Knowledgespeak Newsletter

29 January 2013

Elsevier launches new OA journal - Molecular Metabolism STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of a new, open access journal, Molecular Metabolism, in affiliation with the German Research Center for Environmental Health (Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany) and the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD, Germany). Molecular Metabolism is devoted to the rapid publication of breakthroughs in mechanistic metabolism research. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ProQuest to digitise 70,000 volumes from BnF's collection of European books as part of Early European Books programme Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest and the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) in Paris are joining forces to expand access to the Library's rich historical treasures. As part of its Early European Books programme, ProQuest will digitise about 70,000 volumes from BnF's collection of European books printed before 1700. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Royal Society of Chemistry launches materials science journal The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has announced the launch of a new journal - Materials Horizons. The latest addition to the RSC Publishing portfolio will disseminate research across the extensive breadth of materials research, spanning multiple scientific disciplines. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Semantico, ALPSP to hold seminar on strategies for building author-focused functionality Semantico Ltd. is working with ALPSP on a seminar titled 'Ignore your authors at your peril: strategies and tactics for building a strong author-focused proposition.' Semantico Strategy Director Rob Virkar-Yates will be chairing the event, slated for February 28, 2013, at the Institute of Physics, London. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Touch Medical Media launches series of free to access educational resources Medical publisher Touch Medical Media recently launched a portfolio of new products including multimedia offerings and topic specific scientific monthly newsletters within four key clinical specialties - Endocrinology, Neurology, Oncology and Ophthalmology. The move follows the company's management buyout from Touch Briefings. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Physics Research Promotion Center of Taiwan to join SCOAP3 The Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3) has announced that the Physics Research Promotion Center of Taiwan has expressed its interest in joining the SCOAP3 consortium, representing the contribution of Taiwan. With this new participation, the SCOAP3 partnership now includes hundreds of libraries from 31 countries. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Palgrave Macmillan announces OA option for monographs and Palgrave Pivot publications Academic publisher Palgrave Macmillan has announced that it will offer authors and their funders the option to publish open access (OA) research across all publication formats. Palgrave Macmillan journal articles, monographs and Palgrave Pivot publications can now be made available with immediate open access upon publication via Palgrave Open. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Swiss library BiG opts for Ex Libris' Primo and Alma solutions Ex Libris Group has announced that the Bibliothek am Guisanplatz (BiG) in Switzerland has adopted its Primo discovery and delivery solution and the next-generation Alma resource management service. The cloud-based, SaaS deployment of Alma is said to be attractive for BiG. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme 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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