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24 January 2014

Rapid global adoption validates demand by libraries for a comprehensive collection assessment service University libraries worldwide will be implementing a new best in class collection analytics service from ProQuest. Launched late last year, IntotaTM Assessment provides tools that enable libraries to showcase the value of their collections and demonstrate return on investment for their collection budget. The company reported strong market response to this new service, reinforcing a solution strategy that addresses the pain points libraries face with collection management. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme IOS Press launches new OA journal - Journal of Facade Design and Engineering STM publisher IOS Press has announced the launch of the Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, an open access journal, edited by Prof.Dr.Ing. Ulrich Knaack and Dr. Ing. Tillmann Klein, from Delft Technical University, the Netherlands. The journal is primarily a scientific journal, but explicitly invites papers which focus on the dissemination of science into practice and industrial innovations. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme PMPH-USA announces publication of Hepatobiliary Cancer Medical publishing house PMPH-USA has announced the publication of Hepatobiliary Cancer edited by Yuman Fong of Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Jia-hong Dong of the Chinese PLA General Hospital in Beijing, China, both internationally recognized for their research and expertise in liver and biliary surgery. Section editors are Ghassan Abou-Alfa and Gary E. Deng of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Dr. Damian Dupuy of the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Society for General Microbiology launches new OA journal, JMM Case Reports The Society for General Microbiology (SGM) has announced the launch of JMM Case Reports, its first new journal in almost 50 years. The new journal is open access and online-only, publishing original case reports on medical, dental and veterinary microbiology and infectious diseases. Professor S. Peter Borriello, from the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (UK), and Dr Johannes G. Kusters, from the University Medical Centre at the University of Utrecht, will serve as the Editors-in-Chief of the journal. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme National Library of Russia goes live with Ex Libris Primo and Aleph integrated library system Ex Libris Group has announced that the National Library of Russia (NLR) has gone live with the Ex Libris Primo discovery and delivery solution and the Ex Libris Aleph integrated library system, which replace their locally developed system. In a move that consolidates over 25 databases under one umbrella, the NLR is now able to offer its users the comprehensive, relevant discovery experience enjoyed by over 2,000 institutions worldwide that are using Primo. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme De Gruyter consolidates all OA publications under a new imprint: De Gruyter Open Academic publishing house De Gruyter is consolidating all OA publications under a new imprint: De Gruyter Open. The publisher Versita, which was acquired by De Gruyter in 2012, will be fully subsumed under the new imprint. In 2014 De Gruyter Open will be expanded beyond Europe to the United States and Asia. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to preserve with CLOCKSS Archive The CLOCKSS Archive has partnered with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to preserve the preprint server for the life sciences BioR?iv and the ejournals of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press in CLOCKSS's geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries around the world. This action ensures that the content created and curated by the Laboratory will always be available despite 'triggering' events such as damage to hosting services or journal discontinuation. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Over 400,000 EBL e-book titles now available via Ingram's OASIS content platform for academic libraries worldwide Ingram Content Group Inc., and ProQuest's EBL - Ebook Library, an e-book aggregator serving academic, corporate and research libraries worldwide, have announced that more than 400,000 EBL e-book titles are available through Ingram's OASIS® content platform for academic libraries worldwide. The Ingram OASIS platform is an online library interface for bibliographic information and searching, book and e-book acquisition, collection development and workflow management. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme LIBROS selects OCLC WorldShare Management Services LIBROS, the consortium that connects 16 academic libraries in New Mexico, has selected OCLC WorldShare Management Services as its new cloud-based library management system. WorldShare Management Services is an integrated suite of library management applications designed to simplify and streamline workflows, reduce costs and create new value for libraries and their users. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme CCC announces Bryn Mawr College as the 200th academic institution to adopt its Get It Now service Licensing and content solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) has announced Bryn Mawr College as the 200th academic institution to adopt and implement the Get It Now service since its launch in 2011. Furthermore, Get It Now, which was selected as a 2013 Top Product by readers of University Business magazine, has added 11 publishers, bringing the total number participating in the award-winning service to almost 100. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme You are receiving this email newsletter as part of your Knowledgespeak membership. 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