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The Institute of Management Accountants has announced a partnership agreement with John Wiley and Sons, Inc., publisher of the CMA Learning System, and Miles Professional Education (Miles), a major professional certification course provider in India to provide training and certification tools for a growing group of accounting and finance professionals in India. Under the agreement, Miles commits significant resources to support live training for management accountants preparing to take IMA’s Certified Management Accountant exam using Wiley’s CMALS. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Medical and scientific publisher Thieme Publishers Rio (TPR) has signed on as the publisher for Brazilian Neurosurgery, the official journal of the Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery. TPR will publish four issues of the journal per year, beginning with Volume 34, issue 1, 2015. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that EDP Sciences, a learned-society owned publisher, will preserve its e-journals with Portico, ensuring that their content will be secure and available into the future. EDP Sciences (Édition Diffusion Presse Sciences), a subsidiary of several learned societies, works closely with the scientific world. More Search for more news in this Category |
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The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of the American Library Association, has chosen The US ISSN Center and ProQuest Metadata Integration & Cataloging Section as the recipients of the ALCTS Outstanding Collaboration Citation for 2015. The Outstanding Collaboration Citation recognises and encourages collaborative problem-solving efforts in the areas of acquisition, access, management, preservation or archiving of library materials. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Duke University Press, in partnership with Google and HathiTrust, has opened an initial set of 145 of its backlist titles in HathiTrust. These titles are available under a CC-BY-NC-ND license, and are available for reading and download worldwide. Duke joins other scholarly publishers, including a number of other university presses, in opening titles through HathiTrust. More Search for more news in this Category |
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In early April 2015, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released the ‘NOAA Plan for Increasing Public Access to Research Results’. The plan details the extensive, long-term investments that NOAA has made in the preservation of and access to digital data and how the plan will build upon the existing data and publication policies, infrastructure, and ongoing work of the NOAA Library. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Kudos, which helps researchers maximise the reach and impact of their publications, has announced the completion of its first funding round. The company’s services intersect with several topical issues including research impact, evaluation and metrics, citizen science, open access, social media and the globalisation of research. It has therefore attracted a wide range of investors ranging from industry specialists to more general business angels. More Search for more news in this Category |
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HP, in association with the Frankfurt Book Fair and the International Association of STM Publishers, will for the first time host an exclusive half day forum in London for STM (Science, Technical & Medical) publishers, printers and industry thought leaders from around the world. The event will take place right before the London Book Fair on April 13 and highlight how content and technology can best interplay to create new products, services and revenue streams. Participation is free of charge. More Search for more news in this Category |
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STM publisher Elsevier will demonstrate its suite of solutions for enabling healthcare providers to make informed and impactful decisions at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual meeting in Chicago, IL, April 12-16, 2015. At Booth #2207, Elsevier Clinical Solutions will feature a range of clinical reference and workflow solutions for patient engagement, clinical decision support, performance management and ICD-10 transition. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it will publish the International Journal of Stroke, the official journal of the World Stroke Organization (WSO) incorporating the International Stroke Society (ISS) and the World Stroke Federation (WSF). The first SAGE issue will publish in January 2016. More Search for more news in this Category |
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FIZ Karlsruhe — Leibniz-Institute for Information Infrastructure has again enhanced its document delivery service, FIZ AutoDoc. Before ordering a full-text article, customers can already verify the document’s license coverage under the VG WORT Digital Copyright License or other licenses granted by RightsDirect. This new feature was developed together with RightsDirect, a global provider of licensing and content solutions. More Search for more news in this Category |
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ProQuest has announced that four of its content and education solutions are finalists for five 2015 SIIA CODiE Awards, presented by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the leading association representing the software and digital content industries. Providing diversity and depth with unique, specialised and curated content are compelling distinctions of ProQuest Dialog and ProQuest History Vault within the aggregated content category. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Global healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has added two further online titles to its burgeoning portfolio of specialist and open access journals. The titles are: BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine and RMD Open. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine launched April 9, while RMD Open, a sister title to the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, officially launched earlier this year. More Search for more news in this Category |
