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NFAIS announces ‘Call for Presentations’ for 2016-2017 Lunch & Learn education series
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAISTM), a global non-profit membership organisation serving the information services community, has announced a ‘Call for Presentations’ for its 2016-2017 Lunch & Learn with NFAIS virtual education series. The submissions deadline for the 2016-2017 series cycle is August 1, 2016.
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Thomson Reuters launches ProView eBook platform in Turkey
Thomson Reuters has announced the launch in Turkey of ProView, the first eReader platform specifically built for professional and academic use. Thomson Reuters ProView is a first-of-its-kind, professional eBook platform that provides delivery and use anywhere, anytime, of specialised professional content published by Thomson Reuters and market leading publishers.
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SAGE Publishing partners with Japanese publisher Shinyosha to publish first set of translated social science textbooks
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced the translated publication of the first three of the eight volume collection: The Qualitative Research Kit Collection, with Japanese publishers Shinyosha. Following SAGE’s partnership with Shinyosha to co-publish social science textbooks in the Japanese language, these three titles produced and translated by academics in Japan are the first in the collection to be completed.
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Wolters Kluwer announces publishing partnership with OA journal Healthy Aging Research
Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced a new publishing partnership with the open access journal, Healthy Aging Research.Healthy Aging Research launched in December 2012. It is currently indexed in Thomson Reuters’ Emerging Sources Citation Index and by Google Scholar.
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Oxford University Press and The Linnean Society of London announce publishing partnership
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has signed an agreement with The Linnean Society of London to publish their three journals and host their archive of two historical titles. From January 2017, OUP will publish the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, and the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
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Society for Scholarly Publishing recognizes five members for outstanding contributions at 2016 Annual Meeting
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) recognised the efforts of five deserving individuals at its recent Annual Meeting held in Vancouver, BC, June 1-3. Howard Ratner, Chair of the Nominating Committee and 2015-2016 SSP Past President, presented Wendy Newsham, Director of Business Development, Highwire, and Mike Mozina, Production Manager, Brill USA, with the SSP Appreciation Award.
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Cochrane launches first national Cochrane Network
Cochrane, a global independent network of researchers, professionals, patients, carers, and people interested in health, has announced the official launch of its first national Cochrane Network. The new Brazilian Cochrane Network consists of the Brazilian Cochrane Centre and five new affiliates, located in the cities of Fortaleza and João Pessoa (in the Northeast region of Brazil), in Belém (in the Amazon region), in Petrópolis (in the Southeastern region, near Rio de Janeiro) and in Muriaé (in the Central West region).
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New AAUP Handbook outlines high standards in peer review for scholarly monographs
The Association of American University Presses (AAUP) has released Best Practices in Peer Review, an AAUP Handbook. The handbook articulates a set of practices that comprise a rigorous process of peer review for scholarly monographs. ‘Best Practices for Peer Review’ will serve as a core resource for the AAUP community, providing a guide for new editors in the field and new scholarly publishing programs, as well as a reference point for scholars, authors, and universities.
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Stellenbosch University selects Ex Libris Alma for optimising library services
Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that South Africa’s Stellenbosch University (SU) has chosen the Ex Libris Alma® resource management service to complement the library’s Ex Libris Primo® discovery and delivery solution. This investment will help the university control costs and maintain its ranking as one of the three leading research-intensive academic institutions in Africa.
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