Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert

by rheyer Posted on February 5, 2015
John Wiley & Sons announces transition of three journals to Wiley Open Access publishing program
Global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the transition of three journals to the Wiley Open Access publishing program, bringing the total number of Wiley’s open access titles to 47. From January 1, 2015, all published articles in Conservation Letters, Thoracic Cancer and The Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine will be open access and free to view, download and share.
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Elsevier Materials Science journals offer multiple data sharing options for Materials Science researchers
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that its data sharing infrastructure has been implemented across 13 journals covering all areas of Materials Science. Offering multiple data sharing options for an entire subject discipline not only meets the needs of researchers in the field, but also addresses one of the key objectives in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy outlined in its Strategic Plan for the Materials Genome Initiative: unlock durable access to research data.
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Department Of Justice not to challenge IEEE’s proposal to update patent policy
The US’ Department of Justice has announced that it will not challenge a proposal by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) to update the IEEE Standards Association’s (IEEE-SA) patent policy. That policy governs the incorporation of patented technology in IEEE standards and explains the terms under which holders of patents essential to IEEE standards commit to make licenses available for use in implementing IEEE standards.
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Altmetric now tracking Wikipedia references to research outputs
Alternative metrics provider Altmetric has announced that any mentions of articles or other academic outputs in Wikipedia will now be reflected in a new ‘Wikipedia’ tab on the Altmetric details page. The English version alone contains over 4.7 million articles, and as of February 2014 there were nearly 500 million unique users and over 73,000 active editors.
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Gale receives several honours from the MarCom Awards
Creative campaigns that blend the benefits of products and services with true advocacy on behalf of libraries have propelled Gale, a provider of library resources, to be recognised by the MarCom Awards, a competitive award competition that spans industry types and companies of all sizes. Competing against thousands, Gale, part of Cengage Learning, took home several honours including four Platinum Awards, three Gold Awards and two Honorable Mentions.
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Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert

by rheyer Posted on February 4, 2015
Inaugural ‘2015 Best Chinese University Ranking’ report powered by Scopus data and SciVal analytics
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that the inaugural and newly-released ‘2015 Best Chinese University Ranking’ report, based on Shanghai Ranking Consultancy (SRC)’s evaluation, is anchored on its Scopus research database and powered by metrics from SciVal analytics – both part of the Elsevier Research Intelligence portfolio. The report provides a detailed look at key research performance indicators of more than 1,000 higher education institutions across mainland China.
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Ford Foundation adopts open licensing policy for all grant-funded projects and research
The Ford Foundation has announced that it is adopting an open licensing policy for all grant-funded projects and research to promote greater transparency and accessibility of materials. Effective February 1, grantees and consultants will be required to make foundation-funded materials subject to a Creative Commons license allowing others, free of charge and without requesting permission, the ability to copy, redistribute, and adapt existing materials, provided they give appropriate credit to the original author.
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Ninth Annual Knovel Academic Challenge begins
The Ninth Annual Knovel Academic Challenge launched on February 2nd providing an opportunity for thousands of students at hundreds of academic institutions worldwide to compete to win prizes. The Knovel Academic Challenge, hosted by Elsevier, presents a series of questions on engineering-related topics.
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Annual Reviews appoints Dr. Richard Gallagher as President and Editor-In-Chief
Annual Reviews, the non-profit publisher that synthesises critical research literature, has appointed Dr. Richard Gallagher as President and Editor-In-Chief, effective May 1, 2015. He succeeds Samuel Gubins, who will be retiring after 20 years of service and will remain with Annual Reviews to ensure a smooth and successful transition.
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Springer Publishing Company and Demos Medical Publishing announce merger
As of January 1, 2015 the Springer Publishing Company and Demos Medical Publishing, both owned by Mannheim Media LLC, have been combined into one company under the Springer Publishing Company corporate name. Demos Medical Publishing will continue as an imprint of Springer Publishing.
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Association of Canadian Publishers and Ingram Content Group develop digital to print program for publishers
Ingram Content Group Inc. and the Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP) have announced a digital to print program, offered through Ingram’s Lightning Source Inc. that gives ACP member publishers tools to easily convert digital books to physical books and print and distribute them to booksellers and readers around the world. ACP’s digital to print program exposes Canadian publisher content to an expanded audience of readers worldwide.
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Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert

