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Issue 2011/21 (May 20 - May 26, 2011)
STM NEW TOPICS
SCIENTIFIC DATA MANAGEMENT, INDEXING & ARCHIVING (1)
ALLIANCES, PARTNERSHIPS & CONSOLIDATIONS (8)
NEW RELEASE – JOURNALS / PRODUCTS / SERVICES (6)
BUSINESS STRATEGY / RESTRUCTURING / MANAGEMENT (1)
PUBLIC ACCESS (2)
EVENTS AND CONFERENCES (2)
AWARDS, CERTIFICATION AND OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS (5)
NEW APPOINTMENTS AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (3)
COPYRIGHTS / DATA INTEGRITY / ETHICAL ISSUES (1)
GRANTS AND OTHER RESEARCH FUNDING (2)
SEARCH TECHNOLOGIES (2)
LIBRARY - MANAGEMENT / DIGITIZATION / AUTOMATION (6)
MULTI-CHANNEL PUBLISHING / INNOVATIVE E-PUBLISHING SERVICES / NEW CONTENT FORMATS (5)
SUPPORT TOOLS / SOFTWARE / SOLUTIONS (2)
REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS (2)
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NEWS IN DETAIL
SCIENTIFIC DATA MANAGEMENT, INDEXING & ARCHIVING
BNA and MLA partner with Ex Libris to boost discoverability of content through Primo Central
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Ex Libris Group has announced that the United States Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) and the
Modern Language Association of America (MLA) have joined the rapidly expanding group of
information providers that enable the Primo Central Index of scholarly content to cover their
collections. Offered as a cloud-based service, the Primo Central Index covers hundreds of millions of
scholarly resources from leading information providers.
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ALLIANCES, PARTNERSHIPS & CONSOLIDATIONS
Royal Society of Chemistry adds RDF functionality to ChemSpider database
The Royal Society of Chemistry's chemical database ChemSpider has added RDF functionality to its
interface, in collaboration with the University of Southampton's School of Chemistry. The
availability of RDF is said to allow the database records to be found and understood by semantic
web tools.
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Springer in deal with Dai Nippon Printing for POD solutions in Japan
STM publisher Springer has announced an agreement with Japan-based Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
(DNP). Under the deal, DNP will provide single-copy minimum print-on-demand (POD) solutions for
Springer titles delivered to the Japanese market.
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American Psychological Association adopts DataSalon's MasterVision
The American Psychological Association (APA) has announced that it has adopted DataSalon's
MasterVision product in order to integrate and better utilise customer information from different
data sources. The system integrates institutional electronic and print subscribers, and data relating
to individuals, including subscribers, member records, and author and reviewer details.
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Springer and TEMIS extend partnership on semantic analysis of scientific content
STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media and TEMIS have agreed on a broad extension of their
strategic collaboration on semantic enrichment and linking of content for the SpringerLink platform.
SpringerLink claims to be one of the world's largest distribution platforms for scientific eBooks and
eJournals.
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Elsevier and METI partner to integrate nursing education content and solutions with human
patient simulators
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STM publisher Elsevier has announced a partnership agreement with Medical Education
Technologies, Inc. (METI), a manufacturer of medical simulation and healthcare learning
technologies. The companies will collaborate to release a turn-key healthcare education product
that combines Elsevier's nursing education content with METI's human patient simulators.
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O'Reilly Media selects Ingram's CoreSource for digital asset management and distribution
Ingram Content Group Inc. has announced that publisher O'Reilly Media has selected Ingram's
CoreSource platform for digital asset management and distribution. O'Reilly's selection of
CoreSource builds on the two companies' total inventory management agreement announced earlier
in April this year.
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Accucoms and AIP announce new sales representation deal
Accucoms, a Netherlands-based provider of sales and marketing services to scholarly and society
publishers, has reached a new agreement with the American Institute of Physics (AIP). Under the
new deal, Accucoms will represent AIP in Turkey and Italy.
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NPG and California State University partner to support development of interactive textbooks in
college-level science
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the California State University (CSU) have
announced a three-year partnership. Under the deal, NPG will support design and development of
an innovative series of affordable, high quality interactive textbooks in college-level science.
