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29 April 2014

Elsevier announces publication of six new books in Biomedical and Life Sciences STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of six new books that serve the needs of researchers and academics with an emphasis on the translational level, including the new book Cellular and Molecular Pathobiology of Cardiovascular Disease edited by Monte Willis, Jonathon Homeister and James Stone. Topics covered in the six books are, among others, pathology, nutrition, molecular biology, drug discovery and cardiovascular research. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme HIMSS offers guidance to HHS on Certified EHR Technology In official comments submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HIMSS provided recommendations in response to ONC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the Voluntary 2015 Edition Electronic Health Record (EHR) Certification Criteria; Interoperability Updates and Regulatory Improvements. HIMSS recognises this proposed rule as an opportunity to explore potential program improvement areas and potential scope minimisation, and provide multi-stakeholder feedback to ONC. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme STRIATUS/JBJS and Aries Systems announce development partnership to facilitate generation of PRE-score - a new metric to evaluate peer review quality Peer review practices vary widely. Consequently readers and research funders lack a convenient and standardised way to assess the quality of peer review undertaken by scholarly journals. In response to this need, STRIATUS/JBJS, publisher of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery and its family of journals and educational offerings, is developing a transparent metric that will help readers identify journals that conduct ethical and rigorous peer review, called PRE-score. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme American Lawyer Media engages Scope for mining high quality market data Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of business process outsourcing services and a Quatrro Global Services company, has announced an ongoing engagement with American Lawyer Media (ALM). As a part of this engagement, Scope will support ALM's platform RivalEdge, an online service for finding, filtering and delivering relevant news and information directly into the hands of legal professionals. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme John Bond named Chief Content Officer, SLACK Health Care Books and Journals STM publishing company SLACK Incorporated has announced that John Bond, has been named to the newly created position of Chief Content Officer, SLACK Health Care Books and Journals. In his new role, he will oversee all content initiatives for SLACK book and journal brands, both internal and external, across multiple platforms and formats to drive engagements, retention and positive customer behaviour. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Twelve new ebook and journal publishers join Publishing Technology's ingentaconnect service Content solutions provider Publishing Technology has announced that twelve new ebook and journal publishers have signed to its flagship ingentaconnect portal, known as the home of scholarly research. Available in over 26,000 libraries in 170 countries and viewed 3.5 million times per month, the ingentaconnect service will soon launch a redesigned interface as the latest phase of its ongoing development. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme OCLC releases WorldCat Works as linked data OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, has made 197 million bibliographic work descriptions - WorldCat Works - available as linked data, a format native to the Web that will improve discovery of library collections through a variety of popular sites and Web services. Release of this data marks another step toward providing interconnected linked data views of WorldCat. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme 2014 Emerald Literati Network Award winners announced Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has announced the winners of its prestigious Literati Network Awards for Excellence, 2014. Now in their 21st year, and one of the largest independent academic award programs worldwide, the awards recognise high levels of research excellence across the breadth of Emerald's research content. 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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