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27 February 2015

COAR announces participation in Europe's OpenAIRE2020 The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) has announced its participation in the OpenAIRE2020, to work towards international alignment of repository networks, a key priority for COAR. COAR will lead the work package, 'International Alignment', enabling to further support work already underway at COAR to facilitate greater interoperability of the major repository networks: La Referencia, OpenAIRE, SHARE and others. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Elsevier unveils new journal - Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of the Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice (JIEP), the official journal of the National Academies of Practice (NAP) and affiliated with the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). JIEP is a quarterly, online-only journal focusing on interprofessional healthcare topics, including education, practice, policy, policy makers and research. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Oxford University Press' new free search and discovery tool, Oxford Medical & Surgical Case Reports Oxford University Press has announced the launch of Oxford Medical & Surgical Case Reports, a new free search and discovery tool. One search quickly and easily brings together peer-reviewed case reports from across OUP's prestigious medical journals and book collections, increasing the discoverability of over 5,000 case reports in 40 specialty areas. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Digital Science launches new publisher blog - Perspectives Digital Science, a division of Macmillan Science & Education, has launched its new publisher blog - Perspectives. This new blog will offer fresh insights on scholarly communication focused on the publisher arena. The new blog will focus on publishing and scientific communication that will bring together the voices of a diverse range of stakeholders including publishers, funders, academics and librarians. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Research reveals sharp rise in the number of students using social media to stay in touch with tutors at college and university Research has revealed a sharp rise in the number of students using social media to stay in touch with tutors at college and university, with 40 percent of students now using social as their primary means of communication with lecturers. Jisc conducted a study into the use of technology in higher and further education to mark the launch of the Jisc Digital Festival, which is helping those delivering education in the UK to be at the forefront of technology practice. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Boopsie Mobile App integrated with Baker & Taylor's Axis 360 digital media library Boopsie, the leading mobile platform-as-a-service provider for libraries worldwide, and Baker & Taylor, the worldwide distributor of digital and print books, have integrated the Boopsie Mobile App with Baker & Taylor's Axis 360 digital media library. The partnership will drive circulation and usage of Axis 360 and meet patrons' expectations for easy access to the library's digital information and entertainment materials. 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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Knowledgespeak Newsletter

 

26 February 2015

Elsevier launches SciVal Trends, a new module within SciVal STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of SciVal Trends, a new module within SciVal, Elsevier's tool to analyse and benchmark the world of research, and part of the Elsevier Research Intelligence portfolio of tools and services. The Trends module builds on SciVal's existing flexibility to define and analyse user created research areas based on citation and publication data from Scopus. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme John Wiley & Sons receives nine PROSE Awards for 2015 Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is honoured to be the recipient of nine PROSE Awards for 2015. The PROSE Awards recognise excellence in professional and scholarly publishing by highlighting distinguished books, journals and electronic content. This year, Wiley titles won in six categories and were awarded honourable mentions in three categories. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Latvia's Ministry of Education and Science and Thomson Reuters collaborate to advance the global impact of research The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced a collaboration with the Republic of Latvia's Ministry of Education and Science, to both advance the work of the nation's scientists and researchers and to demonstrate the efficacy of their efforts on a global level. This strategic relationship will enable Latvian researchers to uncover new theories, spot emerging trends, evaluate their work within the international research landscape and understand commercial opportunities through Thomson Reuters Web of Science Citation Connection. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Bibliografía de la Literatura Española now available on the ProQuest platform Bibliografía de la Literatura Española (BLE) is now available on the ProQuest® platform. Users can now cross-search with their library's ProQuest collection for faster workflow. With th0e move to the ProQuest platform, the database seamlessly connects to the full-text database PRISMA, enabling articles sourced through BLE to be matched to the full text. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Data on Web Best Practices Working Group publishes First Public Working Draft of Data on the Web Best Practices The Data on the Web Best Practices Working Group has published a First Public Working Draft of Data on the Web Best Practices, to encourage and enable the continued expansion of the Web as a medium for the exchange of data. Data should be discoverable and understandable by humans and machines. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Registrations now open for COAR-SPARC Conference 2015 Registration is now open for the COAR-SPARC Conference 2015, "Connecting Research Results, Bridging Communities, Opening Scholarship," to be held in Porto, Portugal, April 15–16. Co-hosted by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), the conference will feature speakers from around the globe discussing opportunities and challenges for libraries in a world of open science and open content. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Allen Press announces 42 percent increase in the number of journals hosted on the Pinnacle Online Publishing platform Allen Press, Inc. has announced that over the past twelve months, the number of journals hosted on its Pinnacle Online Publishing platform has increased by 42 percent. The platform will now host 184 publications on 117 publisher websites. This growth also includes 23 publishers previously hosting their content on the Metapress platform, which will be decommissioned in early 2015. 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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