Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert

by rheyer Posted on January 8, 2015
Elsevier and ISTE Press announce publishing partnership
STM publisher Elsevier and ISTE Press Ltd, a London-based international publisher of scientific and technical books, have formed a publishing alliance that will bring researchers ISTE Press content on high-growth subjects. The content from ISTE Press, which primarily publishes French-originated content in the English language, will be distributed through Elsevier’s ScienceDirect and other global distribution channels.
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Digital content and publishing headliners to take the stage at the Digital Book World Conference + Expo
Headliners, innovators and change agents of the digital publishing industry will gather in New York, from January 13 – 15, for the 6th Annual Digital Book World Conference + Expo (DBW). The event (@DigiBookWorld – #DBW15) is the largest conference worldwide dedicated to publishing’s digital transition. Registration and program details are available at conference.digitalbookworld.
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McGraw-Hill Education unveils latest version of SmartBook at 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show
Learning science company McGraw-Hill Education introduced the newest version of SmartBook, company’s adaptive reading platform, at the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show. SmartBook helps students study more effectively and efficiently by guiding them through a personalised study experience that continually adapts to their needs and focuses their attention on what they need to learn the most.
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American Psychological Association appoints Jasper Simons as publisher, PsycINFO
The American Psychological Association has appointed publishing executive Jasper Simons to lead its growing PsycINFO® and APA database program as publisher, PsycINFO. APA currently produces seven databases: PsycARTICLES®, PsycBOOKS®, PsycINFO, PsycTHERAPY®, PsycTESTS®, PsycCRITIQUES® and PsycEXTRA®.
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ICV Partners acquires SirsiDynix
Investment firm ICV Partners has announced the acquisition of SirsiDynix, a provider of technology solutions to libraries around the world. ICV acquired SirsiDynix from Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm that focuses on investing in software, data and technology-based organisations.
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Ingram Content Group Inc. names Shawn Morin as President and COO
Ingram Content Group Inc. has announced the appointment of Shawn Morin as President and Chief Operating Officer. The announcement was made by John R. Ingram, Chief Executive Officer of the company. Morin has been Chief Operating Officer of the company since June, 2012. His additional responsibilities as President are effective immediately.
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Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert

by rheyer Posted on January 7, 2015
Elsevier acquires Neoplasia Press Inc.
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that it has acquired Neoplasia Press Inc. and assumes publication of its flagship journals, Neoplasia and Translational Oncology. These peer-reviewed, open access journals will now be published by Elsevier under the Neoplasia Press imprint.
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Wolters Kluwer Health adds Physical Therapy to Lippincott Procedures
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that Physical Therapy (PT) has joined Respiratory Therapy (RT) as the second major non-nursing discipline added to Lippincott Procedures, the leading clinical procedures software used by nurses and other clinicians at the point-of-care. The expansion makes Lippincott Procedures the first-to-market clinical procedures solution for physical therapy.
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LexisNexis completes acquisition of Health Market Science
LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a Reed Elsevier company, has completed regulatory review to acquire Health Market Science (HMS), a leading supplier of high-quality data on health care professionals and an administrator of one of the largest practitioner-level medical claims databases in the US. LexisNexis, together with HMS, offers healthcare organisations a comprehensive suite of healthcare provider and claims analytic solutions.
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HighWire Press included in 2014 EContent Top 100 Companies in the Digital Content Industry
HighWire Press, Inc., a technology platform and strategic partner to influential scholarly publishers, has announced its inclusion on the 2014 EContent Top 100 Companies in the Digital Content Industry in the categories of Content Creation and Distribution & Delivery. This year, there were many new companies and contributors in the digital content industry to consider, including Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, and O’Reilly Media.
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IEEE to adopt the HDBaseT standard for ultra-high-definition digital connectivity
The HDBaseT Alliance, the cross-industry group tasked with promoting and advancing HDBaseT standard, and IEEE, the technical professional organisation, have announced that the HDBaseT standard has been approved by the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Standards Board for adoption as part of the organization’s standard portfolio. The HDBaseT standard will become IEEE 1911™ standard, once the adoption process is complete.
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American Society for Cell Biology selects TEMIS for Science Navigator application
TEMIS, a provider of Semantic Content Enrichment solutions for the Enterprise, has announced an extension of their collaboration with the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) to further hone the ASCB Science Navigator, a bespoke version of TEMIS Luxid Navigator – Biopharma Edition, as a tool for biomedical research. The ASCB Science Navigator aggregates information from millions of scientific documents and news releases, providing scientists working in basic biomedical research with an efficient, one-stop shop where they can discover insights to drive their research.
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Semantico announces changes to senior management team
Online publishing services provider Semantico Ltd. has announced changes to its senior management team as part of the company’s growth and strategic plan. Richard Padley, co-founder of Semantico will move up into the role of Chairman and CEO; Rob Virkar-Yates has taken full control over the day-to-day running of the business as COO.
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Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert

