 2015 ALPSP Conference – An Update |
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The 2nd day of the ALPSP conference started with Keynote from Kuansan Wang, Director of the Internet service Research Centre, Microsoft Research. This Keynote considered the impact for the publishing and consumption of content, drawing on observations derived from a web scale data set, newly released to the public. The winners of the 2015 ALPSP Awards were announced at the ALPSP Conference Dinner on September 10. Kudos was named winner of the 2015 ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing. The judges awarded Highly Commended to JSTOR Daily and Overleaf. More Search for more news in this Category |
 Frankfurt Book Fair renews sponsorship for the FutureBook Awards 2015 |
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The Frankfurt Book Fair has announced that, for the third year in a row, it will be sponsoring one of the key categories at this year’s FutureBook Innovation Awards. Launched by the UK’s Bookseller Magazine five years ago, the awards celebrate those companies and individuals who are playing a key role in driving the publishing industry forward. The Frankfurt Book Fair will be sponsoring ‘The Digital Achiever of the Year Award’, a new category designed to highlight and celebrate those who are actively working for digital change within their organisations. More Search for more news in this Category |
 More than 80,000 geological maps added to Elsevier’s Geofacets platform |
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STM publisher Elsevier has announced that select content from some of the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) leading journals is now available in Geofacets. This addition of 80,000 maps will further increase the amount of essential geological information in the database, helping geoscientists make more informed interpretations and gain greater confidence in their recommendations and decisions regarding investments in new exploration opportunities. More Search for more news in this Category |
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WHO-hosted HINARI Program partners with Wolters Kluwer to provide free access to UpToDate to Ebola-affected African countries |
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The World Health Organization (WHO)-hosted HINARI program has announced a partnership with Wolters Kluwer to provide free access to UpToDate®, its evidence-based clinical decision support resource, to the three countries affected by Ebola (Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea) for an initial period of at least one year. The main objective of this partnership is to build and strengthen capacity in those countries by providing their health workers with free access to the new developments in physician care, new research and up-to-date clinical information. More Search for more news in this Category |
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AMS publication MathSciNet now available via EBSCOhost |
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Libraries can now turn to EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) to support the needs of those studying mathematical sciences. MathSciNet®, an electronic publication of the American Mathematical Society (AMS), is now available via the EBSCOhost® platform, offering access to a carefully maintained database of reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for much of the literature of mathematics and its applications. More Search for more news in this Category |
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BMJ partners with University of Cape Town Lung Institute’s Knowledge Translation Unit to provide local health guidelines to improve patient care |
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BMJ, one of the world’s leading healthcare knowledge providers, has partnered with the University of Cape Town Lung Institute’s Knowledge Translation Unit (UCTLI KTU), to develop and distribute the Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK) programme to healthcare workers in low to middle income countries. The PACK programme is a comprehensive clinical practice aid that enables healthcare practitioners to diagnose and manage common conditions. More Search for more news in this Category |
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