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25 February 2015

Elsevier launches Geofacets Mexico STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of Geofacets Mexico, a special edition of Geofacets, designed to give Oil & Gas companies a competitive advantage in completing Mexico's Oil & Gas block bidding. This unique, cost-effective offering combines maps, seismic sections and timelines with other valuable data providing vital geological insight into the region. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme New SAGE report calls for £4.7 billion annual increase in UK's social science and innovation budget over the next Parliament Academic publisher SAGE has published a major new report, written by the Campaign for Social Sciences (CfSS), highlighting the value of social sciences to the UK economy and society. 'The Business of People: The Significance of Social Science over the Next Decade' calls for at least a 10 percent increase in real terms of the £4.7 billion annual budget for science and innovation over the next parliament. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme NFAIS selects Robert J. Massie as Honorary Fellow at 2015 Annual Conference The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS), the nation's leading membership association for the information services industry, announced that Robert J. Massie, former president of Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), was designated an NFAIS Honorary Fellow at the NFAIS 2015 Annual Conference, February 22-24. NFAIS created the title of Honorary Fellow in 1983 to recognise those who made significant contributions to NFAIS and to the information services industry during their professional careers. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Brill selects CCC to manage APCs for four new OA journals Scholarly publisher Brill has chosen the RightsLink for Open Access platform from Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organisation, to manage Article Processing Charges (APCs) for its recently launched, international Open Access journals. RightsLink for Open Access streamlines the entire author fee transaction for Open Access charges, page charges, colour charges, and more, giving publishers a robust pricing, discount and collections engine. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Future Science Group launches new OA journal - Concussion Publisher Future Science Group (FSG) has launched Concussion, a new open access journal that publishes original research, reviews and commentaries addressing the assessment, management and short and long term implications of this subset of traumatic brain injury, which is gaining increasing attention. The journal will be supported by an international editorial board consisting of leading experts in the field. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Greater Western Library Alliance announces preferred purchasing agreement with Reprints Desk, Inc. The Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) has announced a preferred purchasing agreement with Reprints Desk, Inc., a Research Solutions company. GWLA members will receive preferred purchasing terms for single-article document delivery services. The agreement, which supplements interlibrary loan (ILL) and provides same-day acquisition of scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles, follows similar arrangements with other consortia and library organisations. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme CNI project briefing proposals for Spring 2015 meeting due February 27 The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is accepting proposals for project briefings to be presented at the CNI Spring 2015 Membership Meeting in Seattle, Washington, April 13–14. Proposal submission is open to anyone, including non-members of CNI. 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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