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Issue 2011-37 (September 9 – September 15, 2011)
STM NEW TOPICS
SCIENTIFIC DATA MANAGEMENT, INDEXING & ARCHIVING (1)
ALLIANCES, PARTNERSHIPS & CONSOLIDATIONS (9)
NEW RELEASE – JOURNALS / PRODUCTS / SERVICES (10)
RESULTS / FINDINGS FROM RESEARCH REPORTS (1)
PUBLIC ACCESS (2)
EVENTS AND CONFERENCES (4)
AWARDS, CERTIFICATION AND OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS (3)
NEW APPOINTMENTS AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (3)
CITATION STATISTICS / ANALYSES / ENHANCEMENTS (1)
COPYRIGHTS / DATA INTEGRITY / ETHICAL ISSUES (3)
GRANTS AND OTHER RESEARCH FUNDING (1)
SEARCH TECHNOLOGIES (2)
LIBRARY - MANAGEMENT / DIGITIZATION / AUTOMATION (2)
MULTI-CHANNEL PUBLISHING / INNOVATIVE E-PUBLISHING SERVICES / NEW CONTENT FORMATS (3)
SUPPORT TOOLS / SOFTWARE / SOLUTIONS (1)
REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS (1)
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NEWS IN DETAIL
SCIENTIFIC DATA MANAGEMENT, INDEXING & ARCHIVING
APA releases new repository for Psychological tests and measures
The American Psychological Association (APA) has announced the release of its new database,
PsycTESTS. This new resource joins APA's suite of renowned research databases, providing a simple
yet comprehensive solution for libraries and their patrons looking for access to test content.
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ALLIANCES, PARTNERSHIPS & CONSOLIDATIONS
IEEE and the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers collaborate on standards development
IEEE and the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers have announced that the two organisations
have signed a MOU to collaboratively perform and promote regional and international
standardisation. Working together, the IEEE Standards Association and KSAE aim to encourage global
communication, promote shared knowledge, and facilitate liaisons between technical groups.
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Algerian Ministry of Higher Education and Research partners with Thomson Reuters for Web of
Knowledge platform
Thomson Reuters has announced a new three-year partnership with the Algerian Ministry of Higher
Education and Research to bring Web of Knowledge to scientists and researchers at more than 60
institutions across Algeria. Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge is an integrated and versatile search
and discovery platform that delivers access to scholarly information in the sciences, social sciences,
arts and humanities.
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Health Shared Services BC signs multi-year contract with Lexicomp for medical information
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that Health Shared Services British Columbia (HSSBC) has
signed a multi-year contract with Lexicomp on behalf of the Health Authorities it represents
following an extensive evaluation process. Part of Wolters Kluwer Health, Lexicomp provides
medical information and clinical content solutions for the healthcare industry.
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Routledge to sponsor three National Literacy Trust publications
Taylor & Francis Group has announced a new partnership between Routledge and the National
Literacy Trust. Under the initiative, Routledge will sponsor three of the Trust's key publications in
Autumn 2011, including their free full-colour A4 resource School's Guide to Literacy, which is being
mailed to 25,000 schools across the UK at the end of September.
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IEEE-SA and KATS sign MoU to facilitate faster standards development
IEEE and the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) have signed a memorandum of
understanding (MOU) to cooperate in standards development and distribution. IEEE Standards
Association and KATS will work together to promote mutual interests through global standards
cooperation and to support continued economic growth on a global scale.
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EMpact chosen as sales agent for The Chronicle of Higher Education
EMpact Sales (EMpact), the publisher representation group of EBSCO, has announced that it has
been chosen as sales agent for The Chronicle of Higher Education. Under the agreement, EMpact
will promote The Chronicle in Japan, Korea, Mexico, Central America, Argentina, Colombia, Chile,
Peru, India and the Middle East.
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CCC and cSubs partner to integrate RightsLink Basic into cSubs subscription management
workflow
Non-profit copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC) has
partnered with cSubs, a provider of subscription, book, newspaper and e-content management
services, to integrate RightsLink Basic directly into the cSubs subscription management workflow.
RightsLink Basic is CCC's point-of-content licensing solution.
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SAGE and Which Medical Device announce partnership
Academic publisher SAGE has announced a partnership with Which Medical Device, an online review
site, to provide independent, expert opinion and reviews of medical devices. Launched in 2010,
Which Medical Device enables medical professionals to search, locate, review and compare medical
devices specific to their specialities.
