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Issue 2011-34 (August 19 - August 25, 2011)
S CIENTIFIC D ATA M ANAGEMENT , I NDEXING & A RCHIVING (1)
A LLIANCES , P ARTNERSHIPS & C ONSOLIDATIONS (6)
N EW R ELEASE – J OURNALS / P RODUCTS / S ERVICES (6)
R ESULTS / F INDINGS FROM RESEARCH REPORTS (3)
B USINESS STRATEGY / R ESTRUCTURING / M ANAGEMENT (1)
E VENTS AND CONFERENCES (11)
A WARDS , C ERTIFICATION AND OTHER A CHIEVEMENTS (2)
N EW A PPOINTMENTS AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (4)
S EARCH TECHNOLOGIES (4)
C OLLABORATIVE CONTENT / W EB 2.0
/ S OCIAL N ETWORKING (2)
M ULTI CHANNEL PUBLISHING / I NNOVATIVE E PUBLISHING SERVICES / N EW CONTENT FORMATS (3)
S UPPORT TOOLS / S OFTWARE / S OLUTIONS (1)
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S CIENTIFIC D ATA M ANAGEMENT , I NDEXING & A RCHIVING
University of California Libraries expand access to orphan works via HathiTrust
The University of California Libraries will identify and make available digital versions of "orphan works" within the holdings of the HathiTrust Digital Library. HathiTrust is a partnership of research institutions working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future.
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A LLIANCES , P ARTNERSHIPS & C ONSOLIDATIONS
IET and INASP deal to provide developing countries within Africa, Asia and Latin America access
to IET Research and Letters Journals
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) recently signed an agreement with the
International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP). The agreement is to provide certain developing and emerging countries within Africa, Asia and Latin America, access to
IET Research and Letters Journals.
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ebrary announces new publishing partners ebrary has announced new publishing partners. The company now offers a comprehensive selection of titles from 120 university press partners worldwide. The publishers' scholarly monographs and other authoritative materials will be available under a unique mix of models to address libraries' evolving collection strategies and acquisition workflows.
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JISC Advance in pact with NIACE to offer enhanced services for adult learning providers
The UK's JISC Advance has signed a pact with the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education to further its work with adult learning providers. The memorandum sets out how the two will work together to raise the quality of learning experiences for adults nationwide.
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Swets acquires Dutch firm Accucoms
Swets has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Accucoms, a Netherlands-based provider of sales and marketing services to academic and professional publishers around the world.
The acquisition is part of Swets' strategic drive to create services that provide added value to libraries and publishers.
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Taylor & Francis adds 150 journals to aRDi programme
The WIPO has expanded the Access to Research for Development and Innovation (aRDi) programme to now include a total of around 200 online scientific and technical journals. Taylor & Francis, a founding partner of aRDi, is now contributing a further 150 journals to the programme.
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OCLC to offer Atlas Systems' electronic document delivery software
Atlas Systems has announced that OCLC will extend its suite of resource sharing services with
Odyssey 3.0, the new version of Atlas' free stand-alone electronic delivery software. Odyssey is complements the OCLC ILLiad Resource Sharing Management Software developed by Atlas Systems and distributed by OCLC.
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N EW R ELEASE – J OURNALS / P RODUCTS / S ERVICES
IEEE Standards Board approves projects to create four new standards
The IEEE has approved projects for the creation of four new standards. They will address quality assessment of 3D displays, contents and devices; network communication at nanoscale; digital microscope analysers that are used in clinical-laboratory medicine; and overhead contact systems for transit vehicles.
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SAGE launches new journal - Public Relations Inquiry
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the launch of a new journal, Public Relations Inquiry (PRI).
Scheduled for launch in January 2012, PRI will be an international, peer-reviewed forum for conceptual, reflexive and critical discussion on public relations.
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Swets provides customer support with eDeals service
Journal subscription services provider Swets has announced the launch of its new eDeals Service.
Combining a powerful mix of informative data and intuitive online functionality with the knowledge and expertise of a Customer Account Manager the service will provide customers with end to end support in all aspects of an eDeal.
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Elsevier releases Malaysian edition of Baillière's Nurses' Dictionary
Elsevier has announced the publication of a Malaysian edition of the Baillière's Nurses' Dictionary.
The edition features dual language definitions where the first section of the dictionary provides
Bahasa Malaysia definitions and the second section provides definitions in English.
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NIH report spells out best practices for combining qualitative and quantitative research
The NIH has released recommendations for scientists conducting mixed methods health research.
The report provides suggestions on how to design a mixed methods study. It outlines the challenges in mixed methods investigations and addresses how to form, lead and train a mixed methods research team.
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Pearson unveils technology to measure complexity of text
Pearson has announced the creation of the Pearson Reading Maturity Metric, which measures the reading difficulty of texts. Developed by scientists at Pearson's Knowledge Technologies group, the new computer-based technology measures how close an individual student's reading abilities are to what they will need in college.
