Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert

by rheyer Posted on August 27, 2015
American Mathematical Society’s Mathematical Reviews and National Transportation Library join NFAIS
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS), a global non-profit membership organisation serving the information community, has announced that the American Mathematical Society’s Mathematical Reviews and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Transportation Library have joined NFAIS as new members. The AMS, long time publisher of Mathematical Reviews and its online companion, MathSciNet®, rejoins NFAIS as a member after being one of the federation’s charter members in 1958.
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Oxford University Press participates in CCC’s new text mining solution
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organisation, has announced that academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) is participating in its RightFindTM XML for Mining solution. RightFind XML for Mining allows publishers to offer life science companies controlled access to full-text articles in XML format for import into their preferred text mining software.
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ASCO and UICC partner to extend reach of Journal of Global Oncology
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) have announced their partnership to expand the reach of the Journal of Global Oncology (JGO), a new open-access journal that will focus on cancer care, research, and care delivery issues unique to countries and settings with limited healthcare resources. While some journals publish special issues and sections focused on global oncology, JGO will be the first peer-reviewed journal dedicated solely to this area of research.
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Research Solutions, Inc. appoints John Regazzi as Chairman of the Board
Reprints Desk’s parent company Research Solutions, Inc., a pioneer in providing on-demand access to scientific, technical and medical (STM) information for life science companies, academic institutions and other research intensive organisations, has appointed John Regazzi as non-executive chairman of the board. He will succeed President and CEO Peter Derycz, who will remain on the board as a director and continue as president and CEO. Regazzi joined the board as an independent director in June.
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Particle Therapy Cooperative Group to preserve e-journal with Portico
Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that the Particle Therapy Cooperative Group will preserve ‘International Journal of Particle Therapy’ with Portico, ensuring that it will be secure and available into the future. Particle Therapy Cooperative is a non-profit organisation for those interested in proton, light ion, and heavy charged particle radiotherapy.
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Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert

by rheyer Posted on August 26, 2015
Elsevier launches My Knovel ToGo tablet app for Android and iOS
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the availability of the My Knovel ToGo tablet application for Android and iOS. My Knovel ToGo is a mobile reader that provides both on- and offline access to Knovel content that users select from their subscription entitlements. This supports users who, for example, need to catch up on projects in transit, reference best practices while at a project site or otherwise access critical content while away from the office or offline.
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IDPF set to formally launch European headquarters in Paris
The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) will later this year formally launch a new European headquarters in Paris, France. IDPF Europe will be co-located with European headquarters for the affiliated Readium Foundation, hosted by a newly created European Digital Reading Lab (EDRL).
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Singapore Management University adopts Ex Libris Alma and Primo
Library automation services provider Ex Libris Group has announced Singapore Management University (SMU) has gone live with the Ex Libris Alma library management service and Primo discovery and delivery solution. Alma and Primo will replace the Innovative Millennium integrated library system and EBSCO Discovery Service.
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Winners of 2015 Canadian Society of Civil Engineers Technical Paper Awards announced
Winners of the 2015 Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Technical Paper Awards have been announced. The announcement was made at the 2015 Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (CSCE) Annual Conference in Regina during a prestigious honours and awards gala on May 29, 2015. The award-winning papers are free to read on the journal websites and have also been selected as Editor’s Choice.
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Choice launches tablet app for iPad and Android
Choice, the premier review journal for new English-language books and digital resources for academic libraries, has announced the release of the new Choice tablet app, which makes Choice magazine available for the iPad and Android tablets. Current Choice or Choice Reviews Online subscribers can access the Choice app for free by downloading it from the App Store and Google Play.
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Cengage Learning delivers online courses and career assistance to ACTE members through new portal
Cengage Learning, a leading global education company, has expanded its partnership with the Association of Career and Technical Education (ACTE) to offer its 24,000 members access to a custom portal that provides online courses, professional development and career transition assistance. The portal enables ACTE members to access valuable online resources that they can use for their own personal development or for their students.
