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Doctors Without Borders physicians to receive free access to MD Consult - 19 Nov 2009
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that the physician-members of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, will receive free access to MD Consult (www.mdconsult.com), its electronic clinical decision support (CDS) tool. The move is part of Elsevier’s ‘All You Need to Make a Difference’ campaign. MSF had bagged the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999. Elsevier will donate a free subscription to MSF for each annual individual MD Consult subscription purchased between November 16 and December 18, 2009. Based on its projections, Elsevier estimates that the month-long campaign could provide 400 subscriptions to MSF's volunteer physicians. Based on average monthly sales, Elsevier estimates that the licenses donated to MSF's volunteer physicians could be worth as much as $140,000. MD Consult is expected to help volunteer physicians diagnose and treat conditions associated with armed conflict, malnutrition, natural disasters and lack of access to care, and other epidemics. With a world population of close to seven billion people, some 32.9 million have HIV/AIDS, 13.7 million have tuberculosis and 247 million have malaria, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation's Global Health Facts. MSF aid workers operate programmes in more than 60 countries. Elsevier, which has 7,000 employees working in more than 70 offices worldwide, has various partnerships with global science and health communities across the word. According to Elsevier estimates, clinicians in more than 139 countries use its CDS tools. Search for more such decision support tools in K-Store Discuss this NEWS
Decision Support Tools > Medical Information - Clinical
SAGE journals to migrate to HighWire’s new H2O platform in 2010 - 19 Nov 2009
Academic publisher SAGE has announced a major upgrade to its SAGE Journals Online (SJO) platform. More than 560 SAGE journals will be available on the next generation platform, supported by HighWire Press’ 2.0 technology (H2O), by the end of 2010. With most readers now accessing content directly at the article level, this advanced technology brings SJO new functionality designed to keep readers in context as they conduct their research. All journal pages will offer a flexible three-column design that makes features available without taking attention away from the substantive article content. The changes include journal and society branding; browse, advanced search and alerting features; abstract preview; tag-along navigation; feature hideaway; popular-articles list; agile, robust content architecture; and redesigned SJO portal. SAGE journal sites have already begun the move to SJO’s next generation technology. The first sites to incorporate the new functionality were launched in early 2009. Additional titles will be migrated over during the next year, with the completion of all 560 plus sites estimated for late 2010. Search for more such web-based information services in K-Store Discuss this NEWS
Web-based information services
Wiley-Blackwell announces publishing partnership with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain - 19 Nov 2009
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc, US, has announced a publishing partnership with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB). Under the deal, the global publisher will publish the Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies, as well as the new title Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research. The journals, previously self-published by the Society’s publishing division Pharmaceutical Press, will be transferring to Wiley-Blackwell from January 1, 2010. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, the Society’s flagship monthly journal, publishes original research papers, critical reviews and communications on the latest developments in the pharmaceutical sciences. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice publishes original research and review articles on all aspects of medicines management, policy, practice and education. Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies is a quarterly review journal that aims to present the evidence on complementary and alternative medicine in an analytical and impartial manner. Slated for launch in 2010, Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research aims to become a focal point for the publication of all aspects of research within the field of health services research that relate to pharmaceuticals. The journals are known for their high quality content and professional and efficient service for authors and subscribers. Although aimed primarily at an academic audience, healthcare practitioners, industry researchers and government bodies are also important contributors and readers. Search for more pharma related books/journals in K-Store Discuss this NEWS
Pharma
ACM partners with FEDLINK to facilitate access to ACM Digital Library - 19 Nov 2009
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has announced that it has agreed to participate in the Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK) of more than 1,000 US Government member libraries to facilitate their access to the ACM Digital Library (DL) (http://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm). FEDLINK is the business subsidiary of the Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC). The agreement enables FEDLINK members to subscribe to the DL at a discounted price and to streamline their access to the DL’s vast online collection of resources, which are used by over 1 million computing professionals and students worldwide. Also, the deal enables ACM to expand efforts to offer the online computing content of its DL to a critical part of the library market. Among the federal libraries that are eligible under this agreement are those maintained by many of the major science, energy, health, defence and intelligence agencies as well as several legislative committees. This initiative is part of ACM’s ongoing investment in content, features, performance, and the worldwide reach of its Digital Library, which comprises an online collection of more than two million pages of full-text articles from ACM publications as well as one of the most comprehensive bibliographic databases in the computing field. The ACM DL includes an index of more than 7 million references, 1.25 million citations, and over 500,000 journal articles. ACM’s full-text database consists of many of the highest impact titles in the computing field dating back to 1954, and includes content from ACM’s wide range of journals, magazines, conference proceedings, ACM Special Interest Group (SIG) newsletters, technical reports, and multimedia files. Search for more such digital libraries in K-Store Discuss this NEWS
