Knowledgespeak Newsletter

11 February 2013

Over 12,000 Wiley Online Books to be made available in developing countries via the Research4Life initiative Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced that its 12,200 Online Books would be made available through the Research4Life initiatives of HINARI, AGORA and OARE, benefitting research and academic communities in 80 low- and middle-income countries including Malawi, Cambodia, and Bolivia. Research4Life provides 6,000 institutions in developing countries with free or low cost access to peer-reviewed online content from the world's leading scientific, technical and medical publishers. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Marinda Li Wu becomes 2013 President of the American Chemical Society The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced the appointment of Marinda Li Wu as the 2013 president of the society. She is the first Asian American and the eighth woman to serve as president in the Society's 137-year history. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ARL to be one of ten host institutions for the inaugural National Digital Stewardship Residency programme The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that it has been selected as one of ten host institutions for the inaugural National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR) programme, launched by the Library of Congress and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The NDSR programme will enable ten recent graduates of master's degree programmes in relevant fields to complete a nine-month residency at various institutions in the Washington, DC, area. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ALPSP submits response to BIS Select Committee inquiry on open access publishing The ALPSP has submitted a response to the inquiry conducted by the BIS into the UK government's OA policy. While there are undoubted benefits of OA publishing, ALPSP strongly agrees with the findings of the Group that a measured and balanced transition is required. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Google to digitise books from Michigan State University Libraries Books from the Michigan State University Libraries will soon be digitised by Google to become part of the Google Books website. MSU's participation is part of Google's contract with the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), a consortium of Midwestern universities. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SAGE set to publish The Economic and Labour Relations Review journal Academic publisher SAGE and the University of New South Wales have announced an agreement to publish the journal The Economic and Labour Relations Review (ELRR) from March 2013. A double-blind refereed journal, ELRR focuses on development and policy making within the economics and industrial research sectors. 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: Kent Anderson (Why Were PubMed Central and eLife Discussing PeerJ?); Richard Van Noorden (Researchers opt to limit uses of open-access publications); Anthony Haynes (Scholarly publishing: why not co-operatives?); and Rick Anderson (When Sellers and Buyers Disagree - Edwin Mellen Press vs. a Critical Librarian). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here. 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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