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by rheyer Posted on August 25, 2015
Elsevier’s PharmaPendium boosts UCL’s research in drug repurposing and personalised medicine
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that UCL has subscribed to PharmaPendium, part of Elsevier’s R&D Solutions for Pharma and Life Sciences. PharmaPendium is a decision support solution designed to help improve drug development decisions by enabling access to the most comprehensive resource of fully searchable FDA/EMA drug approval documents and associated comparative extracted databases.
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ProQuest introduces new enhanced platform interface
ProQuest has introduced an enhanced platform interface that makes it easier for users to complete their research tasks. Driven by deep analysis of researcher behaviours on the ProQuest platform, extensive testing with users and librarians, beta testing with a variety of customer development partners, and large scale A/B testing, the enhancements make discovery and access of ProQuest’s rich, diverse content more intuitive and effective.
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The Charlesworth Group and The Publishers Association co-author major China market report
The Charlesworth Group has announced the publication of the PA Market Report: China, published by The Publishers Association (‘The PA’) and co-authored by The Group’s Xiaoying Chu and international consultant Professor Paul Richardson. This new report claims to be the most comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the world’s second largest publishing market available in English.
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DOAB awarded IFLA/Brill Open Access Award 2015
The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) has been awarded the IFLA/Brill Open Access Award for their achievements to further the distribution of high quality open access books. The award was presented during the 2015 IFLA World Library and Information Congress. A service of the OAPEN Foundation, DOAB provides a searchable index to peer-reviewed books published under an OA business model, with links to the full text at the publisher’s website.
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IMS Health announces next generation multichannel solution Nexxus Mobile Intelligence 11
Global information and technology services company IMSHealth has announced the immediate availability of NexxusTM Mobile Intelligence 11, the latest generation of its cloud-based CRM solution designed specifically for the Life Sciences industry. As the latest addition to the Nexxus Commercial Application Suite, Nexxus Mobile Intelligence is interoperable with other Nexxus applications, including Nexxus Marketing, and is tightly integrated with the IMS OneTM cloud platform – making data access and sharing seamless for commercial teams across all of their customer interactions.
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Ian Singer to join Credo as Chief Content Officer
Credo, the industry leader for information skills solutions, has announced that Ian Singer will join the company as its Chief Content Officer. Singer, who most recently served as Vice President, Group Publisher for Media Source Inc., will oversee Credo’s publisher relations activities and content acquisition strategy.
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Synthesis Digital Library Update July, 2015

by rheyer Posted on August 25, 2015
The Following Lectures Were Published in July and are included in Collection Six

Aleksandr Chuklin, University of Amsterdam and Google Switzerland
Ilya Markov, University of Amsterdam
Maarten de Rijke, University of Amsterdam
Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services

Vassilis Christophides, University of Crete, Greece
Vasilis Efthymiou, University of Crete, Greece
Kostas Stefanidis, ICS-FORTH, Greece
Synthesis Lectures on the Semantic Web: Theory and Technology

Christos P. Loizou, School of Sciences and Engineering, Intercollege, Cyprus
Constantinos S. Pattichis, University of Cyprus
Synthesis Lectures on Algorithms and Software in Engineering
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Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert

by rheyer Posted on August 24, 2015
ALPSP conference to discuss how to use text mining to extract sentiment, insights and opinions from Twitter
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers has announced that Guy Singh of Linguamatics will be discussing how text mining can be applied to Twitter, a medium which uses a combination of both standard language, colloquialisms, slang and Twitter specific notation. This forms part of a session at the ALPSP Conference.
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Special issue of the Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics focuses on the ethical implications of sharing health research data in low and middle income settings
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that a new special issue of its Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics (JERHRE) presents guidelines, protocols, models, and new resources to improve data sharing across the globe. This special issue, edited by Susan Bull and Michael Parker from the University of Oxford, publishes research funded by the Wellcome Trust, on behalf of the Public Health Research Data Forum.
