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10 April 2014

London Book Fair Day 2: Blackwell launches new digital platform for students, Blackwell Learning It was another packed day at Earls Court on day two of the London Book Fair with the addition of a Royal visit – Duchess of Cornwall visited meeting agents, authors and publishers. Blackwell launched "Blackwell Learning," a new digital platform for students. MetaPress announced that they are closing down in 18 months time and is asking all publisher clients to make other arrangements. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Thomson IP Manager conforms to internationally recognized security standards The Intellectual Property (IP) & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced that its Thomson IP Manager Cloud and Jumpstart Editions are hosted at its secure data hosting facility in the European Union (EU). The three Editions of Thomson IP Manager, including the locally installed Enterprise Edition, provide comprehensive IP management that enables collaboration between departments, speeds decision making and protects critical assets for organisations and IP portfolios of all sizes. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Wolters Kluwer Health launches Pocket Primary Care, a pocket-sized guidebook designed specifically for healthcare providers Information and point-of-care solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health has launched Pocket Primary Care, a pocket-sized guidebook designed specifically for healthcare providers in outpatient settings. Developed by a team of expert physicians at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, this soon-to-be-indispensible reference continues the hospital's rich tradition of developing point-of-care guidebooks that bring the most current, evidence-based practices to the bedside. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme figshare and IOP Publishing announce collaborative pilot to help authors share their work IOP Publishing (IOP), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Institute of Physics, and figshare have announced a collaborative pilot to test new ways to help authors share figures and data from IOP's journals more easily. The aim of the pilot is to assist authors further increase the visibility of their research and to help IOP explore solutions to questions surrounding open data using existing cloud-based technology. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme NISO publishes revised recommendations for Knowledge Bases and Related Tools The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the publication of a revision to the Knowledge Bases and Related Tools (KBART) Recommended Practice (NISO RP-9-2014). The original recommended practice, issued in 2010, provided all parties in the information supply chain with straightforward guidance about metadata formatting - focused mainly on journal resources - to ensure the exchange of accurate metadata between content providers and knowledge base developers. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Maney launches new OA journal in archaeological and heritage science Academic publisher Maney Publishing has announced the launch of Science and Technology of Archaeological Research (STAR), a new journal to be published in association with the Society for Archaeological Sciences. In response to the changing needs of archaeology and heritage researchers and practitioners, STAR seeks to provide a dynamic, international and high-quality open access forum. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Palgrave Macmillan launches Open Access journal Palgrave Communications Academic publisher Palgrave Macmillan has announced the launch of Palgrave Communications, a high quality open access (OA) online-only, multidisciplinary journal which will publish original research in all areas of the humanities, the social sciences and business. The journal has been launched in response to demand from academics in the humanities and social sciences. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit now available online International scholarly publisher Brill has launched the prestigious reference work Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit Online. The Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit is an authoritative work on the political, social, economic, religious, and cultural history of the Early Modern Period (1450-1850). The print version was previously published by J.B. Metzler Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Credo named SIIA Education CODiE Award finalist for Best Education Reference Solution Information skills solutions provider Credo has announced that Literati School was named a finalist for the 2014 SIIA Education CODiE Awards for Best Education Reference Solution. The SIIA CODiE Awards are the premier award for the software and information industries, and have been recognising product excellence for 29 years. The awards have over 75 categories and are organised by industry focus of Content, Education, and Software. 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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