Knowledgespeak Newsletter

16 July 2013

Elsevier to provide 25 ROSATOM affiliated research institutes with access to ScienceDirect and Scopus STM publisher Elsevier has extended its collaboration with Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM) by providing 25 research institutes with access to ScienceDirect and Scopus as part of its Knowledge Management Program. Providing access to ScienceDirect and Scopus expands the ROSATOM programme and will help the 25 affiliated research institutes to further develop their position in nuclear energy research. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Springer and Bookshare in deal to make content available globally to people with print disabilities STM publisher Springer has signed an agreement to provide Bookshare with world rights to its titles. Bookshare provides people with visual impairments, physical disabilities and/or learning disabilities access to copyrighted digital accessible books. By contributing digital files directly to Bookshare, students with disabilities will receive accessible books in a timely fashion. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme EBSCO augments multilingual search functionality, enhances Arabic content search Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that it has improved upon its already superior platforms for Middle Eastern Studies. By enhancing multilingual content search technology, EBSCO will make the Arabic-language content in EBSCOhost databases and EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) more discoverable. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Wolters Kluwer Health announces Impact Factor gains across its LWW journal portfolio and Medknow OA titles Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced impact factor gains across its Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) journal portfolio and Medknow open access titles. Impact Factor (IF) is a measurement of the frequency by which an article in a scholarly journal is cited in a particular year. It is considered by many to be a measure of a journal's influence and prestige. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme LexisNexis merges MEDai into healthcare business LexisNexis Risk Solutions recently completed an agreement with its sister company Elsevier to transfer MEDai, its clinical-analytics-focused business unit, to the LexisNexis healthcare business. LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Elsevier are both part of Reed Elsevier Group plc. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Chemistry-based industry is vital to Britain's recovery prospects, says RSC chief The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Institution of Chemical Engineers echoed the main messages conveyed in a new report from the Chemistry Growth Strategy Group. Commenting on Strategy for Delivering Chemistry-Fuelled Growth of the UK Economy, Dr Robert Parker, chief executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry said that chemistry-based industries and chemistry research in companies and on campuses comprise a vital facet of Britain's efforts to regain its economic momentum and to challenge world competitors. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme HighWire Press and Tizra announce strategic partnership HighWire Press, a not-for-profit division of Stanford University Libraries, has announced a strategic partnership with Tizra to extend ebook functionality and integration to the HighWire Open Platform. With the addition of Tizra's ebook reader features, HighWire publishers can now blend books alongside their e-journals, offering an integrated cross-content solution that falls into the reader's natural workflow. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ICIS Chemical Business magazine unveils annual ICIS Top 100 Chemical Distributors listing ICIS Chemical Business magazine has unveiled its annual ICIS Top 100 Chemical Distributors listing ranked by 2012 sales. Topping the charts once again is Germany-based Brenntag, with $12.8 billion in sales, followed by US-based Univar with $10.3 billion in revenues. 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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