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Cengage Learning partners with Verba to simplify textbook price comparisons
Teaching, learning and research solutions provider Cengage Learning and Verba have announced
that they are working together to help students surface a range of online pricing options for
textbooks efficiently through participating college stores. Verba is a web application company that
helps campus retailers provide cutting-edge, competitive retail experiences to the communities
they serve.
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NEW RELEASE – JOURNALS / PRODUCTS / SERVICES
Thieme expands RadCases series with the publication of Genitourinary Imaging
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group has announced the publication of Genitourinary Imaging by
Dr. Shailendra Chopra, as part of Thieme's RadCases series. The publication contains 100 cases, and
another 150 are available free for 12 months online.
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Autonomous University of Mexico launches Latindex Portal of Portals
The Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) recently launched a portal that boasts nearly a million
scientific articles journals from Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal. The full texts
of these articles will reportedly be available online for free.
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Springer releases new web tool to increase quality of metadata
STM publisher Springer has released a new web tool that allows cataloguers and librarians to easily
download tailor-made batches of MARC records (Machine-Readable-Cataloging) or eBook title lists.
The new tool allows librarians to download a batch of records to a library’s Springer eBook
collections.
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Thomson Reuters unveils web-based analytical tool for healthcare professionals
Thomson Reuters has introduced MarketScan Treatment Pathways, a web-based analytical tool that
researchers can use to quickly understand medical care, outcomes and costs for discrete
populations of patients. The tool allows users to build a visual pathway of patient treatment over
time for a particular disease.
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American Psychological Association launches new database of therapy demonstration videos
The American Psychological Association (APA) has announced the release of its new database,
PsycTHERAPY. Designed for students, faculty, and seasoned professionals in psychotherapy and
counselling, PsycTHERAPY is a database of therapy demonstration videos specifically developed to
enable viewers to observe how therapists spontaneously employ different approaches and
techniques in practice.
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IOP Publishing announces start of its article evolution programme
IOP Publishing has announced the start of its article evolution programme, a new project designed
to improve the online delivery of research articles, enabling readers to interact with research in
new ways. The first online release from the project has already gone live providing an enhanced
HTML view for all new published articles in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical and
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter.
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Ovid launches latest local language search portal, OvidEspañol
Ovid, part of Wolters Kluwer Health, has announced the release of OvidEspañol, a Spanish-language
search portal. The portal allows healthcare practitioners, clinicians, students, and researchers to
search, browse, and manage search results of core Spanish-language medical content.
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GSE Research selects Publishing Technology to develop academic publishing platform
Publishing Technology plc has announced that it has been selected to build an academic publishing
platform for GSE Research. GSE Research's new online platform for research into governance,
sustainability and the environment will be built using Publishing Technology's innovative semantic
web based publishing software, pub2web.
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Mary Ann Liebert expands Human Gene Therapy journal with new methods
Publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. has announced the launch of a journal expansion, Human Gene
Therapy Methods, to complement the flagship publication Human Gene Therapy. HGT Methods is
dedicated to publishing technological advances in cell and gene therapy that promote the
development of gene therapy products into successful therapeutics.
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New Thieme title to focus on the basics of Aneurysm surgery
STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group has announced the publication of 'Intracranial Aneurysm
Surgery: Basic Principles and Techniques,' a user-friendly reference that takes a step-by-step
approach to explaining the techniques of aneurysm surgery. Its straightforward format makes it
appealing to all levels, from trainees to seasoned practitioners.
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RESULTS / FINDINGS FROM RESEARCH REPORTS
IDC raises shipment forecast for media tablets to 62.5 million units in 2011
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Worldwide media tablet shipments rose 303.8 percent year over year in 2Q11 to 13.6 million units,
according to IDC. Further, IDC has raised its shipment forecast for 2011 to 62.5 million units, up
from a previous projection of 53.5 million units.
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PUBLIC ACCESS
University libraries and German SCOAP3 partners meet to discuss OA in High Energy Physics
Representatives of university libraries recently met with representatives of the German SCOAP3
partners - TIB, Max-Planck-Society und Helmholtz Association - for a workshop at TIB in Hannover.
The international consortium SCOAP3 (Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle
Physics) seeks to convert high quality High Energy Physics journals to Open Access journals of the
golden road.
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Emerald Group Publishing offers free access to British Food Journal
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited has announced that it is providing free online
access to the British Food Journal to celebrate British Food Fortnight, from September 17 - October
3, 2011. To read the journal, interested parties may visit www.emeraldinsight.com/bfj.htm with
username: BFJ2011 and password: emerald from September 17 - October 3, 2011.