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The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released on April 3, 2015, a ‘Plan for Providing Public Access to the Results of Federally Funded Research’. The NIST plan calls for making peer-reviewed scholarly publications and associated data that result from NIST funding publicly accessible. The plan applies to both NIST employees and grantees. More Search for more news in this Category |
Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert
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STM publisher Elsevier has integrated TruCode’s Encoder Essentials, a web services solution for clinical coding, into SimChart for the Medical Office and the resources to support 2015 Step by Step Medical Coding by Carol J. Buck. SimChart for the Medical Office is the industry’s first academic EHR and practice management product to offer students an integrated encoder. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer has announced that four health systems utilising ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support, have achieved Stage 7 of the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption ModelSM (EMRAM) and EMR Ambulatory Adoption Model (A-EMRAM). Through these designations, MetroHealth System, Winona Health, Sparrow Health System and Mercy Health, have stepped out as industry leaders in the national health IT movement. More Search for more news in this Category |
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ProQuest, through its affiliate Bowker, has acquired Palo Alto-based SIPX, a creator of a unique digital course materials solution that addresses a variety of copyright and costs concerns for universities. SIPX eliminates duplicate spending on course packs, collections of assigned readings, by connecting students to materials already purchased and available to them through their university library. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Gale, part of Cengage Learning, is partnering with EveryLibrary, a national non-profit organisation dedicated to non-partisan political action on behalf of libraries, for a media campaign to increase awareness of the role libraries play in community and economic development. The partnership demonstrates Gale’s advocacy on behalf of libraries and its support of National Library Week, observed from April 12-18, 2015. More Search for more news in this Category |
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McGraw-Hill Education, the learning sciences company, has announced a commitment to open technology standards that will lower barriers to integration and allow anyone to build personalised learning experiences that integrate with the company’s technologies. The company announced Microsoft Corporation as its first open technology provider in a collaboration that will enable educators to build their own ‘compound learning objects’ through Microsoft Office Mix and seamlessly integrate them into McGraw-Hill Education’s learning platforms. More Search for more news in this Category |
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OCLC Research Library Partnership has announced two new partners. The Universities are: Harvard University and Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory. The Partner Representatives are Sarah E. Thomas, Vice President for the Harvard Library, and Ludmila Pollock, Executive Director, Library and Archives for Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP) will preserve its e-journals with Portico, ensuring that their content will be secure and available into the future. SCIRP is based in the US and China. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Thomson Reuters has announced a new partnership with Russia’s MISiS National University of Science and Technology to effectively manage the University’s research workflow. MISiS National University of Science and Technology is Russia’s first higher education institution to use Thomson Reuters’ state-of-the-art research scientific information management system Converis. This solution is offered by the Intellectual Property & Scientific business of Thomson Reuters. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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EBSCO Health and Isabel Healthcare (Isabel) have announced an expansion of their existing partnership. EBSCO Health will now sell the Isabel Symptom Checker to hospitals and healthcare organisations. The Isabel Symptom Checker serves as a patient engagement gateway to guide consumers and patients into and through an organisation’s provider network. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has launched a brand new website containing the world’s largest collection of engineering and technology video content. The new IET.tv platform includes over 6,500 multidisciplinary engineering and technology videos, with around 750 being added every year. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced its continuing support of the MathJaxTM project. OUP has been a supporter of MathJaxTM since 2013, which provides the academic community with a seamless user-experience when viewing mathematical equations across digital products. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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Learning science company McGraw-Hill Education launched Connect Master, a personalised, complete course digital solution for college students and instructors at the ASU + GSV Summit 2015. Connect Master provides a highly adaptive, immersive environment where students can show their work and get real-time feedback at every step of the problem-solving process, allowing for a deeper understanding of concepts beyond a single right or wrong answer. