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6 January 2014

Decker Intellectual Properties signs licensing agreement with Scientific American to re-establish Scientific American Medicine database Decker Intellectual Properties, Inc., has signed a licensing agreement with Scientific American to re-establish the comprehensive professional medical database, Scientific American Medicine (SAM). The subscription-based database, first published in 1981, now includes an enhanced medical offering through this agreement with Scientific American. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Husson University Library improves access to resources with Serials Solutions' 360 Link Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, has announced that Husson University is working with the company to improve usage of the W. Tom and Bonnie Sawyer Library's resources. In pursuit of a solution to increase the number of full-text downloads, the university selected the 360 Link OpenURL link resolver to offer their students quick and easy access to full-text resources in their collection. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Informa Plc appoints Stephen Carter as Group Chief Executive Publishing firm Informa Plc has announced that Stephen Carter will take up the role of Group Chief Executive with effect from January 1, 2014. Carter succeeds current Chief Executive Peter Rigby, who will retire from the company. The company also announced that Adam Walker, Group Finance Director, will leave the company. Walker has been Informa's Finance Director since March 2008. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Dr. Rigoberto Hernandez elected to board of the American Chemical Society The American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society, has announced that Dr. Rigoberto Hernandez, a chemist at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, has been elected to the board of the ACS. During his three-year term, Dr. Hernandez will represent District IV, with more than 25,000 ACS members in 12 states stretching from Florida to southern New Mexico. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Cengage Learning seeking $2 billion in bankruptcy exit loans College textbook publisher Cengage Learning is seeking as much as $2 billion in loans to exit bankruptcy. Earlier in July 2013, the publisher had agreed with lenders to restructure $5.8 billion of debt. According to a December 27 court filing, the financing would consist of a $250 million revolving line of credit and a term loan between $1.5 billion and $1.75 billion. A hearing will take place on January 9 at 11 a.m. New York time. 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: Alice Meadows (A Brighter Future for the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences?); The Economist blog (The useful science?); Tim Sandle (Op-Ed: How reliable are scientific studies?); and Ken Dunn (Publishing isn't dying...it's just changing). 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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