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23 March 2015

Oman's Ministry of Health selects Elsevier's ClinicalKey STM publisher Elsevier has announced that ClinicalKey, an electronic medical reference, will be utilised in 47 secondary and tertiary hospitals, 22 extended healthcare centers, and 170 primary healthcare centers in Oman. More than 10,000 health professionals in Oman will have access to ClinicalKey. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Jisc selects ProQuest to provide ebooks to UK Further Education colleges ProQuest has been chosen by Jisc to continue to provide key ebooks to Further Education (FE) Institutions across the UK. The new agreement runs through 2016 and enables more than 400 colleges across the UK to access more than 400 key ebooks at no cost via ProQuest's ebrary platform. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Penn State librarians approve OA policy for scholarly work Penn State University Libraries faculty recently voted to embrace open access principles when publishing their scholarly articles. The Open Access Policy, passed into legislation at the February 11, 2015, Library Faculty Organization meeting, preserves the right of library faculty to publish where they wish, but encourages authors to take advantage of open access opportunities whenever feasible. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Blackboard completes acquisition of Schoolwires Education technology company Blackboard Inc. has announced that it has finalized its acquisition of Schoolwires, one of the leading educational website, hosting and content management providers to K-12 schools and districts. With the close of this acquisition, Blackboard continues to demonstrate its commitment to be the leading K-12 provider of school websites and parent notification solutions. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme United for Libraries now accepting applications for Baker & Taylor Awards United for Libraries is accepting applications for the Baker & Taylor Awards, given to friends of the library groups and library foundations. Applications are due May 1, 2015. Given annually since 2000, the Baker & Taylor Awards have recognised more than 40 groups for outstanding efforts to support their library. Two winning groups will each receive $1,000. 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: Dr Tara Spires-Jones (When Scientific Fraud Isn't Fraud: How Both Researchers and Publishers Can Help Prevent Retractions); Joseph Esposito (More Consolidation in the Publishing Business); Monica Berger and Jill Cirasella (Beyond Beall's List: We need a better understanding of predatory publishing without overstating its size and danger); Phill Jones (Are We at a Tipping Point for Open Data?); and Erin L. Cox (Why publishers should pay attention to Millennials). 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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