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Johnson Matthey and the Chinese Academy of Sciences Holdings Co., Ltd. sign Memorandum of Understanding
Johnson Matthey’s Chief Executive, Robert MacLeod recently announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Johnson Matthey and the Chinese Academy of Sciences Holdings Co., Ltd. (CASH). CASH is wholly owned by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China’s top science and technology research and educational organisation.
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Cerner and CoverMyMeds in deal to integrate CoverMyMeds’ ePA within Cerner’s Millennium EHR
Cerner, a global leader in healthcare technology, and CoverMyMeds, the nation’s leading electronic prior authorisation (ePA) platform, have announced an agreement to integrate CoverMyMeds’ ePA within Cerner’s Millennium® EHR. The advanced functionality will provide more than 350,000 e-prescribing end users the ability to accelerate the prescription review process by removing manual processes and help reduce transaction costs.
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2013-14 ARL Library Investment Index Rankings once again list Penn State University Libraries among top research libraries in North America
Penn State’s University Libraries again have been recognized among the top research universities in North America, according to the recently released 2013-14 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Library Investment Index Rankings in the Chronicle of Higher Education. The ARL ranking system, which examines 115 colleges and universities that provide data, is based on dollars spent for total library expenditures, salaries and wages and library materials plus the number of professional plus support staff employees.
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Routledge to publish National Art Education Association journals beginning in 2016
Routledge, the Social Science and Humanities division of Taylor & Francis Group, and the National Art Education Association (NAEA) have announced a new co-publishing partnership. Beginning in January 2016, Taylor & Francis will publish NAEA’s distinguished publications—Art Education, Studies in Art Education, and NAEA News—under the Routledge imprint.
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by rheyer Posted on August 21, 2015
PressReader to be exclusive news partner at the Frankfurt Book Fair
The Frankfurt Book Fair has announced a unique partnership with PressReader, the Canada-based digital media platform. As the exclusive News Partner of the Frankfurt Book Fair (October 14 – 18, 2015), PressReader will provide unlimited digital access to more than 4,000 newspapers and magazines from all over the world to all attendees of the Frankfurt Book Fair.
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Emerald Group Publishing and Cabell’s International to co-host free publishing webinar for early career researchers
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing and Cabell’s International, a resource specializing in connecting researchers, librarians and academics to discipline-related journals, will co-host ‘Publish, Not Perish’ a free webinar for early career researchers on ways to improve their chances of getting published. In this free webinar, Simon Linacre, executive publisher at Emerald, will provide insights into the academic publishing process and what researchers need to know about preparing an article for submission that will increase its odds of publication.
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IMS Health unveils IMS Health Insights, a global thought leadership mobile app
Global information and technology services company IMSHealth has announced the immediate availability of IMS Health Insights — a free application that delivers the company’s extensive thought leadership materials from 19 major countries directly to Apple and Android tablet devices. The new app enables decision makers in life sciences and healthcare to instantly locate and download IMS Health research and white papers that are based on the company’s extensive global information assets, sophisticated analytics and deep healthcare expertise.
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Dr. Charles Yeo named Editor-in-Chief of Case Reports in Pancreatic Cancer journal
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers has announced that Dr. Charles Yeo has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of Case Reports in Pancreatic Cancer. Dr. Yeo is the Samuel D. Gross Professor and chair of the Department of Surgery at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals.
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Library Investment Index summarizes relative size of ARL University Libraries for 2013–2014
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released the Library Investment Index for 2013–2014, the latest in this annual summary measure of the relative size of the university library members of the Association. Although similar to the ARL Membership Criteria Index in reflecting the investments made in research libraries, the ARL Library Investment Index is less affected by the electronic availability of content and, consequently, the rapidly changing context of library collections.