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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Global licensing and content solutions organisation Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) has partnered with IPR License to simplify and speed up the process for rightsholders to search, offer, negotiate and complete transactions on a range of subsidiary rights deals through IPR’s online marketplace. CCC refers users seeking subsidiary rights to IPR License, while IPR License transfers rights and permissions requests for partial books to copyright.com. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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Arizona State University (ASU), Cengage Learning and Knewton announced a partnership to co-develop a new Active Adaptive learning solutions which leverage Knewton adaptive technology in brand new ways at the ASU+GSV Summit. These innovators in higher education will co-develop a solution from the ground up utilising cutting edge adaptive technology paired with best–in-class content and active learning activities, empowering instructors to spend more time supporting and inspiring learning and less time managing and lecturing students. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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STM publisher Elsevier has announced the call for submissions for its new open access journal Heliyon. The journal will publish research covering all disciplines. It will be a publishing platform for sound research developed in collaboration with the research community so as to offer researchers a new publishing option tailored to their needs. More Search for more news in this Category |
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The American Psychological Association is partnering with the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) to publish a new quarterly journal, Translational Issues in Psychological Science. The inaugural issue, a special issue titled ‘The Science of Sleep,’ is now available. More Search for more news in this Category |
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has announced the appointment of Betsy L. Humphreys as NLM’s Acting Director, effective April 1, 2015, following the retirement of Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg. Humphreys has served as NLM’s deputy director since 2005, sharing responsibility with the Director for overall program development, program evaluation, policy formulation, direction and coordination of all Library activities. More Search for more news in this Category |
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The Department of Library and Information Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis will launch on April 6 a massive open online course exploring public libraries. The free, four-week course is open to anyone anywhere. Persons interested in the course are encouraged to register in advance, but registration will continue after the class begins. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Library automation services provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of Surrey has selected the next-generation Alma unified resource management solution and the Primo discovery and delivery solution. Primo and Alma will replace multiple systems, including the Library’s Capita (Talis) library management system (LMS) and search system. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Penton, a professional information services company, has announced that its SmartReachTM Web Target business intelligence solution has been named a finalist for the 2015 SIIA CODiE Awards in the ‘Best Lead Generation Solution’ category. Finalists represent the information industry’s best products, technologies, and services created by or for media, publishers, and information services providers. More Search for more news in this Category |
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STM publisher Elsevier and CERN have announced that articles published by CERN authors in Elsevier Physics journals that are not covered by the SCOAP3 Open Access initiative will be published open access. As part of this agreement, CERN results in fields such as nuclear physics, instrumentation, astroparticle physics and scientific computing will appear as open access articles, with copyright retained by CERN and its authors, and reuse determined by Creative Commons CC-BY licenses. More Search for more news in this Category |
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The Clearinghouse for the Open Research of the United States (CHORUS), a cost-effective and sustainable public access solution, has issued a Progress Report on its first eight months in full production mode, which also coincides with the period since CHORUS was named by the US Department of Energy (DOE) as part of its public access solution. CHORUS services and best practices advance public access by streamlining and monitoring public access compliance. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Academic publisher Taylor & Francis has appointed Leon Heward-Mills as Global Publishing Director, Journals, effective April 2, 2015. As Global Publishing Director, Journals, Leon will provide overall leadership for the editorial team worldwide. Leon’s appointment will allow long-serving Publishing Director, David Green, to focus on strategic growth initiatives within Taylor & Francis Group journals. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Publisher Future Science Group has announced that it will provide free access to three of its peer-reviewed, cancer-focused journals for the remainder of 2015. The journals, Hepatic Oncology, Melanoma Management, and the International Journal of Endocrine Oncology present the latest findings in their area of research and treatment, together with authoritative reviews, cutting-edge editorials and perspectives that highlight hot topics and controversy in the field. More Search for more news in this Category |
