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Scholarly and professional e-books sales increase 7.7 percent in 2014, will grow an additional 6.9 percent in 2015, says Simba report
Scholarly and professional e-books sales increased globally by 7.7 percent in 2014 and will grow an additional 6.9 percent in 2015, according to the latest report from media and publishing intelligence firm Simba Information. The report, Scholarly & Professional E-Book Publishing 2015-2019, found that, although the book market as a whole has taken its lumps due to declining print sales, e-books have greater appeal with library customers, which has led publishers to reinvest in their collections.
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BioMed Central to retract 43 papers for fake peer review
Open access publisher BioMed Central is retracting 43 papers, following their investigation into 50 papers that raised suspicions of fake peer review, possibly involving third-party companies selling the service. BMC has also contacted institutions regarding 60 additional papers that were rejected for publication, but seem to be part of the same kind of scam.
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Jisc launches new service enabling researchers to access digital resources and applications via a single, federated sign-on
Jisc has announced the launch of a new service enabling researchers to access their digital resources and applications through a single, federated sign-on. A world-first, Assent, provided by Jisc, enables simplified, seamless and secure access to the broad range of web and non-web services that researchers commonly need – from cloud, email and file storage services, through to desktop login, high performance computing (HPC) facilities and secure data communications.
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ProQuest Syndetic Solutions now offers local content option for current subscribers
ProQuest has announced that its Syndetic Solutions now offers a local content option for current subscribers. By leveraging the existing Digital Asset functionality in Syndetics, libraries can now upload and access images of their Local Content Collection and display them electronically in their OPAC. Images can be of any items; maps, photos, or other historic content.
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Thieme Publishers Delhi named official publisher for the Trauma Society of India
Thieme Publishers Delhi (TPD) has signed on as the official publisher for the Trauma Society of India (TSI). TPD has agreed to publish two titles per year for TSI. Guidelines in Fracture Management – Nonunion Part 1 and Guidelines in Fracture Management – Proximal Tibia were published in 2014. Guidelines in Fracture Management –Neck of the Femur and Guidelines in Fracture Management – Fractures Around the Ankle and Hind Foot will be published in 2015.
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Cogent OA launches Freedom APCs, an experimental model designed to test affordability in the uptake of Open Access
Cogent OA, an Open Access publisher backed by the Taylor & Francis Group, has announced the launch of Freedom APCs – an experimental new model designed to help match article publishing charges (APCs) to an author’s ability to pay. Through Cogent OA’s Freedom APC model, authors are requested to explore all avenues for funding the publication of their article, such as their funding agency, institution or company and to select a fee from a range of options based on their circumstances and how much they can afford to pay.
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CrossRef appoints Ginny Hendricks to focus on member and community outreach
CrossRef, the global not-for profit digital hub for scholarly communications, has announced the addition of Ginny Hendricks to its management team in the newly-created role of Director of Member and Community Outreach. In this role, she will be responsible for marketing, business development, member services, and product support.
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RCUK publishes first independent review of its open access policy
Research Councils UK (RCUK) has published the first independent review of the implementation of the RCUK Policy on Open Access. Chaired by Professor Sir Bob Burgess, former University of Leicester Vice-Chancellor, the review received an excellent response from the research community, with over 85 submissions of written evidence highlighting how the policy is working in practice, with many positive responses about the principle of open access publishing.
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Nature Index 2015: Asia-Pacific region maintains reputation for high-quality scientific research
The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region has maintained its world-leading reputation for high-quality scientific research, according to the Nature Index APAC supplement 2015, published as a supplement of Nature. APAC nations contributed more than 25 percent of articles included in the Nature Index database in 2014.
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Wolters Kluwer launches UpToDate Anywhere in South Africa
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer has announced the launch of UpToDate® Anywhere in South Africa. UpToDate Anywhere enables South African hospitals and healthcare organisations to provide clinicians with mobile access to UpToDate, the acclaimed evidence-based clinical decision support resource. Clinician usage of UpToDate nationwide is expected to steadily increase as mobile access becomes available in the country’s healthcare institutions.