by rheyer Posted on February 3, 2015
PeerJ launches new OA journal – PeerJ Computer Science
Open access publisher PeerJ has announced the launch of PeerJ Computer Science, a cross-disciplinary open access journal publishing articles across all fields of computer science. The journal will start accepting preprints on February 3rd and peer-review articles on February 12th, which is also PeerJ’s two-year anniversary of publishing in the biological and medical sciences.
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Maney Publishing unveils digital archives, unlocks over a century’s worth of content
Academic publisher Maney Publishing has announced that the new MORE (Maney Online Research E-journal) Digital Archives include the back-file content of 80 journals and offer instant online access to a wealth of significant, historical research and scholarly excellence, much of which has been published by academic and professional societies. Now available as a one-off purchase to higher education institutions, the Archives cover the humanities and social sciences, health sciences, and materials science and engineering, and include over 450,000 pages of content from internationally renowned journals.
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Oklahoma State University Libraries select Ex Libris Alma and Primo
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Oklahoma State University (OSU), together with the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical (A&M) College System of 11 universities and colleges, has selected Ex Libris Alma for next-generation resource management services and Ex Libris Primo for unified resource discovery. Members of the consortium are replacing numerous systems, including the Voyager integrated library system.
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Submissions for 2015 Brill/IFLA Open Access award called for
International scholarly publisher Brill and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) have announced the 2015 IFLA/Brill Open Access award. The IFLA/Brill Open Access award is created to reward initiatives that facilitate and/or promote Open Access Scholarly Monographs in the humanities or social sciences.
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McGraw-Hill Education appoints Dr. Heath Morrison as Senior Vice President of Government Affairs
Learning science company McGraw-Hill Education has announced that Dr. Heath Morrison will be joining the company as senior vice president of government affairs. In this role, he will be responsible for representing the company’s government-related opportunities before federal and state legislators and regulators and representatives of local school districts.
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PCG celebrates 25 years of service to scholarly publishers
Sales, marketing and research consultancy Publishers Communication Group (PCG) has announced plans to mark its silver jubilee in 2015, having helped more than one hundred publishers connect with thousands of libraries and millions of end-users around the world over the past quarter century. The company will host a series of commemorative events and speaking engagements throughout the year.
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Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert

by rheyer Posted on February 2, 2015
ProQuest’s new integrated ebook platform to be called ProQuest Ebook Central
ProQuest unveiled the name of its eagerly anticipated new ebook platform – ProQuest Ebook Central. Launching in mid-2015, ProQuest Ebook Central will integrate key elements from both ebrary and EBL – Ebook Library, along with all-new functionality, delivering a next-generation experience for researchers and librarians around the globe.
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EBSCO unveils Explora, a new EBSCOhost interface for schools and public libraries
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is introducing ExploraTM, an appealing new EBSCOhost® interface for K12 schools and public libraries. EBSCO designed Explora following a series of user research studies with the goal of better assisting students in completing research and classroom assignments and providing a more intuitive search experience for public library patrons.
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ProVation Order Sets receive 2014 KLAS Category Leader Award for Clinical Decision Support-Order Sets Software
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer has announced that ProVation® Order Sets, powered by UpToDate® Decision Support, received the KLAS Category Leader award in the Clinical Decision Support-Order Sets segment of the 2014 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report. This recognition comes on the heels of ProVation Order Sets being ranked by KLAS Research as having the best overall performance among order set solutions in its report, ‘CDS Order Sets and Care Plans 2014: Choosing the Best Option.’
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IOP Publishing celebrates International Year of Light 2015
This year many scientific societies, educational institutions and other organisations are coming together to celebrate the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies 2015 (IYL 2015). This global initiative is designed to raise awareness of the importance of light and optical technologies in our lives, for our futures, and for the development of society. Two of IOP Publishing’s (IOP) publications, Physics World magazine and Journal of Optics, are official media partners of the IYL 2015.
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Memorial University of Newfoundland opts for Ex Libris Solutions
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada has adopted a suite of Ex Libris solutions comprising Alma® library management solution, the Primo® discovery and delivery solution, and the Rosetta digital asset management and preservation system. These solutions replace multiple disparate legacy systems used by the Library.
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Richard Holada joins Truven Health Analytics as Chief Data and Technology Officer
Healthcare analytics and data solutions and services provider Truven Health Analytics has announced the appointment of Richard Holada as Chief Data and Technology Officer. In this newly created role, Holada will drive the alignment between the company’s core analytic and data capabilities – which include the world’s largest database of private sector health insurance claims – and solution development.
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Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert

