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10 February 2014

Wolters Kluwer Health ranked third in 2013 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report Wolters Kluwer Health, a global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, ranked third overall among 24 software vendors in the 2013 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report. KLAS publishes the annual report to assist healthcare organisations by providing an unbiased and accurate vehicle for measuring performance in the healthcare industry, allowing for further understanding of how well suppliers and products perform. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme European Archival Records and Knowledge Preservation project awarded £6 million to save digital data The European Commission has awarded £6M to archiving and digital preservation specialists to create E-ARK (European Archival Records and Knowledge Preservation), a method of archiving data that is set to become the gold standard across Europe. The system will ensure current digital archives, including 'big data,' are future-proofed. Big data is data sets of such a size that it is difficult to manage with traditional software and databases. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Canada's Competition Bureau signs consent agreements with four publishers regarding e-book pricing policies Canada's Competition Bureau has reportedly reached consent agreements with four multinational publishers regarding their e-book pricing policies. The agreements resolve the Bureau's concerns that the four companies - Hachette Book Group Canada, Simon & Schuster Canada, HarperCollins Canada and Macmillan Canada - "engaged in conduct that resulted in reduced competition for e-books in Canada." More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Explore data management, innovation, publishing and more with spring 2014 ACRL e-learning The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is offering a wide variety of online learning opportunities in spring 2014 to meet the demands of your schedule and budget. ACRL online courses provide asynchronous, multi-week content with weekly readings and assignments. Complete details and registration information for all spring 2014 e-Learning opportunities are available on the ACRL website. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme FCC grants one-year waiver of e-reader accessibility requirement On January 28, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted a one-year waiver exempting e-readers from the requirement that equipment used for advanced communication services (ACS) be accessible to, and usable by, individuals with disabilities. The FCC granted the waiver in response to a petition filed by the Coalition of E-Reader Manufacturers, but limited the waiver to only one year despite the coalition's request for an indefinite waiver. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Jisc announces programme and headline speakers for Digital Festival Jisc has announced the programme, including four headline speakers, for its upcoming Digital Festival on March 11 – 12, 2014. The Jisc Digital Festival, which will be held in the ICC in Birmingham, will showcase innovations in higher education (HE), further education (FE) and skills sectors, as well as explore the future of digital technology. 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: Judy Luther (Altmetrics Boosted by EBSCO's Acquisition of Plum Analytics); Patrick Dunleavy (Why do academics choose useless titles for articles and chapters? Four steps to getting a better title); David Crotty (The UK Government Looks to Double Dip to Pay For its Open Access Policy); and Lucy Abel (Open access to African research – Is it enough?). 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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