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CAB Direct reaches 11 million record milestones
Global academic publisher CABI has announced that its bibliographic platform CAB Direct has reached the milestone of 11 million records. CABI’s in-house platform, CAB Direct, hosts CAB Abstracts the leading English language bibliographic database covering the applied life sciences.
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Millennials prefer to read print books to e-books, says new Publishing Technology study
Millennials are more likely to read printed books than ebooks, according to new research by publishing services company, Publishing Technology. The survey ‘How Millennials Consume Content,’ polled 2,000 consumers across the US and UK, aged between 18 and 34. It found that in the last year, nearly twice as many respondents had read a print book (71 per cent), than an ebook on any device – the closest being a tablet (37 percent).
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AAAS and ACCUCOMS confirm new sales representation agreement in South Korea
In light of the positive collaboration in Middle East market, ACCUCOMS and AAAS have confirmed a new sales representation agreement in South Korea. Starting this year, ACCUCOMS sales team will promote AAAS’ four respected and peer-reviewed journals to existing and prospect customers in the corporate market of South Korea.
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Drake University Selects Ex Libris Alma and Primo
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Drake University has selected the Ex Libris Alma unified resource management service and the Ex Libris Primo discovery and delivery solution. Alma and Primo are an integrated cloud-based platform that will be used for collection management, purchasing, and patron account management, among other services at Drake’s Cowles Library and Opperman Law Library.
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Nature Publishing Group and Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences launch first Nature Partner Journal in China
Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SICCAS) has signed an official agreement with Nature Publishing Group to launch the first Nature Partner Journal in China, npj Computational Materials. The open access Nature Partner Journals (NPJ) publish high-quality research in collaboration with world-renowned international partners, and have adopted a modified set of Nature editorial standards.
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Professor Joachim Sauer joins the Editorial Board of Journal of Catalysis
STM publisher Elsevier and the editorial team of Journal of Catalysis are delighted to announce that Professor Joachim Sauer of the Humboldt-Universität Berlin has joined Professors Johannes Lercher, Christophe Copéret, Graham Hutchings, Matthew Neurock, Hans Niemantsverdriet, S. Ted Oyama and Fabio Ribeiro as Editor of Journal of Catalysis. Published since 1962, the journal publishes upward of 300 papers each year and its current Impact Factor is 6.073, making it the 4th ranking journal in the ISI category Engineering, Chemical.
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Biomedical researchers look to post-publication peer review to build grant funding case
Jason McDermott, a Senior Research Scientist in computational biology and bioinformatics at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, WA, USA, has become one of the first to publish online his preliminary research methodology and data to gain peer reviews that he hopes will strengthen his R01 grant application to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). While the concept of online and transparent peer-reviewing of research is increasingly being adopted, it is unusual for preliminary research to enter the public domain in such a way.
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OCLC and LexisNexis work together to make LexisNexis Academic database available to mutual subscribers via OCLC WorldCat Discovery Services
OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, and LexisNexis are working together to make the LexisNexis Academic database available to mutual subscribers through OCLC WorldCat Discovery Services. LexisNexis Academic features a collection over 15,000 news, legal, and business sources.
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APA to publish new interdisciplinary journal Motivation Science
The American Psychological Association has announced that it will publish Motivation Science, a new interdisciplinary journal featuring significant contributions to the study of motivation. The journal will publish papers on diverse approaches to the science of motivation, including studies from all subfields of psychology, as well as the fields of cognitive science, economics, sociology, management science, organizational science, neuroscience and political science.
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Cengage Learning and Flashnotes.com introduce Cengage Learning Scholar Program
In an effort to provide new and more effective ways for students to study and learn, Cengage Learning, a global education company, and Flashnotes.com, an online student-to-student study materials marketplace, announced the Cengage Learning Scholar Program. The preferred seller program enhances peer-to-peer learning and empowers instructors to support better learning outcomes, while allowing scholars to profit from their exceptional note-taking, and other students to find varied ways to learn and understand course concepts.
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Peer J and PeerJ Preprints to be preserved with Portico
PeerJ and PeerJ Preprints will be preserved with Portico through its E-Journal Preservation Service, ensuring that this content will be secure and available into the future. PeerJ is an Open Access, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal. PeerJ PrePrints is the ‘pre-print’ area of PeerJ.
