 NÖ Landeskliniken-Holding gains access to Springer medical journals collection |
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The NÖ Landeskliniken-Holding has now purchased a license for an extensive collection of Springer medical journals. As a result, medical staff from 27 different hospitals in Lower Austria will soon have access to more than 500 English- and German-language journals from Springer and Adis. The license will have an initial term of four years, beginning January 2015. More Search for more news in this Category |
 Six additional publishers on HighWire to pilot Lens, pioneered by eLife |
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Lens, an open-source tool introduced by eLife to make reading articles online easier, is being piloted in journals from six publishers on the HighWire platform. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, The Plant Cell, Journal of Lipid Research, and mBio® are among the journals introducing the Lens viewing experience to readers this fall. First introduced by eLife in 2013, Lens makes reading scientific articles on-screen easier by making it possible to explore figures, figure descriptions, references, and more – without losing your place in the article text. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Wolters Kluwer Health publishes guide to establishing effective infection prevention programs to reduce HAIs, improve patient safety |
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Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced the release of a complementary guide educating healthcare organisations on building and maintaining successful infection prevention programs. Building a High Performing Infection Prevention and Control Program details the key elements of a quality-driven program that leverages real-time clinical surveillance to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and improve patient safety. More Search for more news in this Category |
 BMJ Quality double gold winners at E-Learning Awards |
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BMJ Quality enjoyed double gold-winning success at the 2014 E-Learning Awards, scooping two of the top prizes – most innovative new learning product and best online distance learning programme. Held at the Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square in London’s Mayfair, the evening celebrated the best of e-learning that is taking place across the globe. Over 500 people attended the gala event where 55 gold, silver and bronze awards were given out. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Informa Healthcare journals to move to Taylor & Francis Group |
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Publishing firm Informa Plc has announced that Informa Healthcare’s portfolio of 180 journals will be managed within its academic publishing division, Taylor & Francis Group, as of January 2015. The move follows the transition of Informa Healthcare’s books publishing business to CRC Press, a constituent part of Taylor & Francis Group, in 2012. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Copyright Clearance Center acquires Infotrieve |
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Global licensing and content solutions organisation Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) has acquired Infotrieve, Inc., a leader in enterprise SaaS software and business services for scientific, technical and medical (STM) published content. The acquisition enables CCC to deliver new value to its corporate customers and publishers by combining Infotrieve’s best-in-class content management technology, document delivery solutions and business services with CCC’s global copyright licensing expertise. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Consumer engagement takes centre stage as Publishing for Digital Minds names 2015 conference chairs |
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The London Book Fair, in association with The Publishers’ Association, has revealed that consumer engagement will be at the top of the agenda for the seventh edition of the Publishing Digital Minds Conference as it announced the chair and deputy chair for 2015. John Mitchinson, the writer, publisher, TV producer and co-founder of the UK’s first crowd-funded publishing house Unbound, will chair Publishing for Digital Minds in 2015. More Search for more news in this Category |
 Latest edition of Blogspeak now online |
| The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Todd A Carpenter (Why Are Publishers and Editors Wasting Time Formatting Citations?); Vincent F Hendricks (Scientific research can be prone to bubbles too – neuroscience risks being the next one); Joe Wikert (How to convert indirect customers into direct customers); Phill Jones (Phill Jones on Learning from the Next Generation of Researchers, A Report on the Early Career Researcher Panel at the STM Frankfurt Conference); and Dorothy Bishop (Evaluation systems need not be perfect: University research assessment and the ongoing quest for simplicity). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here. |
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