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R ESULTS / F INDINGS FROM RESEARCH REPORTS
Publishers have revenue opportunities from US SIG programme, says Simba report
Simba Information has released a report that says publishers of textbooks and providers of educational materials, tools and services are finding market opportunities from the US federal
School Improvement Grants (SIG) programme. The programme aims to overhaul the 5,000 lowestperforming schools across the country.
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US Android users spending more time on mobile apps than mobile web, says Nielsen
The Nielsen Smartphone Analytics has revealed the average Android consumer in the US spends 56 minutes per day actively interacting with the web and apps on their phone. Of that time, two-thirds is spent on mobile apps while one-third is spent on the mobile web.
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OCLC releases report on strategies for single point access to library and archive collections
OCLC Research has released a new report titled 'Single Search: The Quest for the Holy Grail.' The report seeks to highlight successful strategies in providing a single point of access to library, archive and museum collections.
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B USINESS STRATEGY / R ESTRUCTURING / M ANAGEMENT
RSC President welcomes increase in number of chemistry A-levels
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Prof. David Phillips, the President of the UK's Royal Society of Chemistry, has observed that the big rise in number of students studying chemistry A-level reflects teenagers' value of the subject. The number of students who entered for chemistry A-level increased 9.2 percent to 48,082.
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E VENTS AND CONFERENCES
Frankfurt Book Fair to host new conferences on e-books and children's publishing
The Frankfurt Academy has announced that it is adding two new conferences to its programme this year: 'Publishers Launch Frankfurt 2011 - eBooks Go Global!' on October 10 and 'Children's Publishing
Goes Digital' on October 11. Both will be part of the Publishers Launch Conferences series.
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OCLC Research to host webinar on delivery of digital copies of special collections
OCLC Research is to host a webinar titled 'Scan and Deliver: Creative User-initiated Digitization in
Special Collections and Archives' on September 22, 2011 at 2 pm EDT. It will discuss streamlined methods for scanning and delivering digital copies of special collections materials at user-requests.
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Scope eKnowledge Center to exhibit at Frankfurt Book Fair
Content enhancement and knowledge services provider Scope eKnowledge Center (Scope) has announced that the company will be exhibiting at the Frankfurt Book Fair from October 12-16, 2011.
Attendees are invited to visit the Scope stand (J410) to discover more about the services offered by the company.
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Pharmacy OneSource announces Free Webinar to discuss impact of new reimbursement models
on hospital pharmacies
Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health) has announced that Pharmacy OneSource, software-as-a-service provider of Sentri7, is hosting a complimentary webinar with L. David Harlow III, RPh, on
'Accountable Care for Pharmacy Executives and Decision Makers.' The webinar is scheduled for
August 24, 2011, from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST at www.pharmacyonesource.com/webinars.
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Touch Briefings Cardiology division to exhibit at the European Society of Cardiology Congress
2011
Touch Briefings, a wholly owned subsidiary of Touch Group plc, has announced that its Cardiology division will exhibit at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2011. The event is
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scheduled for August 27-31, Paris Nord Villepinte, France, at booth number B344.
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Frankfurt Academy to host conference on metadata strategies
The Frankfurt Academy has announced the new Metadata Perspectives 2011 conference, scheduled for October 13. It will tackle the subject of metadata from a variety of points of view, offering advice on how to learn new digital strategies and suggesting ways to future proof businesses.
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Naturejobs Career Expo to be hosted in London in September
NPG has announced that registration is now open for the 2011 Naturejobs Career Expo, scheduled for September 22 at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London. Projected as the UK's largest career fair for the scientific community, the event is now in its fifth year.
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LibQUAL+ training sessions to be offered at ALA Midwinter event
The ARL has announced that the LibQUAL+ team will host training sessions and booth consultations in conjunction with the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in Dallas, Texas in
January 2012. The four LibQUAL+ sessions include - Survey Introduction, Survey Administration,
Survey Results, and Consultations.
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PLA to hold webinar on e-reader loaning programmes
The PLA will host a webinar titled "Check out E-Readers! Sacramento Public Library Did It and You
Can Too!". The Sacramento Public Library has developed a plan to successfully check out e-readers to the public. Five panelists from SPL will share how they built the programme.
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'Journal of Cheminformatics' editorial members to speak at US govt. chemistry meet
The 5th Meeting on US Government Chemical Databases and Open Chemistry is scheduled to take place in Maryland on August 25 and 26. Several of the speakers feature on the Editorial Board of
Journal of Cheminformatics, including Martin Walker and Jean-Claude Bradley.
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MarkLogic customers Elsevier and ngmoco to speak at NoSQL event
MarkLogic has announced that customers Elsevier and ngmoco:) will be speaking at the inaugural
NoSQL Now! Conference. Bradley Allen, VP of Elsevier Labs, will lead a case study, showing how
Elsevier has used MarkLogic in the development of information access solutions for its customers.
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A WARDS , C ERTIFICATION AND OTHER A CHIEVEMENTS
ACM Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining announce recipients of
2011 Innovation and Service Awards
The Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and
Data Mining (SIGKDD) has announced that Dr. Ross Quinlan is the recipient of the organisation's 2011
Innovation Award and Dr. Bharat Rao is the winner of its 2011 Service Award. The awards were announced at the opening ceremony of the international conference on knowledge discovery and data mining, KDD 2011.
