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30 September 2016

Taxonomy Boot Camp London scheduled for October 18-19, 2016 The first Taxonomy Boot Camp London will be held from October 18-19, 2016, at the Olympia Conference Centre, London. Taxonomy Book Camp London is a brand new conference designed to walk you through every aspect of embedding taxonomies in your organisation. From fundamentals like understanding their value, to choosing the right taxonomy tool or building a taxonomy from scratch, through to tagging and linked data, there's something for everyone who is considering or already using taxonomies. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Elsevier partners with the International Society for Neurovascular Disease to develop and publish co-branded neurovascular disease book series STM publisher Elsevier has partnered with the International Society for Neurovascular Disease (ISNVD) to develop and publish an ISNVD-cobranded series of books covering various topics in neurovascular disease. The book series will focus on the latest research in diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for neurovascular disease and its underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Linked data enrichment service helps libraries boost visibility of collections online Libraries can now increase the power of linked data by adding reader's advisory services with NoveList Select for Linked DataTM. NoveList®, a division of EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), has partnered with Zepheira to boost the visibility of library collections online and enrich the information available to people in the community. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Graphiq to feature metadata provided by Bowker Graphiq is the latest in a series of tech companies turning to Bowker, an affiliate of ProQuest, to connect them with metadata to enhance their businesses. Bowker is a ProQuest affiliate and acts as the retail agent for ProQuest's renowned metadata. The company collaborates with thousands of publishers, retailers, libraries and search engines worldwide to make their media collections – whether print or digital – easily discovered, evaluated and selected by users. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Mary M. Case begins one-year term as president of the Association of Research Libraries Mary M. Case, university librarian and dean of libraries at University of Illinois at Chicago, began a one-year term as president of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) on September 28, 2016, during the Association's Fall 2016 Meeting in Washington, DC. Case succeeds Larry Alford, chief librarian at University of Toronto, as ARL president. Alford continues to serve as a member of both the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee as past president. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme FSG Connect unveils essential Apps for time-pressed professionals FSG Connect, an imprint of Future Science Group (FSG), has announced the launch of three Apps for Apple and Android with the aim of giving time-pressed medical and science professionals the content they need both on-the-go and in an accessible format. Launched in September, the Bioanalysis Zone, Oncology Central and Neurology Central Apps are free to download and access. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme HighWire and Glencoe Software partner to deliver in-line video for journal publishers HighWire Press Inc., the technology platform and strategic partner to scholarly publishers and societies, has named Glencoe Software, Inc.'s Data InPress Video Injection Service as a preferred partner for delivery of video content for its partner publishers. For any journal on HighWire's JCore platform, videos can automatically be inserted into published text and viewed on any computer, phone, or tablet. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme OCLC and Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) partner for virtual reference service Global library cooperative OCLC and the Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) have announced a new agreement for the provision of collaborative after-hours virtual reference services in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The agreement is based on the successful initial pilot and now, established service, run with The Northern Collaboration consortium of libraries. 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Knowledgespeak Newsletter

 

29 September 2016

Scope e-Knowledge Center to exhibit at Frankfurt Book Fair 2016 Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, is pleased to announce its participation at the forthcoming Frankfurt Book Fair from October 19 - 23, 2016. Scope will welcome attendees to Booth # L88, Hall 4.2. Scope will also make a presentation at the "Hot Spot" session on 'Improving Discovery of Book Content' in Hall 4.2 on October 20th at 5 pm. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Elsevier launches Brexit Resource Centre STM publisher Elsevier has launched a Brexit Resource Centre. The site provides free access to comprehensive research data, metrics and other online resources to help researchers, institutions, funders and government decision makers within and outside of the UK to monitor effects of the referendum on the UK's research base, and support decision-making based on this data. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Stanford, MIT and Harvard top second annual Reuters Top 100 ranking of the most innovative universities Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University top the second annual Reuters Top 100 ranking of the world's most innovative universities. The Reuters Top 100 ranking aims to identify the institutions doing the most to advance science, invent new technologies and help drive the global economy. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Wolters Kluwer joins Alliance for Nursing Informatics Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced its appointment, by unanimous vote, to the Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI). As an affiliate, non-voting member, Wolters Kluwer will help identify strategic goals and partner with the ANI, a collaboration of organisations that enables a unified voice for nursing informatics, on issues of importance to a growing and very important area in today's healthcare. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme IPA and IFLA issue joint pledge to strive for universal access to information The world bodies speaking for the publishing and library sectors, the International Publishers Association (IPA) and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), have pledged to find mechanisms for universal access to information, and to help national and international authorities to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals linked to literacy, education and reading. In a joint statement, the first UNESCO International Day for Universal Access to Information, the IPA and the IFLA declare that access to information should be universal. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme COAR announces webinar on controlled vocabularies The Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) has announced a webinar on the topic of 'Controlled Vocabularies'. The webinar, initiated by COAR Controlled Vocabularies Interest Group (CVIG), will be openly available on October 4th at 3pm CEST. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine selects Ex Libris Alma library management platform to enhance library services Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has opted to implement the Ex Libris Alma® library management platform and combine it with the library's Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution. The School joins a growing global community of Ex Libris customers that are now able to optimise library processes and integrate them with other institutional systems to expand library support for teaching, learning, and research. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme   Brought to you by Scope e-Knowledge Center, a world-leading provider of metadata services, abstraction, indexing, entity extraction and knowledge organisation models (Taxonomies, Thesauri and Ontologies).   Do you have relevant news articles to share with us? Click here to send a press release   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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