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Arkansas Tech University adopts Ex Libris Alma and Primo
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the Ross Pendergraft Library of the Arkansas Tech University has selected the Ex Libris Alma library management solution as well as the Ex Libris Primo discovery and delivery solution. Following an extensive and formal market evaluation, and continuing the trend of current Ex Libris Voyager customers upgrading to Alma, the library is aiming to streamline operations by providing a cloud-based, open, and unified platform for all collections, which integrates smoothly with the university’s two satellite campuses.
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Publishing For Digital Minds virtual conference connects nearly a million people across six continents
Around The World in 8 Hours, the virtual stream of The London Book Fair’s Publishing for Digital Minds conference generated 17.8 million impressions and reached 882,000 users on Twitter alone on March 18. The virtual conference – which was the first of its type mounted by a major publishing conference – took place between 8am and 4.30pm GMT on March 18.
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Elsevier and the International Society for Sexual Medicine announce publishing agreement
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that it has been selected by the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) to publish its flagship journal, The Journal of Sexual Medicine, as well as Sexual Medicine Reviews and open access journal Sexual Medicine, as of January 2016. The Journal of Sexual Medicine (JSM) is the premier, authoritative publication in the field, publishing high-impact multidisciplinary basic and clinical science in monthly issues.
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Wiley launches interdisciplinary OA journal, Inside the Cell
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the launch of Inside the Cell as part of the Wiley Open Access publishing program. Inside the Cell publishes research covering a broad range of areas within cell and molecular biology and seeks to present integrative insights of broad relevance. The journal is the latest addition to Wiley’s portfolio of cell and molecular biology journals, complementing widely respected titles such as BioEssays, Traffic, and Proteins.
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ProQuest and Google collaborate for full text indexing of ProQuest journals in Google Scholar
ProQuest will enable the full text of its scholarly journal content to be indexed in Google Scholar, improving research outcomes. Work is underway and the company anticipates that by the third-quarter of 2015, users starting their research in Google Scholar will be able to access scholarly content via ProQuest.
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Universities showcase impact of global research studies in Online Database
Global technology company Digital Science, which serves the scientific and academic research community, has completed the collation of more than 6,500 case study documents into the REF Impact Case Study database. It is the first time universities have attempted to describe and quantify the far-reaching impact of their work.
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IOP Publishing journals now indexed in ReadCube
Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP) has announced an agreement with Boston-based publishing technology company ReadCube to increase the discoverability and enhance their articles within the ReadCube web, desktop and mobile environment. Thirty-four journal titles, including the Journal of Physics series, are now fully discoverable via ReadCube’s web, desktop, and mobile reading portals, plus search engines and recommendation feeds.
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Unlimited Priorities and NCSU Libraries collaborate to open up Accessible Archives’ databases for text and data mining for client libraries
Unlimited Priorities LLC, a firm specializing in support for small and medium-size companies in the information and publishing industries, and The North Carolina State University Libraries (NCSU Libraries), have collaborated to open up Accessible Archives‘ databases for text and data mining for client libraries. Text and data mining (TDM) encompasses dozens of computationally-intensive techniques and procedures used to examine and transform data and metadata.
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Unbound Platform used to create and distribute Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide
Unbound Medicine, a knowledge management solutions for healthcare, has extended its digital publishing relationship with Johns Hopkins Medicine through the release of the Johns Hopkins Psychiatry Guide. This new resource was developed by a team of physicians at the world-renowned Johns Hopkins Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic using Unbound’s online authoring system, uPubTM, then published to the Unbound Platform for distribution on the web and mobile devices.
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Jisc invests in collaborative projects to improve research data management
Researchers from across the UK are set to benefit from the development of new services which look to overcome the biggest challenges facing the research community, through research data spring. Research data spring is an initiative to create innovative partnerships between researchers, librarians, publishers and developers to develop new solutions to common research problems.
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Springer and Université Joseph Fourier release new, open source software to discover fake scientific papers
STM publisher Springer has announced the release of SciDetect, a new software program that automatically checks for fake scientific papers. This is the result of an intensive collaboration with Dr. Cyril Labbé from Université Joseph Fourier in Grenoble, France. The open source software discovers text that has been generated with the SCIgen computer program and other fake-paper generators like Mathgen and Physgen.
