Knowledgespeak Newsletter

22 July 2013

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology honours best papers in applied technology from Springer journals King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), a scientific organisation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has provided awards for the best paper from five technical journals it publishes in collaboration with Springer. The articles chosen reflect not only excellent science, but also the potential impact of the discoveries. The winning authors receive the KACST Medal and $5,000 each. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme GigaScience journal unveils new features and functionality at ISMB meeting BioMed Central and the Beijing Genome Institute (BGI) have announced that the journal GigaScience will unveil new features and functionality at the Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) meeting. As well as a print issue celebrating the best of the last year, GigaScience is announcing new features and tools for academics, along with a new data analysis platform, GigaGalaxy. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SAE International completes asset purchase of TechAmerica Standards Program Engineers and technical experts association SAE International has announced the completion of an asset purchase of the TechAmerica Standards Program and IBIS Consortia. Through the acquisition, TechAmerica's members will benefit from SAE International's core competency of technical standards and publications development. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Online hub for digital literacy DigitalLearn.org launches After months of thoughtful planning, development and beta testing, DigitalLearn.org has officially launched. This online hub for digital literacy is managed by the Public Library Association (PLA) and funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme IMLS and Heritage Preservation announce second Heritage Health Index Heritage Preservation, working in cooperation with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), will conduct a second Heritage Health Index. Heritage Preservation and IMLS have entered into a $338,554 cooperative agreement to complete the study in 2015. The project will receive an additional $100,000 of support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. 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: Kwissoker (The Relationship Between Research and Publication, Or Why Libraries Should Buy More First Books Than Any Others); Stevan Harnad (Further Fell Fallout From Finch Folly: The Royal Society Relapse); Joseph Esposito (Having Relations with the Library: A Guide for University Presses); and Danny Kingsley (The Open Journal Project: Accessibility is more than making the paper openly available). 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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