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HighWire Press, Inc., a technology platform and strategic partner to influential scholarly publishers and societies, has announced the launch of its latest product, Stackly, a web-based toolset for content collection, organisation, storage, and peer-to-peer collaboration. Stackly enables readers to build article collections without leaving a publication site, increasing productivity and providing new channels for collaboration. More Search for more news in this Category |
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McGraw-Hill Education, the learning science company, has announced a completely reengineered, tablet-friendly interface for ALEKS® (Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces), an innovative, adaptive learning system that provides an individualised learning experience for K-20 students based on their unique strengths and weaknesses. While the new ALEKS interface will officially be released to existing users on June 1, a free trial version is currently available to everyone. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Boopsie, Inc., a mobile platform-as-a-service provider for libraries, has announced AccessILSTM, a newly available Platform-as-a-Service that combines robust and responsive technology with innovative services to enable digital content providers to libraries and their users to easily and efficiently integrate their content with major ILS’. Aggregators, publishers and other content providers can now get their products to market faster, reduce costs, and provide a better user experience to worldwide library users. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Scope e-Knowledge Center, the publisher of Knowledgespeak, is happy to be a part of the ‘Light It Up Blue’ awareness campaign. On April 2 every year, Autism Speaks celebrates Light It Up Blue along with the international autism community, in commemoration of the United Nations-sanctioned World Autism Awareness Day. Light It Up Blue is a unique global initiative that kicks-off Autism Awareness Month and helps raise awareness about autism. |
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STM publisher Elsevier has announced that its Materials Science Council has launched the Materials in Society Lecture Series. The inaugural lectures will be presented during the 8th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT). The series will highlight the impact materials science has on our everyday lives through lectures that everyone can access, understand and appreciate. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Open access publisher BioMed Central has announced the launch of a new open access journal – Research Integrity and Peer Review, which will act as an academic forum where these discussions can take place. All aspects of integrity in research publication will be covered by Research Integrity and Peer Review, including peer review, study reporting, and research and publication ethics. Particular consideration will be given to submissions that aim to address current controversies and limitations in the field and offer potential solutions. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Academic publisher SAGE has chosen the RightsLink for Open Access platform from Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) to manage Article Processing Charges (APCs) for its Open Access publications. RightsLink for Open Access streamlines the entire author fee transaction for Open Access charges, page charges, colour charges, and more, giving publishers an author-centric workflow driven by a robust pricing, discount and collections engine. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Wolters Kluwer has announced that Dr. Alexander R. Vaccaro has assumed the role of Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques, the definitive journal of research and clinical practice related to spinal disorders and their surgical treatment, published by Wolters Kluwer. He becomes Editor-in-Chief effective with the April issue of the Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Academic publisher Oxford University Press has announced that submissions are now open for a new Open Access journal – Journal of Urban Ecology. The journal focuses on all aspects of urban environments including the biology of the organisms that inhabit urban areas, the diversity of ecosystem services, and human social issues encountered in urban landscapes. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Digital preservation specialist Portico has announced that CSurgeries will be preserving its e-journal with Portico, ensuring that it will be secure and available into the future. CSurgeries is based in Wexford, Pennsylvania. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Cengage Learning products have been named finalists for nine 2015 CODiE Awards, presented by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the leading association representing the software and digital content industries. The Cengage Learning resources honoured serve the K-12, higher education and library markets and include MindTap, National Geographic Learning and Gale library products as well as DEWALT® Mobile ProTM. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Springer Science+Business Media and Jisc have agreed on a new arrangement which takes into account UK scientists’ need to comply with multiple funders’ open access policies and to have access to the vast library of scientific articles published by Springer, while containing the combined costs of article processing charges and subscriptions. The proposed agreement will cap the amount paid by UK higher education institutions to subscribe and maintain full access to Springer’s high quality subscription journals and to make their researchers’ articles open access in those journals. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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The Royal Society of Chemistry, one of the oldest publishers of scientific information in chemistry, has partnered with Boston-based publishing technology company ReadCube to increase discoverability and enhance their articles within the ReadCube web, desktop and mobile environment. The Royal Society of Chemistry publishes 39 high impact journal titles, has an archive that goes back as far as 1841 and a substantial collection of ebooks. