 Taylor & Francis Online announces developments to enhance readers and researchers online reading experience |
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Academic publisher Taylor & Francis Online has announced a range of developments to enhance readers’ and researchers’ online reading experience. The changes aim to take reading PDFs beyond a print-like experience by making the most of what the web has to offer. They combine Interact, a reimagined PDF which is currently rolling out across Taylor & Francis’ journals; a cleaner, clearer cover sheet for PDF articles; and, using, the external expertise of colwiz, interactive tools to allow readers to annotate articles, quickly find referenced articles with clickable citations, and discover relevant content. More Search for more news in this Category |
 Elsevier’s ChemSearch Challenge allows chemists to demonstrate how fast they can find relevant information |
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STM publisher Elsevier has announced that the Reaxys ChemSearch Challenge is now live. In the series of 12 weekly online quizzes, chemists can use their preferred chemistry database or search engine to find the information they need to correctly answer research questions. The contest will record chemists’ response times and score accuracy, measuring how quickly chemists can operate and identify bottlenecks in research. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Wolters Kluwer e-book details the value of unlocking and leveraging EMR data to optimise care, quality and revenue |
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The Health division of Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced the release of an e-book that provides a road-map for hospitals seeking to unlock and leverage critical patient data needed to improve performance and succeed in the value-based reimbursement landscape. The complementary guide reveals how intelligent clinical decision support (CDS) can equip providers with evidence-based recommendations and customised protocols at the point of care to quickly identify gaps in care and make better decisions. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Kudos wins ALPSP Award for Innovation in Publishing |
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Kudos, which helps maximize the reach and impact of research publications, has been awarded the 2015 ALPSP Award for Innovation in Publishing. The award was presented at the ALPSP International Conference at London Heathrow. The award was collected by the three co-founders of Kudos: David Sommer, Melinda Kenneway and Charlie Rapple. More Search for more news in this Category |
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BibLibre and EBSCO announce partnership |
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A new partnership between EBSCO and the French Open Source software and services company, BibLibre, continues EBSCO’s support of Open Source software that offers flexible options to libraries. The partnership will strengthen the interoperability between EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) and Koha, an Open Source ILS deployed by Biblibre in France since 2002, through the use of an application that allows EDS to be the discovery service and front-end of choice. More Search for more news in this Category |
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OCLC to work with seven leading libraries to launch linked data pilot |
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OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, is working with seven leading libraries in a pilot program designed to learn more about how linked data will influence library workflows in the future. Pilot participants will be able to surface WorldCat Person entities, including 109 million brief descriptions of authors, directors, musicians and others that have been mined from WorldCat, the world’s largest resource of library metadata. More Search for more news in this Category |
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The Charlesworth Group extends partnership with Dove Medical Press |
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The Charlesworth Group has announced an exclusive referral partnership with Dove Medical Press that will provide authors with high-quality editorial support. This new partnership comes just a month after the collaborative launch of a Chinese language website designed to better serve Dove’s authors and users in China. More Search for more news in this Category |
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