ICSTI WEEKLY STM NEWSLETTER Powered by www.scopeknowledge.com Issue 2010/29 (July 16 – July 22, 2010) STM NEW TOPICS SCIENTIFIC DATA MANAGEMENT, INDEXING & ARCHIVING (1) ALLIANCES, PARTNERSHIPS & CONSOLIDATIONS (11) NEW RELEASE - JOURNALS/PRODUCTS/SERVICES (7) RESULTS/FINDINGS FROM RESEARCH REPORTS (7) BUSINESS STRATEGY / RESTRUCTURING / MANAGEMENT (1) EVENTS AND CONFERENCES (6) COPYRIGHTS/DATA INTEGRITY/ETHICAL ISSUES (1) GRANTS AND OTHER RESEARCH FUNDING (3) SEARCH TECHNOLOGIES (1) LIBRARY - MANAGEMENT / DIGITIZATION / AUTOMATION (3) MULTI-CHANNEL PUBLISHING / INNOVATIVE E-PUBLISHING SERVICES / NEW CONTENT FORMATS (4) REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS (1) LICENSING, PRICING AND CONTRACTS (1) *************************************************************************************************************************** NEWS IN DETAIL SCIENTIFIC DATA MANAGEMENT, INDEXING & ARCHIVING Beech Tree Publishing to preserve e-journals in Portico Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico has announced a preservation agreement with Beech Tree Publishing. Under the deal, Portico will preserve the latter's collection of three ejournals. As part of the agreement, Beech Tree will make an annual contribution to Portico and has also named Portico as a mechanism to provide post-cancellation access to the titles committed to 1 the archive. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ALLIANCES, PARTNERSHIPS & CONSOLIDATIONS European Commission okays Google project to digitise archives of Dutch library The European Commission has reportedly stated that it does not object to Google digitising 160,000 books in the archives of the National Library of the Netherlands if these will be made available publicly. The Dutch library, Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB), recently announced an agreement with Internet search services provider Google to digitise more than 160,000 out-of-copyright (public domain) books from the library's collection. The works from the 18th and 19th centuries will be fully searchable and accessible for free via Google Books and various KB websites. These books will also be accessible via the EU's Europeana portal in the near future. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Springer to distribute eBooks from Sense Publishers STM publisher Springer has announced an agreement with international academic publishing house Sense Publishers. Under the deal, Springer will distribute the latter's book program as part of Springer's eBook collection on www.springerlink.com, starting in 2011. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme EBSCO Publishing acquires two SAGE databases Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has acquired two databases from academic publisher SAGE. These are: Criminal Justice Abstracts and Communication Abstracts. The deal will bring two leading databases in their fields to users through the EBSCOhost platform. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme National Technical Information Service to be official distributor of Death Master File The National Technical Information Service (NTIS), an agency of the US Department of Commerce, has announced that it has been named the authorised official distributor of the Social Security Administration's (SSA) Death Master File (DMF). The DMF is used by leading government, financial, investigative, credit reporting organisation, medical research, and other industries to verify identity as well as prevent fraud in compliance with the USA Patriot Act. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Google acquires Metaweb to improve search Internet search services provider Google Inc. has acquired Metaweb, a company that maintains an open database of people, places, and things called Freebase. Google will integrate this information into its search algorithms. This is expected to further boost Google’s ability to accept search 2 queries, and to provide smart contextual information based on the synthesis of the search input. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Wiley to be exclusive global publisher and distributor of RSMeans professional reference titles Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and RSMeans, North America’s leading supplier of construction cost information, have announced a partnership to deliver a new generation of reference materials to the commercial and residential construction markets. Under the deal, Wiley will be the exclusive global publisher and distributor of RSMeans professional reference titles. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme North Carolina selects Thomson Reuters for healthcare reporting and analytics Information services provider Thomson Reuters has announced that the North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services has awarded the company a five-year contract to provide a healthcare reporting and analytics system. The system will enable the State of North Carolina to better manage all of its health programmes. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Journal of NeuroVirology to join Springer's neuroscience portfolio STM publisher Springer has announced that it will publish the Journal of NeuroVirology (JNV), a publication closely affiliated with the International Society for NeuroVirology, starting January 2011. Previously published by Taylor & Francis/Informa, the five-year contract with Springer runs to 2015. