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Free global access to Ebola resources from Oxford University Press extended and updated
Academic publisher Oxford University Press has announced that it is extending and updating global free access to Ebola resources through the end of 2015 as the crisis has deepened. Following the World Health Organization’s declaration of an international public health emergency in August, the Press offered three months’ free access to 50 articles across its online products and journals to researchers, healthcare workers, and policymakers in their search for effective treatment and prevention in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Almost immediately, the Press began updating with new resources as they became available.
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Elsevier launches Open Access journal Biomolecular Detection and Quantification
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of a new open access journal Biomolecular Detection and Quantification (BDQ). Published quarterly online and open access, BDQ is dedicated to championing excellence in molecular biology-based study design, measurement, data analyses and reporting.
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Wolters Kluwer Health and AAACN in deal to add ambulatory care nursing to Lippincott Procedures
Wolters Kluwer Health has entered into an agreement with the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN) to develop a new ambulatory care nursing category for Lippincott Procedures, the leading procedures software used by nurses and other clinicians at the point-of-care and in competency management. Ambulatory care nurses care for patients in a variety of diverse outpatient settings and, according to AAACN, are becoming an increasingly important means of coordinating care and managing transitions as America searches for more cost-effective approaches to quality healthcare.
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East Central University in Oklahoma implements EBSCO Discovery Service
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that East Central University (ECU) has chosen EBSCO Discovery ServiceTM (EDS) as its discovery service. With relevancy-ranked results, an abundant amount of customisation options and a comprehensive one-stop discovery experience, EDS is a tool that allows ECU students to focus on the quality of the information found rather than spending time and energy on searching multiple resources.
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Taylor & Francis and IMarEST announce new publishing partnership
Publisher Taylor & Francis Group and the IMarEST (Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology) have announced a new publishing partnership for 2015. Under the deal Taylor & Francis will publish and distribute the IMarEST’s highly regarded journals Journal of Marine Engineering & Technology (JMET) and Journal of Operational Oceanography (JOO), beginning January.
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Science Publications and Bentham Science Publishers to preserve e-journals with Portico
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that Science Publications and Bentham Science Publishers will be preserving their e-journals with Portico. With this move, the publishers seek to ensure that their content will be secure and available into the future.
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NISO launches Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) standing committee
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has announced the next phase for the Open Discovery Initiative, a project that explores community interactions in the realm of indexed discovery services. Following the working group’s recommendation to create an ongoing standing committee as outlined in the published recommended practice, Open Discovery Initiative: Promoting Transparency in Discovery (NISO RP-19-2014), NISO has formed a new standing committee reflecting a balance of stakeholders, with member representation from content providers, discovery providers, and libraries.
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Ex Libris Group appoints Steven Savaglio as new Director of Support for Ex Libris North America
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced the appointment of Steven Savaglio as director of support for Ex Libris North America. Savaglio comes to Ex Libris from IBM, where he held senior management positions for the past five years.
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