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Emerald Group Publishing announces winners of 2011 Citation of Excellence Awards
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited has announced the winners of its 2011
Citation of Excellence Awards. Now in their fifteenth year, these annual awards recognise the 50 most outstanding articles published by the top 300 management journals in the world.
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N EW A PPOINTMENTS AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES
JISC looking to recruit new interim CEO as Executive Secretary retires
The JISC has announced that, after 35 years of working in post-16 education and research,
Executive Secretary Dr. Malcolm Read will retire in January 2012. HEFCE is now looking to recruit an interim CEO for a fixed term for JISC's transition period.
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ARL Executive Director Charles B. Lowry to retire December 2012
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced that Charles B. Lowry will retire from his position as Executive Director of the ARL at the end of December 2012. By announcing his retirement plans now, Lowry provides the ARL Board of Directors with time for a search and a seamless transition of leadership.
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Tim Cook takes over as CEO of Apple as Steve Jobs quits
Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple. Tim Cook, previously Apple's COO, has been named the new CEO. Jobs submitted his resignation to the board and strongly recommended that it implement its succession plan and name Cook as CEO.
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Robert Deutsch joins Credo Reference as Senior Director of Marketing
Online reference service provider Credo Reference, US, has announced that Robert Deutsch has joined the company as Senior Director of Marketing. He will be responsible for the strategic planning and execution of marketing strategies around the growth and expansion of Credo's product line.
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S EARCH TECHNOLOGIES
Brown University adopts Serials Solutions' Summon discovery service
Brown University Library has chosen Serials Solutions' Summon web-scale discovery service to improve the discoverability and usability of library electronic resources for its students, faculty and staff. The service seeks to enable researchers to receive the relevant information from the library's licensed collections.
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Content from Chongqing VIP Information Co included in Primo Central Index
Ex Libris Group has announced that Chongqing VIP Information Co. Ltd. (CQVIP), the third largest
Chinese aggregator, has made its content searchable in the Primo Central Index. CQVIP will enable both the metadata and the full text of its Chinese journals to be indexed.
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Dutch Universities migrate to Ex Libris Cloud Environment
Ex Libris Group has announced that Leiden University, Universiteit van Amsterdam, and Hogeschool van Amsterdam have selected a cloud-based installation of the Primo discovery and delivery solution, including the Primo Central Index of scholarly electronic resources. All three universities run the Ex Libris Aleph integrated library system, MetaLib metasearch system, and SFX OpenURL link resolver.
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Columbia College Chicago opts for EBSCO Discovery Service
EBSCO Publishing has announced that Columbia College Chicago has selected the EBSCO Discovery
Service (EDS). The college expects that EDS will help improve return on investment and increase productivity by simplifying the research process and providing an enhanced experience for users.
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C OLLABORATIVE CONTENT / W EB 2.0
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Elsevier's SciVal Experts announce participation in DIRECT2Experts pilot project
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that 14 institutions that use its directory of research expertise, SciVal Experts, now participate in DIRECT2Experts. This online network allows users from academic institutions throughout the US to find potential research collaborators, regardless of their local platforms and tools.
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Ziff Davis Enterprise launches fully integrated social media solution for technology professionals
Ziff Davis Enterprise has announced that it has launched Smart Social, a turnkey social media solution that leverages industry expertise and existing professional networks to engage qualified group members, based on specified criteria, to drive high-level discussions and deep engagements.
Smart Social is a multi-touch, push-pull solution that is comprised of a number of tightly integrated activities around key technology topics.
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M ULTI CHANNEL PUBLISHING / I NNOVATIVE E PUBLISHING SERVICES / N EW CONTENT FORMATS
Chegg to launch e-textbooks, announces pacts with educational publishers
Chegg has finalised plans to go digital, and is going to be steadily rolling out e-textbooks on its platform. It has also partnered with a number of publishers to offer e-textbooks to its students. The company also acquired Student of Fortune, an online tutorial marketplace.
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Vital Source Technologies and Chegg announce e-textbook programme
Vital Source Technologies, Inc., part of Ingram Content Group Inc, and textbook rental firm Chegg, have announced a comprehensive e-textbook programme to complement Chegg's traditional physical textbook rentals. The new e-textbook programme from Chegg will allow students the option to purchase or rent digital books.
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Pubget unveils beta version of cloud app for managing research papers
Pubget has announced the beta launch of PaperStream, a cloud app for accessing, managing and sharing research papers across teams. The product is projected to streamline research in the enterprise and lab environment by combining local (desktop) and web search in one cloud platform.
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S UPPORT TOOLS / S OFTWARE / S OLUTIONS
Samaritan Medical Center to deploy UpToDate-powered ProVation Order Sets
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that Samaritan Medical Center has selected ProVation Order
Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, as its electronic order set solution. ProVation Order
Sets is projected as an easily customisable order set authoring and management solution providing flexible integration into clinical processes.
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