by rheyer Posted on January 30, 2015
Nature Publishing Group and The University of Queensland launch new OA journal – npj Science of Learning
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group has partnered with The University of Queensland (UQ) to publish npj Science of Learning, a new open access research journal that will explore the neurobiology of learning in experimental and educational environments. UQ researcher Professor Pankaj Sah of the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the new journal.
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ProQuest joins BIBCO and ECIP Cataloging Partnership Programs
ProQuest has announced that it has become a partner in the Library of Congress’ Electronic Cataloging in Publication (ECIP) Cataloging Partnership and BIBCO Programs. The company is the first publisher ever to partner in the ECIP program and joins academic libraries in cataloguing pre-publication galleys of U.S. imprints received at the Library of Congress.
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Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering now open for submissions
Swiss open-access publisher Frontiers has announced that Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering is open for submissions. The journal welcomes original, theoretical, and applied research in mechanical sciences and engineering, with a scope from the nano- to the macroscale.
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Historical databases now accessible to libraries through WorldCat and WorldCat Discovery Services
Accessible Archives, Inc., a publisher of electronic full-text searchable historical databases, has entered into an agreement with OCLC, a nonprofit library cooperative providing research, programs and services for libraries, to add MARC records from hundreds of digitised historical book resources to WorldCat for discovery of these valuable resources worldwide. Accessible Archives’ diverse primary source collections, which now are available through WorldCat Discovery Services, also include newspapers and periodicals from Colonial and Early America.
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Maney Publishing partners with ReadCube to widen reach of its collection
Academic publisher Maney Publishing has announced its partnership with Boston-based publishing software company ReadCube. Through ReadCube’s Discover service, over 100,000 articles from Maney Publishing will be indexed, with their discoverability bolstered via ReadCube’s web, desktop, and mobile reading portals, search engines, and recommendation feeds.
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University of Iowa Libraries select Ex Libris Cloud solutions
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of Iowa has selected Ex Libris Alma for next-generation resource management services. Alma will replace a number of systems, including the Aleph integrated library system.
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Baker & Taylor’s new Axis 360 app streamlines access to digital content for mobile users
Baker & Taylor, the premier worldwide distributor of digital and print books, has announced the launch of its new Axis 360 app for both Apple and Android devices. The Axis 360 app offers mobile users the ability to discover, download and listen to digital audiobooks, as well as access ebooks to read, within a single application.
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Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert