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NEW RELEASE – JOURNALS / PRODUCTS / SERVICES
3M Library Systems to launch e-book lending service at ALA Annual Conference
3M Library Systems is set to launch its 3M Cloud Library e-book lending service at the ALA Annual
Conference, scheduled for June 23-28, 2011 in New Orleans. Random House and IPG are among the
first publishers to partner with the company for the service.
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Reed Business Information launches new online destination for Australians looking for health
information
B2B information provider Reed Business Information has announced the launch of
www.itsmyhealth.com.au, a new online destination for Australians looking for information about
health and general wellbeing. The website is designed to meet the growing demand for reliable
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EBSCO Publishing expands corporate learning offerings
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) has expanded its corporate
learning offerings to include a ready to use, web-based training center. EBSCO and Business & Legal
Resources (BLR) have signed an agreement enabling corporations and government agencies to
subscribe to BLR's Employee Training Center through EBSCO.
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Journal of Medical Case Reports launches first thematic series
Open access, peer-reviewed online journal, Journal of Medical Case Reports (JMCR) has launched its
first thematic series. This collection features articles highlighting the benefits of case reporting in
neurology, skull base surgery, oncology, oral medicine and infectious disease.
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Knovel launches Mining Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy subject area
Engineering resources provider Knovel has announced the launch of Mining Engineering and
Extractive Metallurgy as a new subject. The new subject area supports engineers involved in mining
engineering, extractive metallurgy as well as affiliated engineers working in design and construction
and for equipment manufacturers.
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Google Correlate launched; to apply search trends to real situations
Google has announced the launch of Google Correlate, an experimental new tool on Google Labs.
The new product reportedly looks at search trends, and attempts to apply them to real-world
situations. It enables users to find queries with a similar pattern to a target data series.
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BUSINESS STRATEGY / RESTRUCTURING / MANAGEMENT
Unlimited Priorities facilitates SUSHI reports from Accessible Archives and Ex Libris
Unlimited Priorities Corporation has facilitated the establishment of the relationship between
Accessible Archives, Inc., a database publisher, and Ex Libris Group to make usage reporting easier
for its customers who have a relationship with Ex Libris. Accessible Archives provides access to
primary content from the 18th and 19th centuries.
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PUBLIC ACCESS
SAGE brings out inaugural issue of OA journal, SAGE Open
Academic publisher SAGE recently published its first articles in SAGE Open, an open access journal
featuring content from the social and behavioural sciences and the humanities. SAGE Open supports
authors who require their articles to be freely available on publication.
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Springer set to launch new open access journal - Human-centric Computing and Information
Sciences
STM publisher Springer is set to launch a new open access journal, Human-centric Computing and
Information Sciences (HCIS). Scheduled for launch in June 2011, the journal will be fully sponsored
by the Korea-based Future Technology Research Association International (FTRA).
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EVENTS AND CONFERENCES
Speakers announced for panel on the Berlin Open Access Declaration
The organisers of the forthcoming SPARC-ACRL forum on emerging issues in scholarly communication
have announced the speakers who will zero in on the motivation and drive behind the Berlin
Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities. Planned in conjunction
with the ALA meeting, this installment of the popular forum is focusing on expanding support for the
Berlin Declaration.
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Frankfurt Book fair to host StoryDrive conference at Buenos Aires event
The Frankfurt Book Fair will host an offshoot of its international media conference, StoryDrive, at
MICA, Argentina's first trade fair for the creative industries. A total of 10 experts from the fields of
film, games and books will jointly explore the latest opportunities for cross-industry collaboration.
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AWARDS, CERTIFICATION AND OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
EBSCO Information Services becomes NASIG's first organisational member
EBSCO has been accepted as the first organisational member of The North American Serials Interest
Group, Inc. (NASIG). In this capacity, EBSCO will support the continuing education on serials,
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electronic resources and standards issues that affect libraries, publishers and vendors.
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins takes home 19 ASHPE Awards
Healthcare publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), a Wolters Kluwer Health business, has
announced that it has won 19 awards in 15 categories. This includes Magazine of the Year from the
American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors (ASHPE).
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Winners of first-annual TCI-Scopus-TRF Journal Awards announced
STM publisher Elsevier in collaboration with the Thai-Journal Citation Index Centre and the Thailand
Research Fund announced the winners of the first-annual TCI-Scopus-TRF Journal Awards. The
awards were presented during a ceremony at the Bangkok Windsor Suite Hotel, Thailand.