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Elsevier announces second edition of Handbook of Toxicology of Chemical Warfare Agents, publishes three additional Toxicology book titles
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the second edition of its highly respected Handbook of Toxicology of Chemical Warfare Agents. Elsevier is introducing this essential reference – which addresses important aspects of deadly toxic chemicals used in conflicts, warfare and terrorism – along with three other new toxicology books at ToxExpo 2015.
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The National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and IOP Publishing sign new MoU to support OA publications
The National Science Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSCL) and non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP) have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding to support open access publications for Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) researchers. The Memorandum indicates the commitment of both organisations to work together to create sustainable open access options for the future.
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Oklahoma Panhandle State University selects EBSCO Discovery Service
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has announced that the Oklahoma Panhandle State University has selected EBSCO Discovery ServiceTM (EDS) as its library discovery tool. The university chose EDS to increase resource usage and improve library visibility at its Marvin E. McKee Library.
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CCC’s Get It Now academic solution now integrated with OCLC’s WorldShare Interlibrary Loan service
Global licensing and content solutions organisation Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) has announced that its Get It Now academic solution is now integrated with OCLC’s WorldShare Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service, which claims to be the largest ILL network in the world. This integration with OCLC is based on the librarian-mediated version of Get It Now and supports payment of Get It Now article purchases through OCLC’s Interlibrary Loan Fee Management service.
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Gale announces integration of Gale Artemis: Primary Sources into Cengage Learning’s MindTap e-learning platform
Leveraging its unique ability to bridge from the library to the classroom, Gale is integrating Gale Artemis: Primary Sources into Cengage Learning’s MindTap e-learning platform. The move brings library content directly into a student’s learning path, facilitates collaboration between librarians and faculty, drives usage of library collections and positions the library closer to the engagement taking place in the classroom.
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Four Kentucky university libraries select OCLC WorldShare Management Services
OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, has announced that Eastern Kentucky University, Kentucky State University, Northern Kentucky University and the University of Louisville have selected OCLC WorldShare Management Services as their library management system. WorldShare Management Services (WMS) provide cloud-based library management and discovery applications in an integrated suite.
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Covington County Library System signs seven-year agreement with SirsiDynix
SirsiDynix has announced that Covington County Library System (CCLS), a three-member system in Mississippi, has signed a seven-year agreement with SirsiDynix. In addition to selecting the Symphony Integrated Library System, CCLS has also selected Enterprise, eResource Central (eRC), and SMS Notifications.
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Oman’s Ministry of Health selects Elsevier’s ClinicalKey
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that ClinicalKey, an electronic medical reference, will be utilised in 47 secondary and tertiary hospitals, 22 extended healthcare centers, and 170 primary healthcare centers in Oman. More than 10,000 health professionals in Oman will have access to ClinicalKey.
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Jisc selects ProQuest to provide ebooks to UK Further Education colleges
ProQuest has been chosen by Jisc to continue to provide key ebooks to Further Education (FE) Institutions across the UK. The new agreement runs through 2016 and enables more than 400 colleges across the UK to access more than 400 key ebooks at no cost via ProQuest’s ebrary platform.
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Penn State librarians approve OA policy for scholarly work
Penn State University Libraries faculty recently voted to embrace open access principles when publishing their scholarly articles. The Open Access Policy, passed into legislation at the February 11, 2015, Library Faculty Organization meeting, preserves the right of library faculty to publish where they wish, but encourages authors to take advantage of open access opportunities whenever feasible.
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Blackboard completes acquisition of Schoolwires
Education technology company Blackboard Inc. has announced that it has finalized its acquisition of Schoolwires, one of the leading educational website, hosting and content management providers to K-12 schools and districts. With the close of this acquisition, Blackboard continues to demonstrate its commitment to be the leading K-12 provider of school websites and parent notification solutions.
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United for Libraries now accepting applications for Baker & Taylor Awards
United for Libraries is accepting applications for the Baker & Taylor Awards, given to friends of the library groups and library foundations. Applications are due May 1, 2015. Given annually since 2000, the Baker & Taylor Awards have recognised more than 40 groups for outstanding efforts to support their library. Two winning groups will each receive $1,000.
