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30 June 2014

Global collection of science, engineering and technology content now available at the click of a button Access to a global collection of leading science, engineering and technology content, with over 190,000 technical documents, including 70,000 journal articles, 6,000 eBook chapters and 1,300 conference publications, is now available to engineering practitioners at the touch of a button. In order to make its Digital Library more accessible to individuals, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has launched a new flexible way to access high quality content in its IET Digital Library. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme OCLC and Elsevier partnership to ensure ScienceDirect holdings data kept up-to-date in WorldCat without library intervention OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, and STM publisher Elsevier will work together to automate the process to keep e-book and e-journal holdings from ScienceDirect, Elsevier's full-text platform for research literature, up-to-date in WorldCat and library catalogues. The automated process ensures seamless access to subscribed content without intervention from library staff. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Thieme makes scientific and research publications available via Research4Life Medical and scientific publishing house Thieme Publishing Group is making its scientific publications freely accessible in developing countries by signing the latest version of the 'Statements on Document Delivery' issued by the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM). Medical professionals around the globe would now be able to base their work on the latest scientific insights – from the medical student in Angola, to the physician in Haiti and the nurse in Yemen. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme H.W. Wilson Foundation in deal with EBSCO to fund digitisation of the Doctoral Dissertations Accepted by American Universities The H.W. Wilson Foundation has announced that it will fund the digitization of the print index Doctoral Dissertations Accepted by American Universities (DDAAU) under a new agreement with EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO). EBSCO will digitise the content and build a free database in cooperation with the Congregational Library & Archives in Boston. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SAGE and the Society for Public Health Education launch new journal, Pedagogy in Health Promotion Academic publisher SAGE and the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)have announced the launch of a new journal, Pedagogy in Health Promotion: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (PHP). PHP will publish its first issue in spring 2015. Published quarterly, PHP will address how teaching and learning contribute to the development of health promotion professionals working in a variety of roles with a range of populations. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Cambridge University Press announces support for UK Education Reform Summit Academic publisher Cambridge University Press has announced its support for the UK Education Reform Summit 2014. The summit, which will see senior members in education policy, business leaders and education specialists from around the world and the UK come together to discuss UK education reform, will be held at Lancaster House and the Emmanuel Centre on July 9-10. The Minister for Education, Michael Gove, will be delivering a number of talks outlining his vision on reforms for UK education in the coming years. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme AIAA and CLOCKSS in deal to preserve AIAA publications The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has entered into a partnership with Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe (CLOCKSS) to preserve its publications in case of catastrophe. The agreement guarantees that AIAA publications would be available to researchers and other parties in the event that AIAA's ability to make the works available is catastrophically impaired. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Ex Libris and YBP Library Services announce collaboration to streamline library operations Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced a new collaboration with YBP Library Services (YBP) to offer a new, streamlined acquisition process to academic and research libraries that use the Ex Libris Alma and YBP GOBI3 (Global Online Bibliographic Information) platforms. YBP is the academic division of Baker & Taylor and the leading provider of content-management services for libraries. In addition, the collaboration will enable libraries to reduce costs associated with acquisitions. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Ingram Content Group announces enhancements to its ipage search and order content platform Ingram Content Group Inc. has announced enhancements to its widely-adopted ipage search and order content platform including new functionality that makes searching, selecting and ordering materials easy for academic libraries worldwide. New features to ipage will include multiple search, filtering and content sorting options in addition to functionality to review and manage new title notifications and print and e-book approval plans. 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: Susanna-Assunta Sansone (Open access is not enough on its own – data must be free too); David Crotty (What is an eBook? How do Publishers price it?); Steve Fuller (Is the fear of metrics symptomatic of a deeper malaise? On fiefdoms and scapegoats of the academic community.); and Hadas Shema (Introduction to open peer review). 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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