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NLM and National Endowment for the Humanities reaffirm partnership on initiatives of common interest
The National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world’s largest medical library and a component of the National Institutes of Health, and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) have reaffirmed their partnership, originally established in 2012, following on the visit of NEH Chairman William D. Adams to the NLM. The agencies will continue to develop initiatives that bring together specialists from the humanities, medicine, and information sciences to share expertise and develop new research agendas.
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World’s first collaborative data centre for education and research gains momentum
In the 12 months since the first shared data centre for research and education was launched by Infinity SDC and Jisc, many of the country’s top universities, colleges and research institutions have joined to improve efficiency, decrease costs and advance collaboration on world-leading research. Now, eleven leading UK institutions are utilising the facility for high performance computing and core IT infrastructure; resulting in increased collaboration with significant research projects, improved efficiency across core IT and on-premise data centre facilities being repurposed for teaching.
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by rheyer Posted on August 20, 2015
Springer retracts 64 articles from 10 Springer subscription journals
STM publisher Springer has confirmed that 64 articles are being retracted from 10 Springer subscription journals, after editorial checks spotted fake email addresses, and subsequent internal investigations uncovered fabricated peer review reports. After a thorough investigation it was discovered that the peer review process on these 64 articles was compromised.
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Elsevier launches OA journal – Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of open access journal Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online. The online-only journal focuses on interdisciplinary discussion and debate of the rapidly expanding field of reproductive biomedicine, particularly all of its many societal and cultural implications.
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CCC’s new RightFind XML for Mining solution to include majority of STM journal content from Springer Nature
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organisation, has announced that Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is participating in its RightFindTM XML for Mining solution. The CCC service will include the majority of STM journal content from Springer Nature, the new organisation combining Springer Science+Business Media and the majority of Macmillan Science and Education.
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The MIT Press becomes 60th publisher to partner with ReadCube
The MIT Press, a world-leading university press, and ReadCube, the Boston-based publishing technology company, have announced a partnership that will bring MIT Press’s collection to the ReadCube platform. This partnership with MIT Press is a milestone for ReadCube as they become the 60th publishing partner to sign onto the service, joining the likes of Springer, Nature, Wiley, deGruyter, the Royal Society of Chemistry, Allen Press, and SciELO.
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American College of Cardiology and Apollo Hospitals announce partnership to expand medical education offerings in India
The American College of Cardiology is collaborating with Apollo Hospitals in India to provide the College’s guideline-driven educational content to physicians participating in Apollo’s Medvarsity e-learning program, India’s first medical e-learning venture. Medvarsity participants will have access to the ACC’s valvular heart disease education module, which focuses on training healthcare professionals in the diagnosis and management of adult patients with valvular heart disease.
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International Publishers Association appoints José Borghino as new Secretary General
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has announced the appointment of José Borghino as new Secretary General. Borghino’s responsibilities will include supporting IPA members, nationally and in international forums, whenever copyright or the freedom to publish are threatened. He will advise IPA members on national policy issues.
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Jisc appoints Dr Paul Feldman as new chief executive
Jisc has announced the appointment of Dr Paul Feldman, currently an executive partner at Gartner UK, as Jisc’s new chief executive, effective mid-October 2015. He has extensive experience of working at a senior level in large, complex IT organisations. Paul takes over from Professor Martyn Harrow who, over the past four years, has transformed the organisation to better meet the changing needs in UK universities and colleges.
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by rheyer Posted on August 19, 2015
Frankfurt Book Fair appoints Amy Webster as new Associate Partner Rights and Licences
The Frankfurt Book Fair has announced the appointment of Amy Webster as the new Associate Partner Rights and Licences. Amy joins from the Edinburgh TV Festival, where she was Head of New Business. She was previously at the London Book Fair, where she co-ordinated the Market Focus Programme for six years.
