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21 July 2014

SCOAP3 repository now open for the community to harvest content through OAI-PMH feeds The SCOAP3 repository is now open for the community to harvest content through OAI-PMH feeds. The SCOAP3 repository hosts Open Access articles published under the SCOAP3 initiative. The initiative has converted to Open Access the majority of the literature in High-Energy Physics through a partnership of libraries, publishers, funding agencies and the research community in 35 countries. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Twenty Belgian libraries to add 2 million records to WorldCat Anet, a consortium of 20 Belgian academic and special libraries, including the University of Antwerp and the City of Antwerp Heritage Library, has signed an agreement with OCLC to add some 2 million records to WorldCat. Anet is the first library consortium from Belgium to load records into WorldCat, the set of databases that together comprise the most comprehensive global network of data about library collections and services. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Brill's 2015 journal prices now available International scholarly publisher Brill has announced that its 2015 Journal Program now consists of 208 titles. The program includes 9 new journals, 1 take-over journal and 2 Editions Rodopi journals, a recent acquisition of Brill. Five of Brill's new 2015 journals are full Open Access. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Library, Higher Education organisations file net neutrality comments with FCC The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), together with 10 other library and higher education groups, filed comments with the FCC on net neutrality. These comments largely expand on the points made in the Net Neutrality Principles jointly filed by library and higher education groups on July 10, going into greater detail and making specific suggestions to strengthen the proposals made in the FCC's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. 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: Kent Anderson (The 1% of Scientific Outputs — A Story of Strawmen, Sensationalism, and Scopus); Joe Wikert (Thriving as econtent prices fall); Michael Cook (Corrupting the peer review process); Joseph Esposito (How to Shoot the Moon with D2C Sales); and Dr. Leo Anthony Celi (The Outing of the Medical Profession: Data marathons to open clinical research gates to frontline service providers). 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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