 Scope’s Hot Spot presentation at Frankfurt Book Fair to focus on the role of descriptive metadata & controlled vocabularies in improving semantic linkages |
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Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, will be presenting on “The role of descriptive metadata & controlled vocabularies in improving semantic linkages” at the Professional & Scientific Information (Hall 4.2) Hot Spot stage on October 8, 2014 from 10.00 – 10.20 am at the upcoming Frankfurt Book Fair. Rich Kobel, Vice President, Business Development, will explore challenges publishers face in improving the relevance of semantic linkages and how descriptive metadata coupled with controlled vocabularies, including ontologies and expert curation, can be the right solution. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
 Swedish Patent and Registration Office and STN International sign Global Value Pricing agreement |
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The Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV) and STN International, the leading platform for searching research and patent information, have signed a Global Value Pricing agreement providing PRV examiners unlimited access to the high-quality patent, non-patent and substance content unique to STN. Key databases available through STN include authoritative chemistry content from CAS, patent content from FIZ Karlsruhe and Thomson Reuters as well as a wide variety of patent and non-patent resources from prestigious providers that cover the broad spectrum of science and technology. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
 Nature Communications journal set to become open access only |
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Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) has announced that Nature Communications is to become the first Nature-branded open access only journal. The number one open access journal in multidisciplinary sciences, Nature Communications is NPG’s flagship open access title. Nature Communications will accept open access research submissions from October 20, 2014. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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Edison’s diaries, lab journals and letters now available in ProQuest® History Vault |
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ProQuest and Rutgers University are teaming to make the University’s acclaimed Thomas A. Edison Papers more accessible to scholars and students around the world. More than 175,000 of Edison’s laboratory notebooks, diaries, business records, correspondence, and other documents will now be available in ProQuest® History Vault, boosting access, precision search and cross-referencing of these documents with other digital archives from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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Kudos and ORCID partner to help authors increase discoverability and impact of their work |
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Kudos, which helps researchers and institutions maximise the impact and visibility of their publications, has announced a partnership through which the ORCID researcher identifier will be integrated into the Kudos platform to facilitate authors’ ability to identify and claim publications. Kudos will also enable authors to register for an ORCID through the Kudos site. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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Texas Tech University selects EBSCO Discovery Service as its discovery solution |
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EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that the Texas Tech University, a member of the Association of Research Libraries, has chosen EBSCO Discovery ServiceTM (EDS) as its discovery solution. As part of Texas Tech’s continuing effort to make searching its library resources as easy and comprehensive as possible, they have chosen EDS to offer students highly-refined relevancy ranking, instant access to full text and a fast, single search of the library’s vast collections. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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Wolters Kluwer Clinical Drug Information used by more than 96 percent of Honor Roll Hospitals in latest U.S. News and World Report |
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Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that its Clinical Drug Information solutions are currently used by more than 96 percent of hospitals achieving Honor Roll status in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals 2014-2015 and Best Children’s Hospital’s 2014-2015 rankings. The 2014-15 hospital rankings evaluated surveys of more than 9,500 physicians across nearly 5,000 medical centers in the U.S. High scores within at least six of the 16 specialties evaluated earned 17 hospitals a place on the Honor Roll. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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Digital Science grows its consultancy division, REF impact case studies to be analysed |
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Digital Science, a technology company with a focus on the sciences, has announced that its Consultancy division will undertake a new project to analyse the wider impact of the research undertaken by UK universities. Working in conjunction with sister company Nature Publishing Group and the policy institute at King’s College, London, the analysis commissioned by HEFCE and partners, will draw on the 6,975 impact case studies submitted to the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF). More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