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Molecular Neurodegeneration named official OA journal of the AHAF The American Health Assistance Foundation (AHAF) has announced a new partnership with open access (OA) publisher BioMed Central's OA journal, Molecular Neurodegeneration (MN). Under the deal, Molecular Neurodegeneration will be the official open access journal of the AHAF. The journal publishes peer-reviewed, original scientific research on the causes of neurodegenerative diseases, like Alzheimer's or Parkinson's, and on the pre-clinical testing of potential therapies for these diseases. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Califa Library Group becomes latest partner in the OCLC Partnership Program Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC) has announced the Califa Library Group as the latest partner in the OCLC Partnership Program. As partners, OCLC and Califa will collaborate on programmes and activities to enhance services and expand educational opportunities to members of both organisations. This new partnership enables both organisations to explore new ways to anticipate and address the needs of shared members. More 3 Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Combined Book Services to join PubEasy community as affiliate Books enquiry and ordering services provider PubEasy has announced that Combined Book Services (CBS) will join the e-community of PubEasy as an affiliate. CBS is an independent book distributor known for its tailored distribution service for trade, academic and STM publishers. When CBS goes live (scheduled for Autumn 2010), titles serviced via its UK distribution facilities will be available to registered booksellers with a PubEasy account for ordering and enquiry needs. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme NEW RELEASE – JOURNALS / PRODUCTS / SERVICES Wolters Kluwer China announces new initiatives to maximise value for customers in China Wolters Kluwer China, part of global information services company Wolters Kluwer, has announced the launch of the new version of CCH CHINA STAFF Journal and of its Chinese-language corporate website. The initiatives are part of the company’s efforts to maximise value for customers in China. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Thieme releases third edition of the Pocket Atlas of Radiographic Anatomy STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group has released the third edition of the Pocket Atlas of Radiographic Anatomy, a compact, portable guide to basic radiographic anatomy, written by experts in the field. In this updated edition, the authors detail the normal radiographic anatomy medical professionals need in order to interpret conventional diagnostic radiographs. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Emerald announces new title - South Asian Journal of Global Business Research Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. has announced the 2012 launch of the South Asian Journal of Global Business Research, further strengthening its publishing output in South Asia. The new publication will be the first international journal focusing exclusively on the world’s most populous region and one of the fastest growing regional economies. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme New feature on ScienceDirect improves discoverability and usefulness of scientific chemistry content STM publisher Elsevier has introduced a new feature on ScienceDirect that improves the discoverability and usefulness of scientific chemistry content. This added functionality seeks to enhance the value of the content for both authors and readers in chemistry. Starting with two Elsevier chemistry journals, authors are invited to submit structure (MOL) files of their key compounds alongside their articles. More 4 Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme CCC announces enhancements to online licensing tool - Rightslink Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), a not-for-profit organisation providing copyright licensing solutions, has announced that it has upgraded its online licensing tool Rightslink. Rightslink allows content users to obtain instant reprint and permission services directly on publishers' websites. The new version of Rightslink includes new features that make it easier for publishers to provide their users with the ability to obtain reprints through their respective sites. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme EE Times Group unveils new website EE Times Group, a United Business Media company, has launched the new EE Times website at www.eetimes.com. An innovative media platform, the new website claims to be the first professional community linking everyone in the global electronics industry to drive technology sales. The restructured website combines the power of the over 1 million monthly visitors with the EE Times Group's extensive portfolio of online brands, must attend events as well as online education and training courses. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Global water organisations launch new journal - World Water: Water Reuse & Desalination The Water Environment Federation (WEF), WateReuse Association (WRA), and the WateReuse Research Foundation (WRRF) recently announced the launch of a new journal - World Water: Water Reuse & Desalination. The collaborative journal is designed to address the growing informational, technical and operational needs of global water reuse and desalination professionals. The journal will be unveiled at WateReuse's 25th Annual Symposium in September. The inaugural issue will be launched at WEF's 2010 Annual Meeting, WEFTEC 2010, in October. