Knowledgespeak Newsletter

30 July 2013

SpringerPlus journal passes 1,000 article submissions mark STM publisher Springer has announced that its SpringerPlus journal has passed an important milestone - more than 1,000 submissions by authors wishing to be published in the journal. SpringerPlus is published under the SpringerOpen brand, and is an interdisciplinary, fully open access (OA) publication. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme UC Davis Library joins Google Book Digitisation project The UC Davis Library has become the 6th UC site to participate in the Google project, joining NRLF, UCSC, UCSD, UCLA, and UCSF. In June 2013, the UC Davis Library began sending public domain (out-of- copyright) books and journals to be digitised as part of UC's partnership in the Google Books Library Project. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Jisc welcomes the Department for Business Innovation and Skills' publication of the UK's international education strategy Jisc has welcomed the publication of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills' international education strategy outlining the UK's role in contributing to worldwide innovation within schools, colleges and universities. Jisc aims to enable people in UK higher education, further education and skills to perform at the forefront of international practice by exploiting fully the possibilities of modern digital empowerment, content and connectivity. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Mary Ann Liebert, Inc launches preview issue of LGBT Health journal Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers has published the preview issue of LGBT Health, a new peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting optimal healthcare for millions of sexual and gender minority persons worldwide. The journal is published online with Open Access options and in print. The preview issue is available free on the LGBT Health website. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Design Science and Vasont Systems partner for MathML tools and support Enterprise software vendor Design Science, Inc. has announced a partnership with Vasont Systems to provide a combination of XML content management and MathML editing and formatting tools to efficiently write and publish mathematical content to multiple formats. The Vasont CMS stores XML content at a component or topic level to get maximum reuse of the content. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme NISO publishes fifth edition of Metrics Data Dictionary for Libraries and Information Providers The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the publication of the fifth edition of the standard ANSI/NISO Z39.7, Information Services and Use: Metrics and Statistics for Libraries and Information Providers - Data Dictionary. The Z39.7 Data Dictionary is available in open access on the NISO website at http://z39-7.niso.org/. 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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Knowledgespeak Newsletter

29 July 2013

Elsevier announces winner of the first Netter Atlas Medical Illustration Contest STM publisher Elsevier has announced the winner of the first Netter Atlas Medical Illustration Contest. Paul J. Kim, a professional medical illustrator based in Montclair, N.J., was selected by a distinguished panel of judges who chose 10 finalists, with Kim as the grand prize winner. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme BMJ announces new international appointments BMJ has announced that the company has created two new Managing Director posts in India and the US, ahead of planned growth in these two important territories. Anand Ekambaram joins as MD, India, from Educomp where he was President of Smartclass. The appointment of his counterpart in the US will be announced shortly. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Oxford University Press to publish AIBS journal, BioScience, from 2014 Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced that beginning in January 2014 it will be publishing the journal BioScience, from the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS). The journal is subscribed to online and in print by libraries around the world and provided to all AIBS members as a part of regular AIBS dues. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SAGE set to publish The Annals of Pharmacotherapy and The Journal of Pharmacy Technology Academic publisher SAGE recently purchased two journals long published by Harvey Whitney Books Company - The Annals of Pharmacotherapy and The Journal of Pharmacy Technology. SAGE will begin publishing the journals in September 2013. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme LCA submits statement on the role of copyright in innovation to the House Committee The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) recently submitted a statement on the role of copyright in innovation to the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary. The committee has been conducting a series of hearings on copyright issues as a way to educate members and prepare for reform. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Platts launches Light Houston Sweet assessment to reflect US crude fundamentals Platts, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., has announced that it will publish a new daily oil price assessment - Platts Light Houston Sweet - that reflects the value of light sweet crude flowing from inland domestic production centers to Houston, Texas. Platts Light Houston Sweet (LHS) is the latest in a series of assessments launched by Platts in response to the significant structural shifts taking place in the US crude market. 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: Rick Anderson (Dissertation Embargoes and the Rights of Scholars: AHA Smacks the Hornet's Nest); Stevan Harnad (Green OA Embargoes: Just a Publisher Tactic for Delaying the Optimal and Inevitable); Tabitha Innocent (Communicating the uncertainty in science is necessary to improve public confidence and decision-making of non-specialists); Joseph Esposito (The New Gatekeepers are Economists); and Mike Shatzkin (The future of books in stores). 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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