by rheyer Posted on January 29, 2015
Springer assumes control of Autoimmunity Highlights journal, shifts journal to open access
STM publisher Springer has assumed control of the journal Autoimmunity Highlights, which was previously owned by A. Menarini Diagnostics, an Italian company. In doing so Springer has also elected to make the journal an open access (OA) publication, which will allow for its published findings to be immediately available.
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Academic institutions worldwide select ProQuest Intota for transformative library management capabilities and industry-leading user experience
Academic institutions around the world are selecting the IntotaTM library services platform, a transformational cloud-based service that simplifies two major challenges libraries face today – collection assessment and e-resource management. Released last June, Intota v1 combines industry-leading discovery, linking, collection management and assessment in one system, built on a single, authoritative knowledgebase.
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SAGE set to publish Health Environments Research & Design journal
Academic publisher SAGE will begin publishing Health Environments Research & Design (HERD), a journal that publishes research on the relationships among health and environmental design and organisational, provider, and patient outcomes. The journal will continue to be affiliated with the Center for Health Design.
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Applications invited for CSA Trust Grant for 2015
The Chemical Structure Association (CSA) Trust, an internationally recognised organisation established to promote the critical importance of chemical information to advances in chemical research, has created a unique Grant Program and is now inviting the submission of grant applications for 2015. The Grant Program has been created to provide funding for the career development of young researchers who have demonstrated excellence in their education, research or development activities that are related to the systems and methods used to store, process and retrieve information about chemical structures, reactions and compounds.
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IOP Publishing relaunches Journal of Optics
Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP) has announced that it is relaunching Journal of Optics (JOPT) in 2015 with a new, expanded scope and a fresh look. JOPT, under different journal names, has been part of the optics community for more than 100 years with some of the earliest discoveries in optical manipulation, transformation optics and plasmonic lasers, having been published in the journal.
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Wolters Kluwer publishes guide for achieving compliance with USP <797> Guidelines for Pharmaceutical Compounding
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer has announced the release of a complementary guide designed to help healthcare organisations stay compliant with U.S. Pharmacopeia Chapter <797> Pharmaceutical Compounding – Sterile Preparations (USP 797). A Step-by-Step Guide to a USP 797 Compliant Pharmacy details the core practice and quality steps needed to optimise patient safety during compounding sterile preparations (CSPs) in healthcare organisations.
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Ex Libris Group announces development partnership with universities from the US, the UK, Belgium and Australia
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced a development partnership with the libraries of the University of Oklahoma (OU) in the US, Imperial College and Kingston University in the UK, KU Leuven in Belgium, and UNSW Australia. The partners will participate in the development of a new reading-list solution that is now in the works at Ex Libris.
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Credo’s Literati Academic selected as a 2014 Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Information skills solutions provider Credo has announced Literati Academic’s selection as a 2014 Choice Outstanding Academic Title. Choice’s 2014 review emphasised the ‘huge potential’ for students and faculty and concluded that Literati Academic is ‘highly recommended.’ Literati Academic is an online research platform and library teaching tool which offers point-of-need instruction and supports students’ self-directed research.
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Synthesis Update from Morgan & Claypool Publishers

by rheyer Posted on January 29, 2015
The Following Lectures Were Published in December and are included in Collection Six

Combating Bad Weather Part I: Rain Removal from Video
Sudipta Mukhopadhyay, IIT Kharagpur
Abhishek Kumar Tripathi, Uurmi Systems
Synthesis Lectures on Image, Video, and Multimedia Processing

Combating Bad Weather Part II:
Fog Removal from Image and Video
Sudipta Mukhopadhyay, IIT Kharagpur
Abhishek Kumar Tripathi, Uurmi Systems
Synthesis Lectures on Image, Video, and Multimedia Processing

Designed Technologies for Healthy Aging
Claudia B. Rebola, Rhode Island School of Design
Synthesis Lectures on Assistive, Rehabilitative, and Health-Preserving Technologies

Fieldwork for Healthcare:
Guidance for Investigating Human Factors in Computing Systems
Dominic Furniss, University College London
Rebecca Randell, University of Leeds
Aisling Ann O’Kane, University College London
Svetlena Taneva, University Health Network, Toronto
Helena Mentis, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Ann Blandford, University College London
Synthesis Lectures on Assistive, Rehabilitative, and Health-Preserving Technologies

Mechanical Testing for the Biomechanics Engineer:
A Practical Guide
Marnie M. Saunders, The University of Akron, Ohio
Synthesis Lectures on Biomedical Engineering

Physically Unclonable Functions (PUFs):
Applications, Models, and Future Directions
Christian Wachsmann, Technische Universität, Darmstadt, Germany
Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, Technische Universität, Darmstadt, Germany
Synthesis Lectures on Information Security, Privacy, and Trust

Power-Efficient Computer Architectures:
Recent Advances
Magnus Själander, Uppsala University
Margaret Martonosi, Princeton University
Stefanos Kaxiras, Uppsala University
Synthesis Lectures on Computer Architecture