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme RESULTS / FINDINGS FROM RESEARCH REPORTS SAE International survey reveals mobility engineers' high levels of engagement with social media The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International has released a whitepaper on social media usage of mobility engineers. The paper titled 'Do mobility engineers use social media?' outlines the results of the SAE International Social Media Survey and provides some insight on how mobility engineers are using social media today. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Mobile internet access rapidly growing in China, says CNNIC report The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) has released a report, according to which, mobile internet access is rapidly growing in China, representing about two-thirds of Internet users in 5 the country. The report notes that nearly 65 percent of the total internet users accessed the web through their mobile phones as of June 30, 2010. While mobile internet usage recorded an 18 percent increase in the first half of 2010, internet penetration rate in China is still far behind developed nations such as the US and Japan, says the report. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme New NanoMarkets report projects strong prospects for e-paper display industry Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets LC has released a new report, according to which, the e-paper display business has survived a tough year and has emerged as a mainstream display technology with strong prospects going forward. The report goes on to project that by 2015, revenues for e-paper space will reach $2.6 billion. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Ground Truth study notes lack of naming convention in consumer mobile browsing Ground Truth, a provider of mobile measurement services, has published a census-level analysis of mobile web domains. The company says that to attract the largest audience, mobile web publishers must deploy across multiple domain standards. It has been observed that since the inception of the mobile web, there has been no clear consensus around how the various mobile web domains - ‘m.’, ‘wap.’, ‘.mobile’ and ‘.mobi’ - should be used. In this first census-level analysis, Ground Truth seeks to offer the required data for this debate. It says that no single naming convention has emerged to adequately optimise consumer mobile browsing. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme AMA releases two new reports to help physicians optimise quality and safety of patient care The American Medical Association (AMA) has released two new reports to help physicians optimise the quality and safety of patient care. A guide to patient safety organisations (PSOs) is being offered free online to all physicians to help them participate in PSOs, a way for physicians to voluntarily report and learn from adverse safety events. The second report, a study of medical societies' role in helping guide quality improvement initiatives, finds that physicians strongly believe that AMA is best equipped to assist physicians with improving the quality of healthcare. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme JISC and British Library release first annual report on three-year study of doctoral researchers The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and the British Library have released the first annual report of a major three-year study of doctoral researchers. The report shows substantial overlap between information-seeking habits of Generation Y and older students - challenging initial assumptions that they are more digitally dependent, technology savvy and willing to share their research. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme 6 Tiff with Chinese govt. cost Google some market share, says report Research firm Analysys International has released a report that says Google's share of the Chinese search engine market declined in the second quarter while it was involved in a public battle with Beijing over censorship. The search engine firm saw its market share fall to 24.2 percent in the three months to June, from 30.9 percent in the first quarter, Analysys International states in the report. Domestic web search engine Baidu witnessed an increase in its market share to 70 percent in the second quarter from 64 percent in the first. According to the research firm, uncertainty over Google helped Baidu expand its market share. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme BUSINESS STRATEGY / RESTRUCTURING / MANAGEMENT Google closes down two China-based online services Internet search services provider Google, Inc. has announced its decision to shut down two of its China-based online services - a self-developed website ranking page and a lifestyle site. In addition, Google will discontinue technical support to two services for local business partner Tianya.cn. The decision comes nearly 10 days after Beijing renewed Google's licence to continue operations in the country as an Internet Content Provider (ICP). More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme EVENTS AND CONFERENCES Web 2.0 Summit adds new speakers to 2010 lineup O'Reilly Media, Inc. and UBM TechWeb, co-producers of Web 2.0 Expo and Web 2.0 Summit, have released six new additions to the lineup at this year's Web 2.0 Summit. The Web 2.0 Summit brings together a powerful assembly of senior executives and entrepreneurial innovators, as well as technologists, financiers, analysts and pundits to discuss this year's theme 'Points of Control: The Battle for the Network Economy'. