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6 October 2017

Springer Nature's Bookmetrix to launch a new metric for eBook collection performance at Frankfurt Book Fair Bookmetrix, a platform that brings together citations, downloads and altmetrics for books and chapters, is extending its scope by providing better insights into the reach and impact of Springer Nature's various eBook collections. With these new, innovative features, Bookmetrix is adding value by offering detailed information for authors and readers as well as librarians. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SAGE Publishing launches new OA journal - Journal of Textiles and Fibrous Materials Academic publisher SAGE Publishing will begin publishing the Journal of Textiles and Fibrous Materials, a new open access (OA) journal exploring fibrous structures and fiber based materials. Prof. Yordan Kyosev from Hochschule Niederrhein - University of Applied Sciences, Germany, will serve as the Editor-in-Chief for the journal. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Wolters Kluwer celebrates 25th anniversary of UpToDate, launches 25th specialty, Anesthesiology Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that UpToDate, the acclaimed evidence-based clinical decision support resource, is commemorating the 25th anniversary of its founding with the launch of its 25th clinical specialty, anesthesiology. This new specialty covers anesthesia topics related to surgical procedures and other interventions, pain management, opioid avoidance, blood transfusion, and postoperative critical care. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SPARC launches pilot of first-of-its-kind professional development program for open education librarians SPARC has announced the pilot of the SPARC Open Education Leadership Program, a first-of-its-kind intensive professional development initiative aimed at empowering open education leaders within academic libraries. Over two semesters, the program offers training for library professionals to support the use, development, and advocacy of open educational resources and practices in North American higher education, with emphasis on leadership skills. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ARL membership elects ARL Board of Directors 2017–2018 Mary Ann Mavrinac, vice provost and the Andrew H. and Janet Dayton Neilly dean of the University of Rochester Libraries, began a one-year term as president of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) on October 4, 2017, during the Association's Fall 2017 Meeting in Washington, DC. Mavrinac succeeds Mary Case, university librarian and dean of libraries at University of Illinois at Chicago, as ARL president. Case 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 ACCUCOMS and Wageningen Academic Publishers in deal to include seven journals in Aggregagent ACCUCOMS and Wageningen Academic Publishers, an independent STM publisher in the field of Life Sciences, have signed an agreement to include seven journals in ACCUCOMS' Aggregagent. With the addition of these titles, there are now 11 publishers within the ALPSP Collections in Aggregagent. Wageningen Academic Publishers publishes scientific journals as well as books on topics like animal & veterinary sciences, food sciences, environmental sciences and plant sciences. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Reprints Desk signs document delivery agreement with VIVA Academic Library Consortium Reprints Desk, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Research Solutions, Inc., has entered into an agreement with the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) to provide access to essential scholarly content with Article Galaxy - Reprints Desk's online research intelligence and retrieval platform. VIVA is a consortium of more than seventy non-profit, academic libraries within the Commonwealth of Virginia, including all of Virginia's state-assisted colleges and universities. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme   Brought to you by Scope e-Knowledge Center, a trusted global partner for digital content transformation solutions - Abstracting & Indexing (A&I), Knowledge Modeling (Taxonomies, Thesauri and Ontologies), and Metadata Enrichment & Entity Extraction.   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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