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Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert

by rheyer Posted on January 28, 2015
ProQuest, University of Michigan Library and Bodleian Libraries provide 25,000 early modern books as open access text
The full text of more than 25,000 titles from the acclaimed ProQuest resource Early English Books Online (EEBO) are now openly available on the websites of the University of Michigan Library and the Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford. The new open access titles are the result of work of the Text Creation Partnership (TCP), a longstanding effort to transcribe early modern print books, creating standardised, accurate XML/SGML encoded electronic text editions.
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Wiley launches premium open access journal Advanced Science
Publisher John Wiley and Sons, Inc., has announced the launch of Advanced Science, a new premium, interdisciplinary open access journal. Advanced Science publishes cutting-edge research, selected through a rigorous and fair reviewing process and is presented using the highest quality production standards to create a premium open access journal.
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DynaMed grant to allow free website to continue to provide infectious diseases specialists with beneficial educational resource
A grant from DynaMed will enable healthcare professionals to continue to have the opportunity to learn from interesting and instructive infectious disease cases. The EBSCO Health resource has made a donation to support the Partners Infectious Disease Images website, a free database for healthcare trainees and providers that contains thousands of clinical images and hundreds of in-depth cases.
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SAGE’s Global Publishing Director, Ziyad Marar, appointed to Campaign for Social Sciences Board
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that it’s Global Publishing Director and author of three books, Ziyad Marar, has been appointed to The Campaign for Social Science (CfSS) coveted board. Launched to raise the profile of social science in the public, media and parliament, The CfSS is one of the leading voices and advocates for social sciences in the UK.
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IOP Publishing joins eduGAIN service
Non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing (IOP) has joined the service eduGAIN to allow institutions, within participating federations, access to IOPscience through Shibboleth/Institutional login, simplifying access to scientific content within the global research community. Through eduGAIN, IOP has expanded the list of institutions that can use Shibboleth/Institutional login to access IOPscience to include customers in the Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy and Switzerland.
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De Gruyter expands Advisory Board in China in the area of STM
Academic publisher De Gruyter has announced that Professor Wing Sum Cheung of the University of Hong Kong has been appointed to De Gruyter’s Advisory Board, strengthening the company’s STM activities in the area of mathematics. Professor Cheung’s appointment is the latest development in De Gruyter’s many years of successful engagement in China.
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New whitepaper compares and contrasts linked data initiatives at OCLC and the Library of Congress
OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, and the Library of Congress jointly released a whitepaper which compares and contrasts the compatible linked data initiatives at both institutions. The whitepaper is an executive summary of a more detailed technical analysis that will be released later this year.
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More than 20 institutions now using Altmetric to help track and report research impact
Alternative metrics provider Altmetric has announced that over 20 world-leading research institutions have now adopted the Altmetric for Institutions analytics platform to monitor and report on the engagement and attention surrounding their research outputs. The platform aggregates mentions of an institution’s output from a number of non-traditional sources including public policy documents, mainstream and social media, post-publication peer-review and online reference managers.
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University of Arizona selects Ex Libris Rosetta to drive large scale digital asset management and preservation for a consortium-led initiative
Library automation and preservation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the University of Arizona has adopted the Rosetta digital management and preservation solution as a key component of its repository services. Designed to expose the University’s rich digital collections for the benefit of diverse audiences, the project will better enable the University of Arizona to provide sustained access to scholarly digital content and research to both university members and the broader academic community.
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Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert