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Nominations for 2011 Service Quality Evaluation Academy called for The 2011 Service Quality Evaluation Academy, co-sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), is now accepting participant nominations, with a deadline of December 15, 2010. The event is scheduled for March 14-18, 2011, in Toronto, Canada. The academy is an intensive five-day program that focuses on both qualitative and quantitative methods for collecting and analysing library service quality data. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme 7 Open Educational Resources programme seeks to drive UK content revolution The UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced that the International Open Educational Resources (OER) Symposium will be held in London on July 23, 2010. Speaking ahead of the OER symposium, Brian Lamb from the University of British Columbia has urged higher education to show leadership in difficult times. OER, a programme of JISC and the Higher Education Academy, is seeking to drive a content revolution in the UK. It is working with universities and colleges to share educational materials freely online and make them available to anyone worldwide. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Registration for fifth webinar in the ARL-ACRL ISC series to close on July 21 The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) have announced that registration for the fifth webinar in the ARL-ACRL Institute on Scholarly Communication (ISC) series, Strengthening Programs through Collaboration, will close on July 21, 2010. The webinar, scheduled for July 27, 2010, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT, will focus on approaches to providing economic support for open access. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme ARL webcast on scenario planning for research libraries now available as archive The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released an archive of the webcast, 'Envisioning the Future of Research Libraries: ARL's Scenario Development Project,' which was held on July 19, 2010. The webcast was intended to interest staff and administrators involved with research library planning, as well as others interested in the long-term future environment for research libraries. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme MarkLogic webinar to discuss what state governments can do to boost public access to healthcare information Information infrastructure software provider Mark Logic Corporation has announced that it will host a webinar to explore what state governments can do to increase public access to healthcare information before new federal guidelines go into effect in 2011. The webinar will explore how breakthrough technologies give governments, practitioners, and providers the ability to improve patient outcomes and lower healthcare costs with the data they already have. The event is scheduled for July 28, at 11:00 a.m. (PT)/ 2:00 p.m. (ET). More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme COPYRIGHTS / DATA INTEGRITY / ETHICAL ISSUES Discovery sues Amazon for patent infringement over Kindle for the second time Media company Discovery Communications intellectual property subsidiary Discovery Patent Holdings has reportedly filed a suit against online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc. According to the company, Amazon's line of Kindle e-book readers infringe on two patents held by the company. The suit is the second between the two companies over such technologies. More 8 Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme GRANTS AND OTHER RESEARCH FUNDING BMJ, Lancet criticise British govt. plans to reorganise NHS British medical journals The BMJ and The Lancet have criticised UK Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's plans for the reorganisation of the NHS. The government has admitted that £1.7 billion had been set aside to fund the changes in the first year. Both Lancet and BMJ have published separate editorials criticising the limitation in NHS funding and proposals set out in a white paper titled ‘Liberating the NHS’. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme NIH grant to support Milwaukee-wide research partnership The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $20 million grant to The Medical College of Wisconsin, representing a consortium of eight Milwaukee institutions, to create a Milwaukee-wide research partnership that shares a common vision, resources and staff to advance biomedical research, patient care and education. The funding has been awarded through the NIH’s Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) programme. The Medical College was one of nine centers nationwide to receive the new CTSA funding. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Emerald and CLADEA call for applications for the 2010 Latin American Management Research Fund Award Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., in collaboration with Consejo Latinoamericano de Escuelas de Administración (CLADEA), is calling for applications for the 2010 Latin American Management Research Fund Award. Applications should address the dissemination of knowledge for the social good with a specific orientation toward the benefit of Latin America. The deadline for submissions is September 1, 2010. