave Pivot offers an innovative new way to publish academic research. 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: Roxanne Missingham (The death of the academic book and the path to Open Access); Richard Price (Peer review needs to expand so that more scientists are reviewing papers); Ernesto Priego (Hard Evidence: is open access working?); and Social Sciences (Top-down mandates and advocacy will help institutional repositories continue to enhance open access content and delivery). 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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