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EVENTS AND CONFERENCES
Elsevier to organise 50th Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association conference
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that it will be organising the 50th Estuarine and Coastal
Sciences Association (ECSA) conference 'Today's Science for Tomorrow's Management'. The
conference, scheduled for June 3-7, 2012, in Venice, seeks to find answers to potentially massive
risks for the long-term changes to coastal environments.
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Chinese librarian-publisher forum examines digital publishing
The 2011 Dialogue between Librarians and International Publishers took place in Beijing on August
29. Derk Haank, CEO of Springer Science+Business Media, spoke on 'Usage Development and the
Impact of eBooks', presenting a case study and data on e-book use at a major Chinese university.
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CNI calls for project briefing proposals for Fall 2011 Membership Meeting
The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) has announced that its Fall 2011 CNI Membership
Meeting will be held from December 12-13 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA.
Registration materials will be sent by the middle of this month to designated member
representatives.
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Frankfurt Fair Hall 4.2 to host events for specialist publishers and professionals
The Frankfurt Book Fair is projecting Hall 4.2 as the marketplace for specialist publishers, librarians
and information professionals. Fair attendees can find answers to queries such as how one can
transfer knowledge digitally in the future; and what the library of the future will look like.
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AWARDS, CERTIFICATION AND OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
Elsevier announces winners of National Research Foundation Young Scientist Awards in South
Africa
STM publisher Elsevier has announced the winners of the Young Scientist Awards, sponsored by
Elsevier as part of the National Research Foundation (NRF) President's Awards in Pretoria, South
Africa. Awards were presented to young South African researchers on the basis of exceptional
potential demonstrated in their published doctoral work and/or their research outputs in their early
post-doctoral careers.
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Gale and Library Media Connection announce winners of 2011 TEAMS Award
Educational publisher Gale, part of Cengage Learning, and Library Media Connection Magazine have
announced the three winners of the TEAMS Award — Teachers and Media Specialists Influencing
Student Achievement. The TEAMS Award was created to recognise the critical collaboration
between teachers and media specialists in promoting learning and increasing student achievement.
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ProQuest among US' top 100 most innovative users of business technology
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest has announced that it has been ranked
65th in the 2011 InformationWeek 500, an annual listing of the nation's most innovative users of
business technology. ProQuest is best known for its creation of information and technology tools
that support research.
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NEW APPOINTMENTS AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES
BMJ Group appoints Phil Johnson as publisher for BMJ and Student BMJ
Medical publisher the BMJ Group has announced the appointment of Phil Johnson as publisher for its
flagship titles, BMJ and Student BMJ. With this appointment, the Group seeks to ensure that doctors
and other healthcare professionals globally have the intelligence they need to make informed
decisions for their patients.
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Emerald names Ang Eng Guan as Regional GM of Asia Pacific
Emerald Group Publishing Limited has announced the appointment of Ang Eng Guan as Regional
General Manager of Asia Pacific, covering the regions of China, Australasia, Malaysia and Japan.
Based in Singapore, Eng Guan will focus on strengthening Emerald's sales support to new and
existing customers in the region, as well as developing regional specific content and partner
strategies.
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Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions appoints Henry Prolog as VP - Data Strategy, Acquisitions and
Services
Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions, Inc. has announced the appointment of Henry Prolog as Vice
President, Data Strategy, Acquisitions and Services. In his new role, Prolog will report directly to
Michelle Woker, President & COO, Healthcare Analytics, in Phoenix.
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CITATION STATISTICS / ANALYSES / ENHANCEMENTS
Elsevier’s SciVerse Scopus selected by Australian Research Council for ERA 2012 Research
Assessment
STM publisher Elsevier has announced that the Australian Research Council has selected SciVerse
Scopus for the third time as the sole citation provider for the Excellence in Research for Australia
(ERA) assessment for 2012. The ERA 2012 assessment will open for submissions in March 2012 for all
participating Higher Education providers.
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COPYRIGHTS / DATA INTEGRITY / ETHICAL ISSUES
French publishers drop $14 million book-scanning lawsuit against Google
French publishers Editions Albin Michel, Editions Gallimard and Flammarion have reportedly dropped
a $13.8 million lawsuit against Google over books scanned by the company. With this move, the
publishers seek to resume negotiations to reach a deal on scanning copyright-protected works for
Google's digital library.