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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STM publisher Elsevier has announced that six of its nursing book titles are recipients of the American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year awards. These winning book titles and many others are available at the Elsevier Store online. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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Thieme Medical Publishers has entered into a publishing agreement with the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR). Thieme plans to publish several new books annually on emerging topics in the field of interventional radiology, a pioneering, image-guided, minimally invasive medical specialty. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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Healthcare information Wolters Kluwer has announced the release of Quality Alignment Manager, a comprehensive resource that assists healthcare organizations with compliance and adherence to evolving regulatory guidelines for performance. An enhancement to ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support, the new feature will flag order sets that are not aligned with quality measures and trigger alerts regarding needed edits or additions. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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The journals of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc., (JBJS) have adopted PRE-val, a service designed to secure greater trust and transparency in peer review. Select ADA and all JBJS journals will now feature the PRE-val badge or text link, giving their readers insight into the peer review process which occurred prior to publication. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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Academic publisher SAGE has announced the winners of a joint sponsorship award with Springer for the Annual 2015 UKSG Conference. The sponsorship award, given to 6 students and early career professionals, enables the winners to attend the 2015 UKSG Annual Conference and be an active part of the debates that are affecting the current academic landscape. MoreSearch for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme |
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STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of the latest edition of Knobil and Neill’s Physiology of Reproduction. Elsevier is introducing this updated foundational reference on human and comparative reproduction along with eight other life sciences book titles at the Experimental Biology 2015 conference held in Boston from March 28–April 1, 2015. The new books are part of Elsevier’s life sciences book portfolio and will be on display at booth # 542. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the launch of a new open access journal spanning the entire breadth of the dentistry field, Clinical and Experimental Dental Research (CEDR). Dr. Asbjørn Jokstad, professor at The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, Norway, will serve as the Editor-in-Chief of CEDR. More Search for more news in this Category |
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The CLOCKSS Archive has entered into an agreement with CHORUS (Clearinghouse for the Open Research of the United States) to support the archiving, preservation, and perpetual public access to articles reporting on US federally funded research, at no additional cost to taxpayers. As a result of the agreement, CHORUS Publisher Members will be able to take advantage of a special arrangement with CLOCKSS to establish permanent, perpetual public access to content and ensure the integrity and sustainability of the scholarly record. More Search for more news in this Category |
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PennWell Corporation, a diversified global media and information company, has announced that it will publish Oil, Gas & Petrochem Equipment (OG&PE) as part of its Oil & Gas Journal beginning in May to serve a consolidated audience of 137,000 oil and gas professionals worldwide. OG&PE grew out of Oil & Gas Journal in 1954 and has since been published monthly to cover industry equipment. More Search for more news in this Category |
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Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers has announced the appointment of Dr. Terry R. Flotte, Executive Deputy Chancellor, Provost, and Dean of the School of Medicine at University of Massachusetts Medical School, as the new incoming Editor-in-Chief of Human Gene Therapy, Human Gene Therapy Methods, and Human Gene Therapy Clinical Development, effective July 1, 2015. Dr. Flotte is currently an Associate Editor of the Journal. More Search for more news in this Category |
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On the occasion of its 125th anniversary, Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers in Basel, Switzerland, has published the complete book titles since its foundation in 1890 online and is presenting Highlights and Special Publications spanning 125 years on the Karger Website. An anniversary Festschrift documenting the history and present-day activities of the independent family-run company, which is led by Gabriella Karger in the fourth generation, is also being released. More Search for more news in this Category |
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) will host the workshop Images and Texts in Medical History: An Introduction to Methods, Tools, and Data from the Digital Humanities on April 11-13, 2016. The event will be funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), part of the NLM’s ongoing partnership with NEH, and held in cooperation with Virginia Tech, The Wellcome Library and The Wellcome Trust. More Search for more news in this Category |