Open Access > Library Information - Digital libraries
E-Science Survey preliminary results and resources released - 19 Nov 2009
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) E-Science Working Group surveyed ARL member libraries in the fall of 2009 to gather data on the state of engagement with e-science issues. An overview of initial survey findings was presented by E-Science Working Group Chair Wendy Lougee, University Librarian, McKnight Presidential Professor, University of Minnesota Libraries, at the October ARL Membership Meeting. Lougee’s briefing explored contrasting approaches among research institutions, particularly in regard to data management. The briefing also summarised survey findings on topics such as library services, organisational structures, staffing patterns and staff development, and involvement in research grants, along with perspectives on pressure points for service development. To better explicate the findings, Lougee reviewed specific cases of activities at six research institutions. Audio of the briefing along with slides and a handout are available as part of the Proceedings of the 155th ARL Membership Meeting. ARL has also compiled a set of resources provided by survey respondents. A full report of the survey findings is being prepared and will be published in 2010 by ARL through its Occasional Papers series. Search for more such study reports in K-Store Discuss this NEWS
Case Studies/Industry study reports > Scientific information - e-science
BioMed Central to add content to Quertle’s biomedical search tool - 19 Nov 2009
Open access publisher BioMed Central, UK, has announced a partnership with Quertle LLC to add over 60,000 published articles into the latest version of Quertle’s online biomedical search tool. Quertle is projected as a query site for more effective searching of scientific literature. Its semantic search approach is claimed to help researchers find the most relevant documents. According to Quertle, its search tool goes beyond simple term matching to identify the most salient information in the literature. Using a combination of linguistic methods, Quertle seeks to find facts defined within documents, creating its own database of nearly 200 million relationships, and is able to report the ones that are relevant to the user’s query. Quertle's approach is stated to be based on a thorough understanding of biology and chemistry, and built from the ground up to address the needs of researchers who depend upon this technical literature. Search for more such search services in K-Store Discuss this NEWS
Search/Discovery/Data Retrieval tools and services > Scientific Information - Biomedical
Ex Libris and Bavarian State Library announce strategic partnership for long term preservation - 19 Nov 2009
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Germany, has announced that the Bavarian State Library has selected the Rosetta digital preservation system, which will preserve and provide access to the extensive and rapidly growing digital collections of the Bavarian State Library. The Ex Libris Rosetta digital preservation system enables institutions to manage, preserve, and provide access to institutional documents, research output in digital formats, digital images, Web sites, and other digitally born and digitised materials, for perpetuity. Rosetta supports the acquisition, validation, ingest, storage, preservation and dissemination of digital objects from many sources and formats, while keeping this information secure and allowing institutions to implement multiple digital preservation policies and strategies. Built on a scalable, distributed architecture, Rosetta's sophisticated preservation processes continually track file formats and update the digital objects in the system. Based on the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) model and conforming to trusted digital repository (TDR) requirements, Rosetta has been developed in partnership with the National Library of New Zealand. The licensing of Rosetta by the Bavarian State Library is supported by significant special resources of the Bavarian State of Sciences, Research and the Arts. The inclusion of selected digital collections from university libraries in Bavaria is already earmarked for the first project phase. Rosetta is planned to be the long-term preservation solution for all state libraries within the library consortium in the Free State of Bavaria. Search for more such preservation services in K-Store Discuss this NEWS
Digital Asset Management Platform > General information - Preservation / Archiving
Reed Construction Data announces software updates for BIM solutions - 19 Nov 2009
Construction information provider Reed Construction Data (RCD), US, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reed Elsevier, has announced updates for two of its leading BIM solutions, SmartBIM Library (SBL) and SmartBIM QTO, to help Autodesk Revit users increase efficiency and organization in the design phase. SmartBIM Library is a Revit family cataloging tool for architects, designers and engineers that provides search and management capabilities. The release of version 3.8 offers users improved thumbnail creation for all Revit families and adds support for publishing curtain wall panels in user-created catalogues. SmartBIM Library version 3.8 comes pre-loaded with over 22,000 high-quality Revit family types and includes a content update service that publishes families on a continual basis from a growing list of building product manufacturers. SmartBIM QTO allows architects and engineers to rapidly perform quantity takeoffs from a Revit project and generate design-level cost estimates using RSMeans cost data. As a project changes, architects also have the freedom to run estimates for different design options to facilitate ‘what-if’ scenarios. After an estimate is created, any line item can be edited manually allowing users to input their own costs or further refine the estimate using the RSMeans CostWorks database. SmartBIM QTO 1.3 has improved functionality for exporting a quantity takeoff to Microsoft Excel. Search for more such reference tools in K-Store Discuss this NEWS
Reference Tools > Technical information - construction / transport
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