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CAS Registry registers 60 millionth substance
CAS has announced that a patent application claiming compounds with potential therapeutic
activity, submitted to China's State Intellectual Property Office, included the 60 millionth substance
recorded in the CAS Registry. The substance was discovered by the Institute of Materia Medica,
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
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Cengage Learning's Course360 Custom Course Solutions win gold in 2011 Learning Impact
Awards
Cengage Learning has announced that its Course360 Custom Course Solutions in IMS Common
Cartridge v1.0 has been named a gold medalist in the 2011 Learning Impact Awards. Course360 is a
set of comprehensive and customisable online courses that utilise best practices in online
instructional design to create effective online or blended course experiences for students.
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NEW APPOINTMENTS AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES
Emerald names Professor Amanda Spink as Editor of Aslib Proceedings
Academic publisher Emerald Group Publishing has announced the appointment of Professor Amanda
Spink as editor of Aslib Proceedings, one of Emerald's information science titles. Professor Spink
succeeds Professor David Nicholas of University College London, who edited the journal for over a
decade.
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WSU College of Education chosen to host Journal of Research on Leadership Education
The Washington State University (WSU) College of Education has announced that it has been chosen
to host the Journal of Research on Leadership Education, starting this fall. Associate Professor
Michele Acker-Hocevar in the Tri-Cities and Professor Gail Furman in Spokane will serve as the
editors of the journal.
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Laurianne McLaughlin named new Editor-in-Chief of InformationWeek.com
InformationWeek, an IT brand focused on the business value of technology, has announced
Laurianne McLaughlin as editor in chief of InformationWeek.com. In her new role, McLaughlin will
shape the site's editorial strategy and direction, as well as oversee day-to-day coverage.
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COPYRIGHTS / DATA INTEGRITY / ETHICAL ISSUES
EC publishes policy blueprint to protect service providers' intellectual property rights
The European Commission recently published a policy blueprint for dealing with intellectual
property rights. It proposes to modernise the EU's IP right laws, which protect literary, musical and
artistic works (copyright), discoveries and inventions (patents), and words, phrases, symbols and
designs (trademarks).
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GRANTS AND OTHER RESEARCH FUNDING
Elsevier Foundation calls for new grant proposals for the 2011 Innovative Libraries in
Developing Countries programme
The Elsevier Foundation is seeking new grant proposals for the 2011 Innovative Libraries in
Developing Countries programme. Providing grants to libraries in the developing world, the
programme aims to improve access to scientific, technical and medical information through
innovative systems and services.
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SBRI programmes to improve access for all learners
Funding has been awarded to a number of technology innovators from around the UK to enable
them to explore life changing assistive technologies. The funding has come from two competitions
sponsored by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Technology Strategy
Board (TSB) and managed by JISC TechDis.
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SEARCH TECHNOLOGIES
University of Cincinnati Libraries selects Serials Solutions Summon discovery service to enhance
accessibility
Serials Solutions has announced that the University of Cincinnati (UC) Libraries have selected Serials
Solutions Summon web-scale discovery service to enhance the accessibility of its e-resources and
library materials. The Summon service will help researchers at the UC experience improved speed
and discoverability across the library's full breadth of subscribed databases, e-resources and
physical materials.
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Serials Solutions enhances Japanese search functionality in Summon web-scale discovery
service
Serials Solutions, a US-based provider of tools and services for libraries and a business unit of
ProQuest LLC, has announced that it has enhanced its Japanese search functionality in the Serials
Solutions Summon web-scale discovery service. The service currently enables sophisticated search
features in Dutch, French and Japanese, and will be adding additional languages in the near future.
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LIBRARY - MANAGEMENT / DIGITIZATION / AUTOMATION
Google halts News Archive Project, ProQuest offers support for similar projects
Google has stopped digitising old newspapers under its Google News Archive project. ProQuest
noted that it had been pleased to partner with Google in the project. It is willing to work further
with publishers to secure and archive their files that Google digitises and indexes.
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Newly updated JISC toolkit to help information professionals through different aspects of
measuring impact
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee has announced that a newly updated JISC toolkit will
help content creators, publishers and other information professionals understand the reach of their
digital assets. They can use the kit to help guide them through different aspects of measuring
impact.