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AMI Software and Elsevier in deal to integrate Scopus Data into AMI Enterprise Intelligence
STM publisher Elsevier and market intelligence solutions provider AMI Software (AMI) have announced an agreement to provide AMI Software’s core product AMI Enterprise Intelligence (AMI EI) with access to data from Scopus. The AMI-Elsevier agreement allows AMI customers, with a subscription to Scopus, to import bibliographic records from Scopus, via an automated process, into AMI EI.
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EBSCO unveils Orbit, an online catalogue of EBSCO Discovery Service apps
EBSCO OrbitTM, an online catalogue of apps that enhance the EBSCO discovery experience for library users, is now available from EBSCO Information Services. The self-service environment allows libraries to browse and request apps, and offers the opportunity to have EBSCO manage these apps. Orbit includes a collection of nearly 100 apps which will continue to expand.
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Cambridge University Press adopts OrgRef for improved data quality
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press (CUP) has adopted the OrgRef dataset to help clean and de-duplicate its customer data. OrgRef is a free and open dataset which has been created by DataSalon for the benefit of the scholarly publishing community. OrgRef shares structured information about organisations from Wikipedia and other open resources, and aims to cover the most important academic and research organisations worldwide.
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Prof. Venki Ramakrishnan to succeed Sir Paul Nurse as next President of the Royal Society
Professor Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, a Wellcome Trust Investigator, has been announced as the next President of the Royal Society. The Nobel Prize-winning structural biologist will take up the position in December 2015 when the current President, Sir Paul Nurse, steps down.
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Singapore Institute of Management goes live with Ex Libris Alma
Library automation services provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) is live with the Ex Libris Alma library management solution. The first library in Singapore to adopt Alma, SIM expects the migration to serve as a transformative platform to realize the Library’s ‘Vision 2020’ milestones.
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ALCTS names Michael Levine-Clark as 2015 winner of HARRASSOWITZ Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award
International booksellers and subscription agent HARRASSOWITZ has announced that the Acquisitions Section of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) has announced the 2015 Winner of the HARRASSOWITZ Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award. The ALCTS Award Jury has selected Michael Levine-Clark, Associate Dean for Scholarly Communication and Collections Services and Professor at the University of Denver, to receive the award for 2015.
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SPARC applauds reintroduction of the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act
SPARC, an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication, has applauded the reintroduction of the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research (FASTR) Act, which would ensure that public access to research articles becomes the law of the land. FASTR calls for federal agencies with extramural research budgets in excess of $100 million to establish consistent, permanent public access policies for articles reporting on their funded research.
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New Wiley survey offers new insights to aid academic associations
Results from a survey of researchers and research-based professionals by publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. reveal the most valued benefits offered to members by scholarly societies. When asked which aspect of society membership appeals most, 27 percent of respondents indicate that access to a peer-reviewed journal publishing scholarly research is most appealing. Another 26 percent of respondents said that continuing education and training opportunities are most valued.
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Brill announces support for ‘STM Principles for Article Sharing’ initiative
Scholarly publisher Brill has announced its support for the STM Association’s Consultation on Article Sharing. The initiative puts forward a draft of voluntary principles for the sharing of published articles via SCNs, also known as Social Sharing Networks (SSNs), as a starting point for a public discussion among stakeholders, including researchers, authors, their collaborators, librarians, SCNs and publishers alike.
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EBSCO supports open resource integration through technology development
In line with its open metadata and technology sharing policy, EBSCO has shown a commitment to supporting its customers. On the heels of the recent acquisition of YBP, EBSCO has made the official company decision to develop fully open APIs for both YBP’s GOBI services and its subscription service division’s journal services that can be readily consumed by ILS and other technology services providers.
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National Science Foundation announces plan for comprehensive public access to research results
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced its continued commitment to expand public access to the results of its funded research through the publication of its public access plan, Today’s Data, Tomorrow’s Discoveries. NSF’s public access is intended to accelerate the dissemination of fundamental research results that will advance the frontiers of knowledge and help ensure the nation’s future prosperity.
