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27 June 2019

Two new 'read and publish' deals drives Springer Nature's transformative deals into double figures Springer Nature has announced new agreements with the Bibsam consortium in Sweden and Norway's Unit consortium, taking the number of Springer Nature's 'read and publish' deals to ten, putting the publisher firmly on the path to becoming a transformative publisher. In a first for Springer Nature, Bibsam, representing the institutional libraries, and four of Sweden's funding bodies (the Swedish Research Council, Formas, Forte and Vinnova) have agreed a deal which will see them share the costs of publishing in Springer Nature's OA journals. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Wolters Kluwer study finds medical students spending more on mobile & online board review prep for licensing exams Medical students increased their investment in information and educational resources by 14% in 2018, with approximately 60% of those dollars going toward board review and preparatory support, according to a survey of American Medical Student Association (AMSA) members. The survey, conducted in coordination with Wolters Kluwer, Health, also found that more than half of medical students rank online question banks such as those in the company's AI-powered Firecracker® solution among their top three tools for course study. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ECS partners with IOP Publishing for journal services The Electrochemical Society (ECS) has selected IOP Publishing (IOPP) as its journals publishing partner. Starting in 2020, IOPP will partner with ECS in the publication of the Journal of the Electrochemical Society and the ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology and the hosting of ECS Transactions, ECS Meeting Abstracts, and Interface as well as the hosting of the archives for ECS's retired publications. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme IEEE Computer Society seeking paper submissions for its upcoming events The IEEE Computer Society, recognised for its international conferences and symposiums that cover a broad range of STEM topics on computer science and engineering, is seeking paper submissions for its upcoming events. Papers must describe high-quality original research, and prospective authors are invited to submit papers and information by visiting the respective conference website. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Raissa D'Souza appointed Lead Editor of Physical Review Research Raissa D'Souza, Professor in the University of California, Davis departments of Computer Science and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has been appointed Lead Editor of Physical Review Research. She joins fellow Lead Editors Nicola Spaldin and Jian-Wei Pan on the editorial leadership team of APS's new open access, multidisciplinary journal, which is now open for submissions. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Three Universities joins OCLC Research Library Partnership Three Universities have joined the OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP). The new partners are: Louisiana State University (LSU), the University of Nevada, Reno, and Virginia Tech. The LSU Libraries support the academic mission of the university by fostering teaching, learning, and research. The libraries contain more than 4 million volumes and provide additional resources such as expert staff, technology, services, electronic resources, and facilities that advance research, teaching, and learning across every discipline. 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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