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New report on digital transformation in publishing finds slow advancement in digital transformation, high emphasis on metadata investment

An in-depth study analyzing digital transformation in the publishing industry has found that 25 percent of publishers see themselves as “lagging” versus the rest of the industry in their current transformation efforts, while only 25 percent feel they are “leading.” The study was commissioned by software professional services firm Ixxus, along with its parent organization Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC). The full report is now available for download.
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ProQuest joins Jisc’s Digital Archival Collections group purchasing pilot

ProQuest is working with Jisc to enable UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to build strong, user-centered research collections that better support their research focus areas and budgets. ProQuest is taking part in an innovative group purchasing pilot program aimed at supporting HEIs with a more efficient, coordinated and transparent approach to the acquisition of digital archival primary source collections that Jisc set up in response to requirements from its members.
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EDP Sciences to publish OA journal BioMedicine

Not-for-profit publisher EDP Sciences has announced that it is now publishing the fully Open Access journal,BioMedicine. EDP officially took over publication of the journal at in the beginning of 2017. The first issue published by EDP Sciences is available since beginning of March 2017.
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ScienceOpen launches suite of powerful new features

Research network ScienceOpen has launched a suite of powerful new features on its platform, including filters for Open Access articles and author affiliations. Using state-of-the-art technology, ScienceOpen enriches and exposes the context of research articles for a dynamic, multi-level search and discovery experience.
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Germany’s Common Bibliographic Data Zone goes live with University of Mannheim as first member institution

Ex Libris®, a ProQuest company, has announced that the University of Mannheim, a member of the Bibliotheksservice-Zentrum Baden-Württemberg (BSZ) consortium, has become the first university in Germany to be connected to the Common Bibliographic Data Zone (CBDZ). The CBDZ is a collaboration between BSZ and two other major German consortia—Verbundzentrale des Gemeinsamen Bibliotheksverbunds (VZG) and Hochschulbibliothekszentrum des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen (hbz).
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American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene launches new online journal platform on Ingenta CMS Go

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) has launched its new online journal platform on Ingenta’s packaged publishing platform solution, Ingenta CMS Go. Just three months after starting the implementation, ASTMH’s new fully branded, feature-rich, cloud-hosted website has launched, featuring existing and historic content from the Society’s journal the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene – including full XML journal content since 2003, and PDF content dating as far back as 1921.
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RSI Content Solutions release of two new fully-integrated modules – RSuite Edit and RSuite Publish

RSI Content Solutions, creators of the RSuite Enterprise Information Management Solution, has announced the release of two new fully-integrated modules, RSuite Edit and RSuite Publish. Together, these applications enable RSuite customers to further enhance their ability to manage and produce print and digital content in a single enterprise-strength solution.
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