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Brazil's Agricultural Research Corporation adds 470,000 records to WorldCat
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Computer library service and research organisation OCLC has announced that Brazil's Agricultural
Research Corporation, Embrapa, has added more than 470,000 bibliographic records to the OCLC
WorldCat database. The database claims to be the world's largest online resource for finding
information in libraries.
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NLM releases digital versions of American medical books from 17th century onwards
The NLM has released 'Medicine in the Americas', a digital resource encompassing over 300 early
American books. The resource makes freely available original works demonstrating the evolution of
American medicine from colonial frontier outposts of the 17th century to research hospitals of the
20th century.
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ebrary announces availability of German-language titles for purchase
E-books and research technology provider ebrary has announced the availability of about 6,000
German-language titles for purchase in all subject areas. These include content from Berliner
Wissenschafts-Verlag, Diplomica, Duncker & Humblodt, Felix Meiner, Georg Olms, VDG Weimer, and
other newly signed publishers.
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ARL and Ascendant Strategy Management Group partner to bring Balanced Scorecard to 10
Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Ascendant Strategy Management Group have
agreed to begin development of Balanced Scorecards (BSCs) for a group of 10 libraries. The
agreement marks an extension of a partnership between the two organisations that began in 2009.
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MULTI-CHANNEL PUBLISHING / INNOVATIVE E-PUBLISHING SERVICES / NEW CONTENT FORMATS
European cloud provision way forward, says JISC executive secretary
JISC's executive secretary recently called for more join-up across Europe to ensure researchers and
other network users get the most from cloud computing. Dr Malcolm Read was speaking at a
research networking conference in Europe.
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Kindle books sales overtake print book sales at Amazon.com
Amazon has announced that it is now selling more Kindle e-books than print books. Since April 1, for
every 100 print books it has sold, it has sold 105 Kindle books. This includes sales of hardcover and
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paperback books by Amazon without a Kindle edition.
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Google sees substantial rise in number of free titles in electronic bookstore
Google's eBooks electronic bookstore now contains about 3 million free titles, up from 2 million
during its December 2010 launch. The books can be read in the free Google Books Web Reader,
through a Google Books app, or by downloading to a compatible e-reader.
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New American Chemical Society videos focus on DOE quest for new energy sources
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has released two new videos that illustrate how the U. S.
Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Frontier Research Centers are speeding the development of
critically-needed new sources of energy by linking top scientists in multiple disciplines. The ACS
Voices of Research videos feature scientists from the University of Virginia and the University of
Maryland.
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Unbound Medicine extends Unbound Platform with multi-dimensional iPad solution
Unbound Medicine, a US-based provider of knowledge management solutions for the healthcare
industry, has announced the extension of the Unbound Platform with multi-dimensional capabilities
for Apple's iPad. Unbound's platform enhancement arrives as many students and practitioners adopt
the iPad for day-to-day knowledge management.
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SUPPORT TOOLS / SOFTWARE / SOLUTIONS
World Scientific Publishing Company selects Atypon Literatum as new publishing platform
Atypon, a provider of software to the publishing and media industry, has announced that scientific
publisher World Scientific Publishing Company has selected Literatum as its new publishing
platform. Literatum will allow World Scientific to bring together all of its content products on a
single platform for the first time.
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Oklahoma Surgicare selects ProVation MD software for procedure documentation and coding
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that Oklahoma Surgicare has selected its ProVation MD
software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding. ProVation MD, available for the
full range of ASC specialties, replaces dictation and transcription and allows physicians to efficiently
document procedures at the point of care.
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REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS
STM applauds Spanish government efforts to improve Spanish science
The International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) has welcomed the
balanced legislation in the new Spanish Science Law. The Plenary of the House of Representatives
adopted the Law on Science, Technology and Innovation by 289 votes in favour, 3 against and no
abstentions.
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Institute of Physics welcomes publication of 'Concept to Commercialisation,' the TSB's 2011-15
vision
The Institute of Physics (IOP) has welcomed the publication of 'Concept to Commercialisation', the
Technology Strategy Board's (TSB) vision for 2011-15. According to Dr Robert Kirby-Harris, Chief
Executive of IOP, the new strategy for 2011-15 looks set to continue the trend, particularly through
the expansion of the Small Business Research Initiative.
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