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28 January 2014

Wolters Kluwer Health and Laerdal Medical unveil virtual simulation learning tool for nursing students, vSim for Nursing Wolters Kluwer Health, a global provider of information and point-of-care solutions for the healthcare industry, and Laerdal Medical, a provider of simulation solutions for healthcare, have introduced vSim for NursingTM, an online learning solution. The product integrates Laerdal's leading-edge virtual simulation technology with Wolters Kluwer Health's curriculum expertise and rich Lippincott course materials entrusted by nursing educators. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Major product enhancements mark 2013 as a banner year for Knovel 2013 was a year of significant change for Knovel. Highlights include the acquisition by Elsevier announced last January, the launch of a new Knovel platform and significant content growth. Historically focused on being the first place engineers turn for trusted answers, Knovel continues to execute on this vision to meet the needs of today's engineer. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Louisiana Library Network selects EBSCO Discovery Service to improve discoverability Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that the Louisiana Library Network has chosen EBSCO Discovery ServiceTM (EDS) to improve discoverability and help promote LOUIS resources to students and other departments. EDS was chosen because of its ability to pull together LOUIS resources while also delivering a simplified search experience that provides quality results. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ProQuest and Ex Libris collaborate to improve research workflows Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest and library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group have announced a collaboration to make their key services work better together to improve user experience and support customer choice. The most immediate benefit for mutual customers will be the indexing of dozens of ProQuest's most widely used content databases in the Ex Libris Primo Central Index of scholarly electronic resources. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Oxford University Press partners with ISHAM to publish Medical Mycology journal Academic publisher Oxford University Press has announced a new partnership with the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM). Beginning in January 2014, OUP and ISHAM will be working together to publish the journal Medical Mycology, a peer-reviewed international journal that focuses on original and innovative basic and applied studies, as well as learned reviews on all aspects of medical, veterinary and environmental mycology. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Annual Reviews' new journal to provide multi-disciplinary critical reviews for statisticians and other scientists Annual Reviews, the non-profit publisher that synthesises critical research literature, has announced the launch of its first new journal in 2014 - The Annual Review of Statistics and Its Application. The new journal will publish critical reviews about developments in the field of statistics and is edited by Stephen E. Fienberg, the Maurice Falk University Professor of Statistics and Social Science in the Department of Statistics, the Machine Learning Department, Heinz College, and Cylab at Carnegie Mellon University. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Content providers worldwide partner with OCLC to improve library workflows for e-content OCLC has finalised agreements with 17 publishers worldwide to add valuable electronic collections to the WorldCat database, the most comprehensive online catalogue of resources available through libraries worldwide. Incorporating bibliographic data that link to these collections into WorldCat and the WorldCat knowledge base will reduce the cost of managing these resources and provide immediate access for libraries that subscribe to or want to purchase these collections. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Submissions for Brill/IFLA Open Access award called for Scholarly publisher Brill and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) are inviting submissions for the 2014 IFLA/Brill Open Access award. The award is created to reward initiatives that facilitate and/or promote Open Access Scholarly Monographs in the humanities or social sciences. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Palgrave Macmillan launches open and transparent peer review trial for academic books in the humanities and social sciences Academic publisher Palgrave Macmillan has launched an open and transparent peer review trial for academic books in the humanities and social sciences. The trial, which is live at www.palgraveopenreview.com, will run for six weeks and is the first open peer review trial for book proposals. Academics from all disciplines, in all locations and at all stages in their career are encouraged to take part. 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. You can unsubscribe instantly from any of our email newsletters by clicking here.

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