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12 October 2015

Elsevier launches new clinical reference platform for nursing professionals STM publisher Elsevier has launched ClinicalKey for Nursing, a new clinical reference platform that will provide trusted, authoritative content, tailored to meet the unique needs of nursing professionals. ClinicalKey Nursing provides nurses with the most clinically relevant answers from Elsevier's content including evidence-based nursing monographs, books, journals, practice guidelines, and core measures with nursing recommendations. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Springer Nature to exhibit at Frankfurt Book Fair for the first time following its formation in May 2015 Newly formed global research, education and professional publisher Springer Nature will make its industry event debut at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair. Visitors to Springer Nature's 280-square-metre stand will be able to explore a wealth of print and electronic resources including more than 1,100 print titles and some the world's leading scientific journals. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SPARC applauds introduction of the Affordable College Textbook Act of 2015 SPARC, an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to broaden access to academic knowledge, has applauded the introduction of the Affordable College Textbook Act of 2015, which would reduce the cost of college textbooks by expanding the use of open educational resources. The bill was introduced by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Al Franken (D-MN) and Angus King (I-ME) and Representatives Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) and Jared Polis (D-CO). More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Cambridge University Press and CLOCKSS announce preservation deal The CLOCKSS Archive has partnered with Cambridge University Press to preserve their ejournals in CLOCKSS's geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries around the world. This action provides for content to be freely available to everyone after a "trigger event" and ensures an author's work will be maximally accessible and useful over time. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme INASP's Journals Online project introduces iThenticate to editors in developing countries INASP, an international development charity working with a global network of partners to improve access, production and use of research information and knowledge, has announced that its Journals Online project has introduced iThenticate software to the editors of journals on the BanglaJOL, NepJOL and SLJOL platforms through CrossCheck. CrossCheck, powered by iThenticate, is an initiative started by CrossRef to help its members actively engage in efforts to prevent scholarly and professional plagiarism. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Emerald partners with the Ministry of Health of the Sultanate of Oman Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has signed an agreement with the e-library of the Ministry of Health of the Sultanate of Oman, a unique service within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). This partnership has provided all Ministry of Health hospitals, health centers, nursing institutes and other health related institutions in Oman with access to articles that are included in the Emerald Health and Social Care eJournal collection. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Figshare announces next-generation of data management platform targeted at researchers, funders and publishers Figshare, an online digital repository for academic researchers, has announced the next-generation of its data management platform targeted at researchers – ranging from individuals to teams in all-sized organisations – as well as funders and publishers. Already the de facto standard for many users' research data planning and management, Figshare is introducing significant new capabilities designed to meet the challenges in collecting and sharing data. 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: Roger C. Schonfeld (Transitioning to a More Unified Platform); Phill Jones (What's so Wrong with the Impact Factor? Part 1); Janne-Tuomas Seppänen (Troubling Noises – Why Scientific Peer Review Is not Broken but Needs to Be Fixed); Sabina Leonelli and Louise Bezuidenhout (The Politics of Data: The rising prominence of a data-centric approach to scientific research); and Robert Harington (What is an Academic Journal?). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here. Brought to you by Scope e-Knowledge Center, a world-leading provider of abstraction, indexing, entity extraction and knowledge organisation models (Taxonomies, Thesauri and Ontologies).   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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