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HathiTrust, US universities sued over digitisation of orphan works
The Authors Guild, the Australian Society of Authors, the Union Des Ecrivaines et des Ecrivains
Quebecois and eight individual authors recently filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in federal
court against HathiTrust and five universities over their plans to digitise over 7 million orphan
works. These include the University of Michigan, the University of California, the University of
Wisconsin, Indiana University and Cornell University.
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Library Copyright Alliance raises concern over lawsuit against HathiTrust and partners
The Library Copyright Alliance has stated concern over the Authors Guild's decision to file a lawsuit
against HathiTrust and its research library partners. The case has no merit, and completely
disregards the rights of libraries and their users under the law, the LCA says.
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GRANTS AND OTHER RESEARCH FUNDING
RSC raises queries on EPSRC's Shaping Capability programme
The RSC has stated that since the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council announced its
Shaping Capability programme, there have been many questions raised. The RSC has written a letter
to the EPSRC, stressing the need for an open dialogue on the way forward.
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SEARCH TECHNOLOGIES
Full text of HathiTrust collection made searchable via EDS
EBSCO has announced an agreement with HathiTrust allowing for full text searching of HathiTrust
content within EDS. Through EDS, users can search HathiTrust's collection of 8.5 million digitalised
volumes including 9.5 million volumes covering 5 million book titles and 250,000 serial titles as part
of EDS.
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TEMIS and Alfresco in deal to integrate Luxid to Alfresco's open source content management
solutions
Text analytics solutions provider TEMIS and Alfresco has unveiled an integration enabling the
deployment of its flagship content enrichment platform Luxid to Alfresco's open source content
management solutions. The joint integration of Luxid for Alfresco Enterprise is currently available
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through TEMIS and its network of partners and system integrators.
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LIBRARY - MANAGEMENT / DIGITIZATION / AUTOMATION
Amazon in talks with publishers to launch digital library
Amazon.com is set to launch a digital book library, for which it is reportedly in talks with book
publishers. According to a report published in the Wall Street Journal, the library will enable
customers to access a digitised content by paying an annual subscription fee.
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OCLC, Ex Libris partner to integrate WorldCat Search API into Ex Libris unified discovery and
delivery services
Global library cooperative OCLC has signed an agreement with library automation solutions provider
Ex Libris Group. The deal will enable Ex Libris to incorporate the WorldCat Search API into several
Ex Libris discovery and delivery services, providing OCLC member libraries access to WorldCat
through the Ex Libris Primo and MetaLib solutions.
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MULTI-CHANNEL PUBLISHING / INNOVATIVE E-PUBLISHING SERVICES / NEW CONTENT FORMATS
Taylor & Francis launches mobile optimised website
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis has launched Taylor & Francis Online Mobile which provides
mobile access to the 1,600 Journals and Reference Works available via Taylor & Francis Online.
Taylor & Francis Online Mobile is free to use and allows users to access knowledge via iPhone,
Android, Blackberry and tablet devices.
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Alexander Street Press launches Nursing Education in Video online collection
Electronic publisher Alexander Street Press has released Nursing Education in Video, an online
collection of streaming video for the training and education of nurses and nursing assistants. The
result of a partnership with Medcom-Trainex, Nursing Education in Video covers the fundamentals of
nurse training as well as advanced technical and procedural topics.
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Unbound Medicine partners with Elsevier to launch Harriet Lane Handbook for mobile devices
Unbound Medicine has announced a new licensing relationship with STM publisher Elsevier with the
launch of Harriet Lane Handbook for iOS (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad), Android, BlackBerry, and
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Windows Phone. The release marks the first of a series of mobile digital products to be made
available via the Unbound Platform.
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SUPPORT TOOLS / SOFTWARE / SOLUTIONS
WK Health launches ProVation MD module to streamline American College of Cardiology NCDR
CathPCI Registry reporting
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced the release of a module to
support participation in the American College of Cardiology (ACC) National Cardiovascular Data
Registry (NCDR) CathPCI Registry. Part of ProVation MD for cardiology procedure documentation and
coding, the ACC-certified module automates collection of required data and simplifies the
submission process.
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REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS
ARL releases resource packet comprising information on legal and policy issues concerning
orphan works
The Association of Research Libraries has released a 'Resource Packet on Orphan Works: Legal and
Policy Issues for Research Libraries.' The resource packet provides general information on legal and
policy issues concerning orphan works and the University of Michigan's Orphan Works Project, an
FAQ, and a legal memorandum by Jonathan Band, policybandwidth.
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