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14 December 2015

STM responds to the Max Planck Digital Library White Paper on the Open Access Transition The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) has welcomed the Max Planck DL (MPDL) paper on the transition to OA. STM welcomes this contribution to the open access debate and shares the belief that the most sustainable open access future is a Gold one. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme University Library of Southern Denmark opts for ProQuest's next-generation library services platform, Intota The University Library of Southern Denmark (SDUB), the third largest University in Denmark, recently made the decision to choose ProQuest's next-generation library services platform, IntotaTM, to enhance management of electronic resources and offer improved discovery within their libraries. SDUB required assistance in managing its digital collections, as it moved away from the more traditional print collections. Intota provided the university with a cloud-based Library Services Platform that would help librarians work with greater efficiency, reducing tedious and redundant traditional workflows. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Dr. Ingrid Montes re-elected to board of the American Chemical Society Dr. Ingrid Montes, Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies and Research of the College of Natural Sciences and professor of chemistry at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, San Juan, has been re-elected director-at-large of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society. She will begin her second three-year term on January 1, 2016. Montes graduated from the University of Puerto Rico with a B.S. in 1980 and a Ph.D. in 1985. She has been on the faculty there since 1987. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Library, Higher Education Groups urge US Congress to support open internet order The American Library Association (ALA), Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and EDUCAUSE recently sent a joint letter to US Congressional leaders, asking them to oppose the inclusion of any language in the current Omnibus Appropriations bill that would undermine the authority of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to enforce its Open Internet Order protecting net neutrality. The Open Internet Order, which became effective in June, prohibits blocking, throttling, and paid prioritisation of content on the Internet. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme New Penton SmartReach Audience Extension provides expanded reach for B2B marketers Penton, an innovative information services company, has announced the launch of Penton SmartReachTM Audience Extension, which for the first time will provide business-to-business marketers with the ability to better target and convert new customers through email and websites. The expanded capability of Penton SmartReach helps marketers reach the company's 20 million business decision makers when they are browsing the web, recapture their interest and reinforce brand messaging across more than 16 major vertical markets. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Boopsie's library-branded mobile apps receive silver distinction in LibraryWorks' annual Modern Library Awards Mobile platform-as-a-service provider Boopsie, Inc. has announced that their library-branded mobile apps have received a silver distinction in the LibraryWorks' second annual Modern Library Awards (MLAs). The MLAs were created as a way to objectively recognise the top products in the library industry. 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: Laura Wheeler (Scholarly Publishing Demographic Survey Reveals Major Diversity Challenges In Scholarly Publishing #STMchallenges); Philip Moriarty, Paul Benneworth and Contributors (Should post-publication peer review be anonymous?); Phill Jones (Letting Out Steam: Reproducibility Problems); Phil Davis (PubMed Central Boosts Citations, Study Claims); Joe Wikert (Solving discovery with better content marketing); Rick Anderson (The Dissertation Mess: Balancing Rights and Responsibilities); and John Jerrim and Robert de Vries (Can social science still be used as a foundation for public policy? On improving the reliability of evidence). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here. 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