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NetEase and Wiley partnership to significantly help enhance job readiness and reskilling for IT professionals
China-based Internet technology company NetEase, Inc. is now offering John Wiley & Sons, Inc’s Certified Big Data Developer (WCBDD) and Wiley Certified Mobile Application Developer (WCMAD) certification courses under a partnership inked by both companies recently. The partnership underpins Wiley’s commitment to fulfilling the needs of the Chinese market for robust and internationally-recognised content and certification and will also pave the way for additional courses to be offered with NetEase.
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Elsevier announces winners of Gray’s Anatomy Art Contest
STM publisher Elsevier and publisher of Gray’s Anatomy, the world’s most famous anatomical reference, has selected Amanda Lilleston of Ann Arbor, Mich., as the winner of the Gray’s Anatomy Art Contest. Christopher Smith of Silver Springs, Md., was named runner-up. The winning and runner-up submissions will be featured in the new 41st edition eBook of Gray’s Anatomy, which publishes in October 2015.
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Smithsonian launches public access plan for research
The Smithsonian has released its Plan for Increased Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research, based on the principles outlined by the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Through the new plan, all applicable publications and supporting data resulting from federally funded research will be available through the Smithsonian Research Online (SRO) website or CHORUS, a non-profit membership organization that helps federal entities increase public access to research.
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Radcliffe Cardiology to present live case initiative at European Society of Cardiology 2015
Cardiovascular publisher and media company Radcliffe Cardiology has announced an innovative digital education initiative at this year’s European Society of Cardiology (ESC) annual meeting in London, UK (29 August – 2 September 2015). In collaboration with the Imperial College NHS Trust and Interventional Cardiology Review (ICR) and funded by industry partners’ AstraZeneca and Medtronic, Radcliffe Cardiology has organised a live transmission of a patient case direct from the cath lab of the Hammersmith Hospital, performed by consultant cardiologist, Dr. Justin Davies.
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New BISG research shows significant traction for interactive learning tools and other forms of active learning
The Book Industry Study Group, Inc. (BISG) has just released new findings from surveys conducted in Spring 2015 and analyzed in two publications, Student Attitudes Toward Content in Higher Education, Volume Five Report 2, and its companion study, Faculty Attitudes Toward Content in Higher Education. Both reports are available for immediate download. The raw data is also available via a dynamic online portal called Real-Time Reporting (RTR), which provides real-time web-based access to the raw survey data that is drillable, sortable, and accessible on demand.
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New Kudos partnerships provide more ways to help research stand out
Kudos, which helps maximise the reach and impact of research publications, has announced the latest organizations with which it is partnering to enhance the services it offers to researchers. These include TrendMD, the content recommendation engine for scholarly publishers; Research Media, which provides editorial, design and outreach services to the research community; and Altmetric, which tracks and analyzes online activity around scholarly literature.
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by rheyer Posted on August 18, 2015
Registration for ChemSearch Challenge Opens at American Chemical Society meeting 2015
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that registration is now open for participation in the Reaxys ChemSearch Challenge, a series of online quizzes that measure how quickly chemists can find the information they need to correctly answer research questions. Chemists can use their preferred chemistry database or search engine, and the response times and score accuracy will be recorded for the contest.
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RCUK publishes draft Concordat on Open Research Data, seeks feedback on good practice guidelines
Research Councils UK (RCUK), on behalf of the UK Open Research Data Forum, published a draft Concordat on Open Research Data, which sets out expectations of good practice in publishing research data openly. The Concordat aims to help ensure that research data gathered and generated by members of the UK research community is made openly available for use by others wherever possible, in a manner consistent with relevant legal, ethical and regulatory frameworks and norms.
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Royal Society of Chemistry and Royal Society announce journal collaboration
The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Royal Society have jointly announced a new collaboration on the Royal Society’s multidisciplinary open access journal Royal Society Open Science. The Royal Society of Chemistry will manage the commissioning and peer review processes for the chemistry section of the journal.