by rheyer Posted on January 6, 2015
Elsevier in deal to integrate over 100,000 maps from Wiley’s leading journals into the Geofacets platform
STM publisher Elsevier has announced an agreement with Wiley to integrate more than 100,000 maps from Wiley’s leading journals into the Geofacets platform. The content integration will increase the amount of trusted data available to geoscientists, helping them to make better-informed decisions in exploration, as well as improve recommendations that influence company investments in new exploration opportunities.
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Sigma-Aldrich’s second annual ‘State of Translational Research Survey Report’ highlights challenges to reproducible science
Life Science and High Technology company Sigma-Aldrich Corporation has issued the second annual State of Translational Research Survey Report, addressing challenges to the reproducibility of research within the academic translational research community. Sigma-Aldrich’s report sheds light on practices that compromise the reproducibility of published research, underlines the translational research community’s desire for experimental standards, and suggests multi-faceted strategies for improving the reproducibility of translational science.
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Taylor & Francis rolls out CrossMark and FundRef across Taylor & Francis Online
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis has rolled out CrossMark, a verifying tool from CrossRef, across Taylor & Francis Online. CrossMark helps users identify if they are reading the most recent and reliable version of an article, and if it is not the case, there will be a link to the most current version that one can follow to read.
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Trevor Owens to head National Digital Platform responsibilities across programs at IMLS
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced that Trevor Owens has been selected to be the Senior Program Officer with responsibility for the national digital platform in the Office of Library Services. The announcement was made by IMLS Director Susan H. Hildreth.
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Applications for ARL/SAA Mosaic Program called for
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Society of American Archivists (SAA) are now accepting applications for the 2015–2017 cohort of the ARL/SAA Mosaic Program. This program, funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), ARL, and SAA, provides support for master of library and information science (MLIS) students pursuing degrees with a concentration in archives or special collections.
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Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert

by rheyer Posted on January 5, 2015
ProQuest unveils first regionalized version of Academic Complete
ProQuest ebooks company ebrary has created a brand new version of Academic CompleteTM subscription collection designed specifically for UK and Irish students, faculty and researchers with over 4,000 unique, region specific titles. Recognising the importance of providing key content to this region, this new edition of Academic Complete delivers more than 115,000 titles, and is the first locally-tailored content edition which goes beyond territorial rights adjustments.
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Oxford University Press and the American Society of Mammalogists announce publishing partnership
Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) has announced a new partnership with the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM). Under the deal, OUP will publish the Journal of Mammalogy and Mammalian Species, beginning January 2015.
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YBP Library Services selected as supplier for Ontario Colleges Library Service
YBP Library Services (YBP), the academic division of Baker & Taylor, has announced that the Ontario Colleges Library Service (OCLS), on behalf of the Ontario college libraries, has selected YBP as a supplier of bibliographic material including Canadian, US and UK imprints across a broad spectrum of subject areas and disciplines as well as in print, audiovisual and electronic formats. OCLS is a non-profit corporation providing a suite of services to Ontario’s 24 publicly-funded colleges of Applied Arts and Technology.
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Scribd to expand ebook subscription service, raises $22 million in financing
Subscription book service Scribd has closed a $22 million financing led by Khosla Ventures with reinvestment from existing backers including Redpoint Ventures, Charles River Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank. Seasoned entrepreneur Keith Rabois will join Scribd’s board as a board observer. This brings Scribd’s total funding to date up to $48M.
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Latest edition of Blogspeak now online
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Brian Hughes (Alternative access models in academic publishing); Dr. Sara Adaes (There’s Something Really Wrong With Science These Days); and Prof. Heather Morrison (2014 Dramatic Growth of Open Access: 30 indicators of growth beyond the ordinary). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here.
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Synthesis Update from Morgan & Claypool Publishers

by rheyer Posted on January 2, 2015
Applications of Zero-Suppressed Decision Diagrams
Tsutomu Sasao, Meiji University
Jon T. Butler, Naval Postgraduate School
Synthesis Lectures on Digital Circuits and Systems

Background Subtraction: Theory and Practice
Ahmed Elgammal, Rutgers University
Synthesis Lectures on Computer Vision

