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ScienceDirect introduces new features in latest version - 30 Apr 2007
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it has added several new features to the latest version of its ScienceDirect platform, which builds on the redesign carried out in August 2006. The new features include Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed; Cited By in Scopus; Live Chat; and Inward linking simplification. RSS feeds will be available on ScienceDirect for search results, citations and new articles, as well as more than 300 pre-selected topics. Access to a wide range of citation information will be made possible with Cited By in Scopus, which links to specific citations in Scopus, an abstract and citation database of research literature and web sources. Cited By in Scopus also features a real-time citation count. While a Scopus licence is not necessary to view the citations for a given article, a ScienceDirect subscription is required. Communication with the ScienceDirect e-Helpdesk will be enabled through Live Chat, an online, real-time instant messaging technical support service available through the clock, five days a week. The feature will be rolled out in phases following an initial trial period with selected customers. ScienceDirect increased its support of the OpenURL standard by upgrading from version 0.1 to 1.0. This change enables new partners to build links more easily. In addition, 4,000 e-books will be added to ScienceDirect later in the year. Covering a wide range of scientific disciplines, including those published under Pergamon and Academic Press imprints, these additional titles will be fully integrated with the existing books and journals on the platform. Following the 2007 launch, more than 50 books will be added each month. This new content is in addition to the reference works, handbooks and book series already available on ScienceDirect. Click here to read the original press release.
Sage's online journals made available to TSUS institutions - 30 Apr 2007
Academic and professional publisher Sage Publications, US, has announced a three-year agreement with the Texas State University System (TSUS) to make Sage's online journals available to participating institutions. Under the deal, 74,000 students and 3,500 faculty members at six participating schools in the TSUS, as well as Stephen F. Austin State University, will now have access to over 400 journals via Sage Premier. This includes backfile to 1999. The journals are available on Sage's online platform, Sage Journals Online. Sage Journals Online, which was recently enhanced with new features and functionality, is the delivery platform that provides online access to the full text of individual Sage journals. The Sage Full-Text Collections, the company's award-winning, discipline-specific research databases, are also available on the platform. Click here to read the original press release.
Thieme forms publishing partnership with NetLibrary - 30 Apr 2007
Thieme Publishers, part of STM publisher Thieme Publishing Group, Germany, has announced a new publisher partnership with NetLibrary. The e-content platform of global library cooperative OCLC, Inc, NetLibrary is a major provider of electronic content to academic, public and other libraries. The deal is projected to provide NetLibrary with access to high-quality titles from one of the leading medical and scientific publishers, while offering Thieme with an opportunity to utilise the expertise of NetLibrary in delivering electronic content. Books such as Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Complementary Oncology and Otolaryngology are now available online. The partnership is seen to underscore the commitment of both companies to electronic publishing and new media.
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. launches new journal - Sustainability: Research and Practice - 30 Apr 2007
Medical publisher Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., US, has announced the launch of a new journal - Sustainability: Research and Practice. Dr. Tom Kimmerer, Executive Director of the American Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, will serve as editor-in-chief of the journal, the premier issue of which will be published this fall. A bimonthly journal, Sustainability: Research and Practice will be available both in print and online. It seeks to provide an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to communicate with one another. The new journal will focus on the environment, global warming and climate change; and energy, ecological, and resource conservation initiatives to ensure a sustainable future, as well as societal considerations in a global context. Also, it will cover peer review papers, news and commentary, interviews, and profiles of leading people as well as corporate profiles. A privately held, fully integrated media company, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. is known for establishing authoritative peer-reviewed journals in many areas of science, medicine, biomedical research, and law. Its biotechnology trade magazine, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN), was the first in its field and is currently the industry's most widely read publication worldwide. Click here to read the original press release.
Emerald acquires two business journals - 30 Apr 2007
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced the acquisition of two new journals - Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal and International Journal of Commerce and Management. In addition, the company has acquired the Journal of Global Competitiveness, which will be merged into Competitiveness Review to combine the strengths of the two titles. The titles in the international business portfolio cater to academics, researchers and practitioners in international trade, international business and business professionals from a wide range of industries. The quarterly Competitiveness Review covers subjects including theory and its applications pertaining to competitiveness; current thinking and the practices of competitive organisations; articles that predict future developments and reflect futuristic thinking; the nature of competition and the role of firms and governments in the global marketplace; and current thinking and practices of global firms, governments and NGOs. Currently published four times a year, Emerald will make International Journal of Commerce and Management available online from 2008. Also, it will introduce features such as reference linking and a site licence for subscribing institutions. Click here to read the original press release.
Macmillan Medical Communications names Mike Moran as VP, Client Services - 30 Apr 2007
Medical communications agency Macmillan Medical Communications (MMC), part of Macmillan Publishers Limited, UK, has announced the appointment of Mike Moran as VP, Client Services. He will report directly to John Elduff, Senior VP of Sales. In his new position, Moran will be in charge of selling and designing customised medical education programmes that leverage the assets of the Nature Publishing Group for pharmaceutical partners. Prior to this, he served Excerpta Medica where his annual programme sales exceeded $3.5 million. Macmillan Medical Communications is a strategic medical communications agency that provides customised products and services for partners in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, and biotechnology industries. As part of the Macmillan Group, MMC has exclusive access to some of the world's leading journal content, including journals from NPG, publishers of Nature, the international journal of science, Nature Medicine, the Nature Clinical Practice series of journals and a large number of major medical society titles.
ICTP opts for Ex Libris library system - 30 Apr 2007
Atlantis S.r.l., the exclusive distributor of Ex Libris products in Italy, has announced that the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy, has chosen ALEPH 500 as its integrated library management system (ILS). Following the signing of a contract in September 2006, ICTP and Atlantis moved into high gear on data analysis and mapping as well as migration and training programmes. Three months later the ICTP library was already in production with all ALEPH 500 modules. Founded in 1964, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics operates under a tripartite agreement between the government of Italy and two United Nations agencies, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The ICTP library houses over 64,000 books and 443 current print subscriptions. It provides full-text access to nearly 3,500 e-journals and holds one of the largest collections of specialised literature in physics and mathematics in Europe. Ex Libris' integrated library solution, ALEPH 500 and Voyager are in use at over 3,000 sites worldwide. Other products from the Ex Libris suite, deployed at more than 1,300 sites, focus on the digital library and offer state-of-the-art, user-centric solutions for managing electronic resources and digital assets and providing informed access to them. Click here to read the original press release.
