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2 March 2015

Canadian funding agencies release coordinated public access policy Three largest funding agencies in Canada have released a coordinated policy requiring researchers to provide access to articles resulting from their funded research. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) have issued 'The Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications.' More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Elsevier launches new English language medical exam preparation and simulation tool, ExamPrep STM publisher Elsevier has announced the commercial launch of its new English language medical exam preparation and simulation tool, ExamPrep, across UK, Northern Europe and EMEA-LA. In collaboration with Learning Objects, Inc., a leader in social software for learning, ExamPrep uses the latest adaptive technology to pre-test learners to formulate individual benchmarks. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SAGE begins publishing Journal of Endovascular Therapy Academic publisher SAGE has begun publishing the Journal of Endovascular Therapy, a multidisciplinary journal covering all topics related to minimally invasive peripheral vascular diagnosis and treatment and the official publication of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists (ISES). Established 20 years ago as the Journal of Endovascular Surgery, the Journal of Endovascular Therapy is a forum for physicians, scientists, and allied healthcare professionals who are engaged in the field of peripheral endovascular interventions. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ACRL's 75th anniversary - dodranscentennial list showcases shifting scholarly landscape and core academic titles from past 75 years The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2015. As a publication of ACRL's Choice, together with ProQuest, Resources for College Libraries (RCL) is commemorating the occasion with a list of selected RCL monographs, one published from each year of ACRL's seventy-five years (1940-2015). More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme CABI Publishing brings Western European representation in-house Global academic publisher CABI has announced that representation for its applied life sciences print books in Western Europe will switch from Durnell Marketing to CABI from March 31, 2015. Representation will be brought in-house and handled by CABI's regional sales team. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Dan Filby joins HighWire as CEO HighWire Press, Inc., the technology platform and strategic partner to influential scholarly publishers and societies with global reach, has announced the appointment of Dan Filby as Chief Executive Officer. Dan will lead HighWire through its next phase of growth and will be focused on operational excellence, customer service and thought leadership in the publishing technology industry. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Boopsie appoints Dmitry Maslov as Senior Product Manager Boopsie Inc., the leading mobile platform-as-a-service provider for libraries worldwide, has hired Dmitry Maslov as Senior Product Manager. The move is projected to support a growth rate of more than 30% in 2014 and expansion into new global markets including corporate libraries, law libraries and government libraries in addition to continuing to expand in public and academic libraries. 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 (Central Casting — The Funding Problems We're Baking Into the Future of Scholarly Publishing); Natalie Shoemaker (Scientific Journal Publishes Brief Papers (200 Words or Less)); and Sabine Hossenfelder (Open peer review and its discontents: Criticism is an integral part of science – essential for progress and cohesion). 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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