Instant Recovery with Write-Ahead Logging: Page Repair, System Restart, and Media Restore
Goetz Graefe, HP Labs
Wey Guy
Caetano Sauer, University of Kaiserslautern
Synthesis Lectures on Data Management

Libraries and the Semantic Web
Keith P. DeWeese, Gannett Co., Inc.
Dan Segal, Marcinko Enterprises, Inc.
Synthesis Lectures on Emerging Trends in Librarianship

The Shortest-Path Problem: Analysis and Comparison of Methods
Hector Ortega-Arranz, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
Diego R. Llanos, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
Arturo Gonzalez-Escribano, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
Synthesis Lectures on Theoretical Computer Science

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Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert

by rheyer Posted on December 23, 2014
Nature Publishing Group and the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy announce new OA journal, Molecular Therapy – Oncolytics
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) have announced a new online open access journal, Molecular Therapy – Oncolytics. The journal will focus on the development and clinical testing of viral, cellular, and other biological therapies targeting cancer. The editorial team is led by Dr. Yuman Fong, Chair of the Department of Surgery at City of Hope.
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John Wiley & Sons announces retirement of Chairman Peter Booth Wiley
Publisher John Wiley & Sons have announced that Chairman Peter Booth Wiley has declared his intention to retire as Chair after his current term expires in September 2015. Wiley’s Board of Directors has identified Matthew S. Kissner as Wiley’s recommended successor. The Board agreed at its meeting on December 18 to recommend that Kissner’s name be placed on the slate of board candidates for election in September 2015.
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Max Planck Society and ScienceOpen sign Open Access publishing deal
The Max Planck Society (MPG), an independent, non-profit German research organisation, and ScienceOpen, the research + Open Access publishing network based in Germany and the USA, have signed an agreement that will allow authors affiliated to MPG as members of one of its 82 institutes and research facilities, unlimited free publication of posters and research articles in 2015. ScienceOpen facilitates immediate publication of research papers on its platform and aggregates nearly 1.4 million Open Access (OA) articles from other leading publishers.
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Thieme publishes Differential Diagnosis in Ultrasound Imaging, Second Edition
Medical and scientific publisher Thieme has announced that the recently published Differential Diagnosis in Ultrasound Imaging, Second Edition, has been completely updated with content that reflects the very latest clinical and technological standards. The latest edition is projected as an essential reference for all residents and physicians using ultrasound on a day-to-day basis for diagnostic purposes, including practicing radiologists, internists, and ultrasound technicians.
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Gale adds ASE Certification Exam Prep and Estimating Tool to automotive repair reference
Patrons and automotive professionals can look to the public library for enhanced automotive reference information and professional development support with new additions to ChiltonLibrary, an online tool from Gale, part of Cengage Learning. Trusted by automotive enthusiasts for more than 100 years, Chilton manuals provide ‘do-it-yourself’ support for all skill levels.
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Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert

by rheyer Posted on December 22, 2014
COPE issues statement on inappropriate manipulation of peer review processes
The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) has become aware of systematic, inappropriate attempts to manipulate the peer review processes of several journals across different publishers. These manipulations appear to have been orchestrated by a number of third party agencies offering services to authors. COPE has issued a statement after consultation with a variety of publishers.
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation set to introduce new open access policy in January 2015
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is set to introduce an open access policy next month for the studies it funds that goes further than most other research funders. According to Trevor Mundel, the foundation’s president of global health, the policy will enable other researchers to access the latest evidence and draw on it to advance their own research to help tackle malnutrition, infectious diseases, and child and maternal mortality.
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American Society of Hematology names Glenn Landis as Editorial Director of journal Blood
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) has announced that Glenn Landis will assume the position of Editorial Director of Blood, the journal of ASH, effective January 5, 2015. With more than 13 years of editorial experience at the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO), Landis brings extensive knowledge of the peer review process, technology infrastructure standards, and the medical journal community to his role at ASH.
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FIZ Karlsruhe presents new information brochure ‘A Focus on Mathematics’
FIZ Karlsruhe —Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure presents its completely revised information brochure ‘A Focus on Mathematics’. The publication is dedicated to new directions of integrated knowledge management in mathematics. Seven articles by expert authors, among them Prof. Gert-Martin Greuel, who is also editor-in-chief of zbMATH, span the bridge from the beginnings of the documentation of scientific results in the ‘Jahrbuch der Fortschritte der Mathematik’ (1868) to today’s mathematical online portal zbMATH.
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RSuite 4.1 provides extensive use of templates to drive efficiencies into the book publishing process
RSuite CMS, a publishing automation and multi-channel publishing content management solution, has released version 4.1. RSuite 4.1 provides an extensive use of templates to drive efficiencies into the book publishing process. The pre-configured environment allows book publishers to realise their goal of multi-channel publishing by simply utilising the free Microsoft Word templates to automatically generate XML, ePub, PDF, and other outputs.
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IMS Health receives regulatory clearance for Cegedim transaction
Global information and technology services company IMS Health has announced that the company has received approval from the European Commission in connection with the pending acquisition of certain Cegedim information solutions and customer relationship management (CRM) businesses. In addition to the Commission’s approval, the waiting period for the U.S. antitrust review under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (HSR) expired on December 5, 2014.
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Latest edition of Blogspeak now online
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Jill O’Neill (Doing Better With Open Access Advocacy); Lorraine Estelle (Unravelling the true cost of publishing in open access); Ben Allanach (Ben Allanach, On Open Access); Joseph Esposito (Getting the University Presses Back in the Game); and Zoë Sheppard, Vanora Hundley, Edwin van Teijlingen and Paul Thompson (Collaborative ‘science of science’ needed to ensure research and education make a difference to practice). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here.
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Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert