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme SEARCH TECHNOLOGIES University of Michigan selects Serials Solutions' Summon service to improve discovery of library collections E-Resource Access and Management Services (ERAMS) provider Serials Solutions has announced that the University of Michigan (U-M) has chosen the Summon web-scale discovery service to make searching its library collections effective, fast and easy. More than 50,000 students and faculty at all three of its campuses, which encompass more than a dozen libraries, will benefit from the Summon service. More 9 Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme LIBRARY - MANAGEMENT / DIGITIZATION / AUTOMATION ARL, ALA and EDUCAUSE file comments in support of the FCC's 'Third Way' The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has joined the American Library Association (ALA) and EDUCAUSE in voicing support for the FCC’s Notice of Inquiry (NOI) proposing a ‘third way’ forward on the difficult question of regulatory authority over broadband Internet access service. The associations urged the FCC to act quickly and responsibly to re-establish its authority over broadband access so that it can return to its vital role in encouraging broadband rollout and adoption and protecting the openness of the Internet. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Ex Libris releases version 4.0 of SFX OpenURL link resolver Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced the general release of version 4.0 of its SFX OpenURL link resolver. With the updated and enhanced administrative interface and the redesigned structure of the SFX KnowledgeBase, librarians will benefit from streamlined workflows, new functionality, and more frequent KnowledgeBase updates for both hosted and local SFX installations. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Northeastern University selects EBSCO Discovery Service for unified search experience Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has announced that the Northeastern University has chosen to work with the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS), a unified, customised index of available information resources, to explore the impact of a one-stop 'discovery' system on user research. Northeastern will work with EBSCO in the next several months to add its Institutional Repository and local digitised content into EDS, providing even more content from the single search interface. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme MULTI-CHANNEL PUBLISHING / INNOVATIVE E-PUBLISHING SERVICES / NEW CONTENT FORMATS Modality, Inc facilitates board prep for medical students with sixteen USMLE apps Interactive learning apps developer Modality, Inc. has announced that medical students are embracing USMLE prep on iPhone and iPod touch with its popular line of medical education and test prep apps. The United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) is a required three-step examination that tests students' preparedness for medical practice. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme 10 Amazon reports increased sales of Kindle following price cut Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc. has announced that Kindle device unit sales accelerated each month in the second quarter - both on a sequential month-over-month basis and on a yearover-year basis. According to the company, the growth rate of Kindle, its e-book reader, tripled since the price was lowered from $259 to $189. Over the past month, for every 100 hardcover books Amazon.com has sold, it has sold 180 Kindle books. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Apple Inc. announces iPad availability in nine more countries Apple Inc., a US-based multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers, has announced that iPad will be available in nine more countries from July 23, 2010. These include Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme Online First Publication for all APA-published journal articles now available in the PsycARTICLES database The American Psychological Association (APA) has announced the immediate availability of Online First Publication (OFP) for APA-published journal articles in the PsycARTICLES database. Articles accepted for publication will now be available in electronic format prior to the print publication, expediting access to the latest peer-reviewed research. All PsycARTICLES institutional customers, individual APA PsycNET database package subscribers, and individual journal subscribers may now search these records as an added benefit. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS Government of Canada to review Revised Foreign Investment Policy in Book Publishing and Distribution The Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, James Moore, has announced a review of the Revised Foreign Investment Policy in Book Publishing and Distribution, which will include consultations with individuals and organisations interested in Canadian books. The review will seek to ensure that Canada's foreign investment policy for the book sector reflects new realities and supports the Government's goal of ensuring that readers everywhere have access to a wide range of Canadian-authored books. More Search for more news in this Category Search for more news in this Theme 11 LICENSING, PRICING AND CONTRACTS Medcounselor Drug Information now available on ISMP's consumer website Drug information and medication management solutions provider Gold Standard/Elsevier has announced that the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has licensed MEDcounselor Drug Information, Drug IDentifer and Drug Interaction modules for its consumer website ConsumerMedSafety.org. ISMP is a federally certified patient safety organisation that focuses on preventing medication errors and adverse drug events, and offers legal protection and confidentiality for submitted patient safety and error reports. 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