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29 June 2015

NFAIS launches Lunch & Learn Virtual Education Series The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAISTM), a global, nonprofit membership organisation serving the information community, has announced the launch of a virtual program called the NFAIS Lunch & Learn Education Series. As part of this program, NFAIS invites information experts and professionals to submit presentations to speak in one of the scheduled Lunch & Learn webinars beginning in September 2015. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme EBSCO and the H. W. Wilson Foundation expand partnership to build an open dissertations database EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and the H.W. Wilson Foundation are expanding their partnership with the goal of making searching for electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) easier and more open. The goal is to create a single portal for ETDs which can be added to university profiles and accessed online at www.opendissertations.com. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SAGE set to publish the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it will begin publishing the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism (JCBFM) in partnership with the International Society for Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism (ISCBFM) from January 2016. JCBFM was previously published by Nature Publishing Group. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ProQuest names John "JG" Chirapurath as its new Senior VP and General Manager of ProQuest Workflow Solutions ProQuest has named John "JG" Chirapurath as its new Senior Vice President and General Manager of ProQuest Workflow Solutions. In his new role, Chirapurath will lead strategic development of the company's technology business that focuses on empowering academic researchers with solutions that improve research outcomes, and providing librarians with transformative cloud-based workflow solutions that enable the library to deliver greater value to their institutions. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Dr. Erik R. Swenson to succeed Dr. John B. West as Editor-in-Chief of the journal High Altitude Medicine & Biology Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers has announced that Dr. Erik R. Swenson will assume the role of Editor-in-Chief of the journal High Altitude Medicine & Biology in 2016. Dr. Swenson will succeed Dr. John B. West, who has provided extraordinary leadership for the journal over the last 16 years since its launch in 2000. Dr. West will be stepping down from his role and will remain as Founding Editor. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme NISO elects new leadership for 2015-2016 The membership of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has elected new leadership for the 2015-2016 term that begins on July 1, 2015. Mike Teets, Executive Director, Strategy, Governance & Architecture at OCLC, who was elected last year and has served as Vice Chair during the current term, will become Chair of NISO for the 2015-16 term. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme California State University adopts Ex Libris solutions for their next-generation library platform Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris® Group has announced that the California State University (CSU) has selected the Ex Libris Alma® library management service and Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution to deliver seamless, state of the art access to print and electronic resources for students and faculty. CSU campuses are migrating from various systems including Innovative Interfaces' Millennium and Sierra, ProQuest's 360 Link and Summon and from Ex Libris Voyager and SFX. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Boopsie, Inc. releases new case study exploring mobile app's effect on library system Boopsie, Inc., the mobile platform-as-a-service provider for libraries worldwide, has released a case study focused on its partnership with San Diego County Library (SDCL) to expand the library system's reach and engagement with its community. Boopsie worked with the Library to create a custom branded app that enables mobile catalogue searches and access to library services. 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: Michael Clarke (The Changing Nature of Scale in STM and Scholarly Publishing); Jason Illian (Why the Subscription Model for Ebooks Doesn't Work (at Least Not Yet)); Agnès Festré and Pierre Garrouste (The economics of attention: Is there an appropriate balance between the interests of information providers and users?); and David Smith (Surveillance and the Scholarly World: What Shall We Do With The Database of Intentions?). 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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