by rheyer Posted on December 19, 2014
UK government publishes long awaited science and innovation strategy, leaves many questions unanswered
The UK government has published its long awaited science and innovation strategy, but many of the questions asked by the science community will not be answered until the next spending review. The strategy re-iterated capital spending plans set out in the autumn statement, but does not commit to ringfencing the science budget or to increase R&D expenditure in line with competitors.
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University of Alberta Libraries opens access to published research in Canada
University of Alberta Libraries is offering its open access e-journal hosting services to any Canadian scholarly journal, effective immediately. U of A Libraries already hosts more than 30 scholarly journals using Open Journal Systems software. It has offered the free service for eight years, but had restricted it to publications with an editorial affiliation or strong historical link to the university.
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Chemical & Engineering News wins four 2014 Eddie and Ozzie Awards for digital and print products
Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society (ACS), has won four 2014 Eddie & Ozzie Awards for its affiliated website and video work. The awards, given annually by the media company Folio:, honour the best design and editorial products in the magazine and publishing industry. The Eddie & Ozzie competition is the largest in magazine publishing, receiving more than 2,000 entries for about 140 awards.
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Welsh Consortium selects Ex Libris solutions for shared library management and discovery
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that WHELF – a consortium of all the Welsh University Libraries, as well as the National Library of Wales and the Welsh NHS Libraries – has selected the Ex Libris Alma unified resource management service and the Ex Libris Primo discovery and delivery solution to deliver a new bilingual shared library system for Wales. The WHELF Consortium adopted the Alma and Primo next-generation solutions following a rigorous selection and assessment process.
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Publishing Technology ends 2014 on a high with 10 percent rise in ingentaconnect publishers
Content solutions provider Publishing Technology has ended this year on a high by announcing one of its most significant achievements – a 10 per cent rise in the number of publishers choosing to host their publications on its ingentaconnect platform. The Company signed new deals in 2014 with 27 major academic and professional publishers, who join the list of over 250 publishers already hosting their book and journal content digitally on ingentaconnect. The year also saw Publishing Technology welcome five new clients onto its advance enterprise system.
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Jisc announces two new representatives to its board of trustees
Jisc has announced two new representatives to its board of trustees, who will help determine strategic direction and priorities to reflect the present and future needs of UK education and research. Professor Mark E. Smith, Vice-chancellor of Lancaster University, and Dr Ken Thomson, the principal of Forth Valley College in Scotland, will join board of senior leaders and managers from across UK further and higher education.
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Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert