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Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association selected for inclusion in Thomson Reuters Indexes
The American Psychiatric Nurses Association has announced that the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (JAPNA) has been selected for coverage in Thomson Reuters products and services. The Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association is the official journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA). Articles published in the journal will now be broadly indexed and accessible through Thomson Reuters Web-of-Science, significantly expanding their potential reach and impact on the field of psychiatric-mental health nursing.
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The Mellon Foundation grants OU $1M grant for development of digital Latin library
The University of Oklahoma is the recipient of a $1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the continued development of the Digital Latin Library project, which – when complete – will create resources that people of varying levels of interest and expertise in Latin can use to find, read, discuss, study, teach, edit and annotate Latin texts of all types and eras. This grant will allow OU and its collaborators to move forward on the implementation and launch of this Linked Open Data resource for providing resources and support of new scholarly educational materials related to Latin texts.
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by rheyer Posted on August 17, 2015
Outsell, Inc. publishes new CEO Topics Report: Evaluating Automated Content Tools
Outsell, Inc., the research and advisory firm focused on media, information, and technology, has announced the publication of a new CEO Topics Report: Evaluating Automated Content Tools. The report shows how such technologies have made rapid advances and are now extending beyond content businesses to support all kinds of big data analysis and communication, with profiles of the main vendors and user case studies.
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Wolters Kluwer to acquire Learner’s Digest International
Wolters Kluwer’s Health Division has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of Learner’s Digest International, LLC, for $150 million in cash. Operationally, the company will become part of Wolters Kluwer Health Learning, Research & Practice (LR&P), and will bring a range of offerings that are complementary to LR&P’s existing strengths in quality medical, nursing and other healthcare information solutions.
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The Surgery Journal introduces ‘Submit How You Want,’ a new, simplified submission policy for authors
The Surgery Journal (TSJ), launched in May 2015, has announced a new, simplified submission policy for authors: ‘Submit How You Want.’ As a reflection of TSJ’s unique approach to questioning and improving established publishing models, authors who choose to submit their work to the journal will not be required to format manuscripts before submission.
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Australian ORCID Consortium Model released for comment and expressions of interest
ORCID, a researcher identifier solution which enables a wide range of improvements to the scholarly communications ecosystem, recently released an Australian ORCID Consortium Model for comment and expressions of interest. The Model was developed by the ORCID Working Group. The initial aim is to establish an ORCID Consortium with a minimum of 20 Australian institutional members (plus the Consortium Host). Membership will be open to eligible Australian institutions including current ORCID members and those yet to join.
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European consortium develops new approaches for dealing with Big Data
The new BigStorage project, funded by the European Union, will develop new approaches to deal with Big Data concepts over the next three years, from theoretical basic research to the development of complex infrastructures and software packages. As an Innovative Training Network (ITN) of the European Union, it also plays an important role in the training of researchers and developers in the international context. The various tasks are being addressed by a European consortium of research teams and industrial partners.
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Cengage Learning, McGraw-Hill and Pearson Education sue textbook reseller
Three major education publishers – Cengage Learning, McGraw-Hill and Pearson Education – this week filed a copyright and trademark infringement suit against a US-based textbook reseller for allegedly importing and selling ‘pirated’ foreign editions of popular textbooks. The suit, filed in Massachusetts federal court, accuses a trio of textbook ‘arbitragers’ individually and collectively (under the name Information Recyclers) of selling pirated, ‘counterfeit’ copies of the publishers’ ‘Authentic Works,’ bearing the publishers’ trademarks, at least as far back as June 2014.
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NISO to host in-person forum on the Future of Library Resource Discovery
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) will host a two–day meeting to take place in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 5 and 6, 2015 on The Future of Library Discovery. In February 2015, NISO published a white paper commissioned from library consultant Marshall Breeding by NISO’s Discovery to Delivery Topic Committee. The in–person meeting will be an extension of the white paper with a series of presenters and panels offering an overview of the current resource discovery environment.
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