by rheyer Posted on January 27, 2015
Capturing growth and share in emerging markets will continue to be a key strategy for medical publishers, says new Simba report
Media and publishing intelligence firm Simba Information has released a new report ‘Global Medical Publishing 2015-2019,’ according to which, clinical-based publishing is projected to see some of its most rapid growth in Turkey, Chile, South Korea, Mexico, Greece and Great Britain. Simba Information’s analysis determined that the global medical publishing market was essentially flat in 2014 (-0.2 percent).
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Nature Publishing Group moves to CC BY 4.0 as default for OA journals
All 18 open access journals owned by Nature Publishing Group (NPG), and two society titles published by NPG, will use the Creative Commons Attribution license CC BY 4.0 as default, effective immediately. All future open access journals will also use CC BY 4.0 as default.
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HealthCanal and UBM Medica US renew marketing and distribution partnership
HealthCanal.com, an online health newswire, has announced that it will continue its marketing and distribution partnership with UBM Medica US. One of the largest media companies in the United States serving the healthcare industry, UBM Medica US delivers integrated and strategic communication solutions to a comprehensive audience of medical professionals and healthcare consumers through online, print, live, and custom programs.
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Project MUSE in deal with Portico to preserve its complete collection of scholarly electronic journals
Project MUSE has entered into an agreement with Portico to preserve its complete collection of scholarly electronic journals, which contains titles from more than 120 not-for-profit scholarly publishers worldwide. Project MUSE and Portico began their partnership in 2012 with the preservation of e-books from the University Press Content Consortium (UPCC) collection.
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Creighton University in Nebraska selects Ex Libris Alma and Primo
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that Creighton University has selected the Ex Libris Alma library management service and the Primo discovery and delivery solution to provide unified resource management and discovery. This integrated cloud-based platform will replace several systems, including SirsiDynix Symphony and ProQuest Summon.
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UBM Canon and Science@OC partner to support STEM education in Southern California
UBM Canon and Science@OC have announced their 2015 partnership to promote education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). This will mark the second of a three-year collaboration. The partnership will also include a STEM Education Day on February 10, 2015, at UBM Canon’s Advanced Manufacturing Trade Show at the Anaheim Convention Center next month.
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by rheyer Posted on January 26, 2015
Elsevier publishes new edition of three-volume Handbook of Crystal Growth
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of the new edition of the three-volume Handbook of Crystal Growth edited by Dr. Tatau Nishinaga, Dr. Peter Rudolph and Dr. Tom Kuech. These combined works of reference present the underlying scientific foundation of the multi-disciplinary field of crystal growth.
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Wolters Kluwer Health releases complimentary guide to help hospitals create comprehensive ASPs
Wolters Kluwer Health, a global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, has announced the release of a complimentary guide designed to help hospitals create comprehensive antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs). The step-by-step eBook, Guidelines for Developing and Enhancing Your Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, defines the pervasive financial and patient care benefits related to ASP implementation, as well as the critical role electronic surveillance technology plays in an effective program.
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Innovative and EBSCO extend strategic partnership
Innovative and EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) have extended their strategic partnership to incorporate all platforms in the expanded Innovative product portfolio, including Polaris ILS, Vital, and Virtua. The partnership activities between the two companies for Innovative’s Sierra Services Platform and Encore Duet will continue.
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American Geophysical Union to give free access to journal content through public libraries in California
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) and global publisher Wiley have announced that starting in January 2015 they will offer free online access to all AGU journal content (published from 1997 forward) in public libraries throughout California for onsite use. In addition, schools and programs that participate in AGU’s Bright Students Training as Research Scientists (Bright STaRS) program will be given free access.
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University of California Press announces two new OA programs for journal and monograph publishing
The University of California Press recently announced Collabra and Luminos, two new open access programs for journal and monograph publishing. Aligned with UC Press’s mission to build reach and impact for transformative scholarship, the programs expand publishing options for scholarly authors and researchers, make it easier for readers to find and use content, and share the monetary value generated from publishing across the academic community.
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OSA names Ronald Driggers new editor of Applied Optics
The Optical Society (OSA) has announced the appointment of Ronald Driggers, CEO of St. Johns Optical Systems, as the new editor-in-chief of its journal, Applied Optics. Driggers will serve as the seventh editor-in-chief, and has a long history with the Journal as of an author, reader and topical editor.
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Emerald Group Publishing and The Charlesworth Group in exclusive referral deal
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has selected The Charlesworth Group to assist its non-native English speaking authors by providing a referral link to The Charlesworth Group’s Author Services website across its publications. The Charlesworth Group’s referral agreements offer publishers dedicated language services, assisting publishing clients to grow and be able to accept more submissions from international authors.
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