by rheyer Posted on December 18, 2014
Nature Index indicates China’s leading cities for high quality research and status of research collaboration
The diversity of Chinese institutions and their growing contribution to global scientific developments and collaborations with other countries have been highlighted in the Nature Index China 2014, published as a supplement in Nature. By 2013 weighted fractional count (WFC), China is currently the country with the second largest output in the new Nature Index represented by 19 Chinese institutions in the top 200 global contributors.
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Wiley and Jisc announce new OA agreement
Publisher John Wiley and Sons, Inc. has announced a pilot agreement, brokered by Jisc, for articles published on an open access basis. The agreement follows discussions, between Jisc, Wiley and the UK library community, and will enable greater support for universities during the transition to open access.
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SPIE launches new peer-reviewed journal serving the astronomical instrumentation community
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced the first issue of the new Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS). All articles will be freely available through the end of 2015 in the SPIE Digital Library. Mark Clampin, SPIE Fellow and James Webb Space Telescope Observatory Project Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, will serve as the editor-in-chief of the journal.
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Frontiers launches first OA journal in the humanities and social sciences – Frontiers in Digital Humanities
Swiss open-access publisher Frontiers, part of the Nature Publishing Group family, has announced the launch of a series of interdisciplinary open access journals across the whole spectrum of the humanities and social sciences. The first journal, Frontiers in Digital Humanities, is now open for submissions.
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The Company of Biologists automates collection and management of APCs with CCC’s RightsLink for Open Access
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), a global licensing and content solutions organisation, has announced that The Company of Biologists has chosen to automate the collection and management of Article Processing Charges (APCs) through RightsLink® for Open Access from within HighWire’s Bench>PressTM manuscript submission and tracking system. The Company of Biologists is a not-for-profit publisher and UK charity promoting research and study across all branches of biology.
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East Tennessee State University selects Ex Libris Alma, Primo and bX Recommender
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group® has announced that Sherrod Library at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) and Northeast State Community College (NeSCC) have together selected a suite of Ex Libris solutions, comprising Alma® resource management solution, the Primo® discovery and delivery solution, and the bX® article recommender service. ETSU is replacing a number of legacy systems including Innovative Interfaces Sierra.
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IMS Health appoints Mason Tenaglia as VP, Payer & Managed Care Insights, IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics
Global information and technology services company IMS Health has announced that Mason Tenaglia has been appointed vice president, Payer & Managed Care Insights, IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics. Tenaglia is a leading authority on understanding the impact of the Affordable Care Act on the healthcare industry, and is a frequent author and speaker on the topic.
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Scope – Knowledgespeak: STM Industry Daily News Alert

by rheyer Posted on December 17, 2014
Elsevier publishes four new books on Nuclear Engineering
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the publication of four new nuclear engineering books of particular interest to safety managers, designers, engineers, operators and regulators of nuclear power plants. Among these new books is The 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Accident: How and Why It Happened, written by Yotaro Hatamura, Seiji Abe, Masao Fuchigami and Naoto Kasahara, and translated by Kenji Iino.
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Springer set to publish official journal of the Associazione Amici di Economia e Politica Industriale
STM publisher Springer will publish Economia e Politica Industriale – Journal of Industrial and Business Economics as of January 2015. Founded in 1973, the journal is the official journal of the Associazione Amici di Economia e Politica Industriale, an Italian society which focuses on business and industrial economics. In order to expand its focus to the international community, the journal will now be published exclusively in English. It was formerly published by Franco Angeli.
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Stockholm University partners with figshare on research data management
figshare, an online digital repository where researchers can preserve and share their research outputs, including figures, datasets, images, and videos, has announced Stockholm University as the first Swedish customer of their research data management platform, figshare for institutions. The partnership expands figshare’s global portfolio onto the continent, hot on the heels of their recent announcements with Loughborough University in the UK and Monash University in Australia.
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Thomson Reuters announces new initiative to integrate Ringgold’s Identify into ScholarOne Manuscripts
The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced an initiative to advance efficiency and precision in scholarly publishing by integrating Ringgold’s Identify into ScholarOne Manuscripts. This collaboration will accelerate the scholarly publishing process by easing the previously cumbersome task of accurately identifying the institutional affiliation of authors and reviewers.
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American Astronomical Society and IOP Publishing announce new ebook publishing partnership
The American Astronomical Society (AAS) and IOP Publishing (IOP) have created a new electronic book publishing partnership as part of the AAS’s mission to enhance and share humanity’s scientific understanding of the universe. The program will combine IOP’s award-winning ebook publishing with the expertise of the AAS community to foster a deeper understanding of diverse topics in the astronomical sciences.
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IHS Inc. acquires Infonetics Research
IHS Inc., a global source of critical information and insight, has acquired Infonetics Research, an international market research firm that serves the global communications market. Based in Silicon Valley, Infonetics Research provides market intelligence on equipment, software and services to clients in more than 20 countries. Its intelligence services span 21 markets across the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) space.
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Maastricht University selects OCLC WorldShare Management Services
OCLC, the non-profit computer library service and research organisation, has announced that Maastricht University, a leading international university in the Netherlands, has selected OCLC WorldShare Management Services as its library management system. WorldShare Management Services (WMS) provide cloud-based library management and discovery applications in an integrated suite, offering librarians a comprehensive system to manage library workflows efficiently, and improve access to library collections and services.
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