Knowledgespeak Newsletter

18 September 2014

UK medical research charities join forces to support open access A consortium of six leading UK medical research charities will support the costs of making research articles from their funded research immediately and freely openly available to scientists, patients, and donors alike, through the recently announced joint Charity Open Access Fund. As charitable funders of medical research, the consortium is dedicated to maximizing the societal benefits that flow from the research funded. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Silvercloud Health and Wiley partner to provide online therapeutic solutions SilverCloud Health, a global provider of online behavioural and wellness solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with Wiley, a global provider of education, medical and psychological information for professionals, patients, researchers and students alike. The partnership will see the creation of a comprehensive range of therapeutic programs across behavioural health and long-term chronic disease management to be delivered via SilverCloud Health's award-winning cloud-based technology platform. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme NISO announces publication of special themed issue of Information Standards Quarterly The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the publication of a special themed issue of Information Standards Quarterly (ISQ) on the topic of Open Access Infrastructure. As Guest Content Editor, Liam Earney, Head of Library Support Services, Jisc, notes that 2013 seemed to have been a watershed for open access (OA). Driven by a number of policy announcements from funding bodies and governments worldwide, the question is no longer whether open access will or should happen, but rather how will it be implemented in a sustainable way. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme International Journal of Surgery opens archive of journal content The International Journal of Surgery (IJS) has opened up its archive of previously published content: after 24 months published journal issues become available for all to read. A key aim of the IJS is to improve surgical knowledge and patient care and it is hoped that by making these articles available to all will improve efforts to achieve this. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Utah State University selects EBSCO Discovery Service via Innovative's Encore Duet EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that Utah State University has selected EBSCO Discovery ServiceTM via Encore Duet as its discovery solution to help the library consolidate its diverse resources. The service will also make resources more readily available to library users through an intuitive interface. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Cogent OA announces major upgrade to its user interface, supports research discovery and impact Cogent OA, an Open Access publisher backed by Taylor & Francis, has released a major upgrade to its user interface. Cogent OA's new platform focuses on assisting authors in ensuring their work gets found and read by the broadest possible audience; and readers in making interesting new connections – both within and also from outside their direct fields of interest. 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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