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BMJ and eIntegrity partnership to provide e-learning for health professionals worldwide
Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has teamed up with eIntegrity to provide e-learning programmes for health professionals around the world. The programmes have been developed by e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH), a Health Education England programme, in collaboration with the UK’s medical Royal Colleges and other expert organisations.
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NISO approves new projects to develop standards for bibliographic vocabulary exchange
The voting members of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) have approved three new projects to develop standards to better support exchange and interoperability of bibliographic data. These projects were identified as high priorities in NISO’s Bibliographic Roadmap pre-standards initiative, which was funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Oxford University Press wins Publisher of the Year Award 2015 from UK Booksellers’ Association
Academic publisher Oxford University Press has been honoured with the Publisher of the Year Award 2015 by the UK Booksellers’ Association. This is the sixth consecutive year that the Press has claimed the title since 2010.
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SAE Backfile now available, coverage 1906 – present

The papers from the Society of Automotive Engineers are now available to UC Davis users in full-text going back to 1906. Previous access to papers was limited to 1998 – present.

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The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Digital Library provides access to thousands of SAE Technical Papers covering research in all areas of mobility engineering including ground vehicle, aerospace, off-highway, and manufacturing technology.

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Elsevier unveils new journal – Molecular Astrophysics
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the launch of the Molecular Astrophysics, a new journal focusing on the formation of molecules in space. Editor-in-Chief Professor Alexander Tielens, astronomer at Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands, will lead the team of Editors and Editorial Board members that have committed themselves to the journal.
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IEEE and SMPTE partner to bring innovative standards and peer-reviewed articles in motion-imaging technology to IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Technical professional organisation IEEE has announced a partnership with the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), the worldwide leader in motion-imaging standards and education for the communications, media, entertainment, and technology industries. With this partnership, IEEE will host the SMPTE Digital Library within the IEEE Xplore Digital Library.
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EBSCO Information Services releases Chinese Insight
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has released Chinese InsightTM, a full-text database that provides coverage of a wide range of predominantly Chinese-language journals. Chinese Insight, produced by Airiti Press Inc. in Taiwan, will support information and research needs related to the dynamic Greater China region. Content is indexed in both Chinese and English making this a valuable resource for researchers worldwide.
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RSC Publishing announces 2016 launch of new journal – Nanoscale Horizons
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Publishing is introducing Nanoscale Horizons, launching next year. Professor Harold Craighead, Professor of Engineering at Cornell University, USA and a pioneer in nanofabrication methods, will serve as the Editorial Board Chair. He will head up an expert editorial board, led by Executive Editor Dr Fiona McKenzie.
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The Ecological Societies of America and China launch new international, interdisciplinary, open access journal
The Ecological Society of America (ESA) and the Ecological Society of China (ESC) have jointly launched a new open access scholarly research journal to foster communication of applied ecological research across national and disciplinary boundaries. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability features international collaborations, interdisciplinary research, and multi-scale projects.
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BMJ announced as supporting partner for new Parliamentary group
Medical knowledge provider BMJ has announced it will be a supporting partner for a new cross-party Parliamentary group to be launched after the UK General Election in May. Focusing on implementation and the importance of effective delivery of health innovations for patients, the prospective group for Bioscience & Technology in Healthcare will be for all politicians who want to see the NHS benefit promptly from UK investment and excellence in science and technology.
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DCL digitally collaborates with Malaysia’s USM Press to grow its online textbooks and academic journals list
The tremendous growth in the eBook market led Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (Penerbit USM, thereafter USM Press) to tap Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL) to convert its inventory of books and academic journals to EPUB format. In the past 21 months, this partnership has facilitated growth of USM Press’s list of eBook titles and digitised journals, and penetration of the global distribution channels that extend its product reach.
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UC Shared Print Strategy and Operations Teams announce new service – Journal Archiving Campaigns to the RLFs
The UC Shared Print Strategy and Operations Teams have announced a new service – Journal Archiving Campaigns to the RLFs (JACS). Journal archiving campaigns provide a coordinated approach to selecting, depositing, consolidating and preserving print journal backfiles at the Regional Library Facilities (RLFs). The service consists of annual, coordinated deposits of all campus holdings for a defined list of journals to the RLFs.
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