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COUNTER 4 Reports Now Available to SAGE Customers

Institutional Reports from COUNTER 4, the latest standard in usage reporting for journals, databases, books, and multimedia content, are now available for all SAGE and CQ Press products.

This update retires COUNTER 3 reports and adds three new reports to those previously available (asterisked):

Report Title (short id) Brief Description
Journal Report 1 (JR1) Number of successful full-text article requests, by month and Journal Report 1a
Journal Report 1a (JR1a) Number of successful full-text article requests from an archive, by month and journal
Journal Report 1 Gold Open Access (GOA)* Number of full-text downloads for those articles available at no charge to the user
Journal Report 2 (JR2) * Access denied to full-text articles, by month and journal
Journal Report 5 (JR5)* Number of successful full-text article requests, by year-of-publication (YOP) and journal
Consortium Report 1 (CR1) Number of successful full-text journal article or book chapter requests by month and title

 

The COUNTER 4 reports are available for all SAGE and CQ Press products including SAGE Journals, SAGE Knowledge, SAGE Research Methods, CQ Researcher, State Stats, and all products in the CQ Press suite.

“We are pleased to be able to offer a full range of reports compliant with COUNTER 4 requirements. We believe that greater information and transparency about usage is a key part of enabling libraries to make informed assessments of the content they are purchasing,” said Stephen Barr, President, SAGE International. “We will continue to support COUNTER and other tools for enhancing analysis and understanding of how our content is being used.”

For more information about the reports and updates, read our COUNTER FAQ page.

PLOS’ New Data Policy: Public Access to Data

Access to research results, immediately and without restriction, has always been at the heart of PLOS’ mission and the wider Open Access movement. However, without similar access to the dataunderlying the findings, the article can be of limited use. For this reason, PLOS has always required that authors make their data available to other academic researchers who wish to replicate, reanalyze, or build upon the findings published in our journals.

In an effort to increase access to this data, we are now revising our data-sharing policy for all PLOS journals: authors must make all data publicly available, without restriction, immediately upon publication of the article. Beginning March 3rd, 2014, all authors who submit to a PLOS journal will be asked to provide a Data Availability Statement, describing where and how others can access each dataset that underlies the findings. This Data Availability Statement will be published on the first page of each article.

What do we mean by data?

“Data are any and all of the digital materials that are collected and analyzed in the pursuit of scientific advances.” Examples could include spreadsheets of original measurements (of cells, of fluorescent intensity, of respiratory volume), large datasets such as

next-generation sequence reads, verbatim responses from qualitative studies, software code, or even image files used to create figures. Data should be in the form in which it was originally collected, before summarizing, analyzing or reporting.

What do we mean by publicly available?

All data must be in one of three places:

  • the body of the manuscript; this may be appropriate for studies where the dataset is small enough to be presented in a table
  • in the supporting information; this may be appropriate for moderately-sized datasets that can be reported in large tables or as compressed files, which can then be downloaded
  • in a stable, public repository that provides an accession number or digital object identifier (DOI) for each dataset; there are many repositories that specialize in specific data types, and these are particularly suitable for very large datasets

Do we allow any exceptions?

Yes, but only in specific cases. We are aware that it is not ethical to make all datasets fully public, including private patient data, or specific information relating to endangered species. Some authors also obtain data from third parties and therefore do not have the right to make that dataset publicly available. In such cases, authors must state that “Data is available upon request”, and identify the person, group or committee to whom requests should be submitted. The authors themselves should not be the only point of contact for requesting data.

Where can I go for more information?

The revised data sharing policy, along with more information about the issues associated with public availability of data, can be reviewed in full at:

http://www.plos.org/data-access-for-the-open-access-literature-ploss-data-policy/

http://www.plos.org/update-on-plos-data-policy/

By Liz Silva

Ex Libris Releases Primo Version 4.5

Ex Libris® Group, a world leader in the provision of library automation solutions, is pleased to announce the release of version 4.5 of the Primo® discovery and delivery solution. The discovery platform of choice for over 2,000 institutions, Primo 4.5 provides students and researchers with an enhanced discovery experience, faster searching, and access to additional library services directly through the Primo interface (OPAC via Primo).
Highlights of the enhancements and new features in Primo 4.5 include the following:
  • A more intuitive discovery experience
  • Enhanced search capabilities
o    Improvements to relevance ranking in both Primo Central searches and local searches
o    A new Virtual Browse feature, which displays a virtual bookshelf and enables patrons to browse forward and backward through items
o    An easy-to-use date selection feature for narrowing down search results by a specific date range
o    The display of relevant search tips to help users improve their queries
  • Faster performance
o    Faster searching
o    Faster ingestion and indexing of data
  • Tighter integration with the library’s OPAC
For librarians, the Primo administration features include the following developments:
  • A greater level of security for Primo-Aleph communication
  • More efficient maintenance of user data
  • New and redesigned reports that offer insights into how the library’s community uses Primo so that libraries can tailor content and services to their users’ needs
Shlomi Kringel, vice president of discovery and delivery solutions at Ex Libris, commented: “We are constantly developing Primo to support our overarching goal of enabling users to discover the full spectrum of library materials with speed and simplicity. For example, the Primo Virtual Browse feature provides a browsing experience on the user’s computer screen, facilitating the serendipitous discovery of items that the user did not search for specifically. As in every version, Primo 4.5 contains a number of new features that are the direct result of customer requests. We are looking forward to seeing the Primo community enjoying the new version.”

– See more here

ACCUCOMS to Promote ISPG in South East Asia

The Independent Scholarly Publishers Group (ISPG) is pleased to announce that it’s expanding the agreement with its Middle East and Latin America representative, ACCUCOMS, to now include South East Asia, including such key countries as: Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

ACCUCOMS has been a worldwide provider of sales and marketing services to academic and professional publishers since 2004 and has been workng closely with ISPG in other areas of the world for the past few years. ACCUCOMS will now offer libraries and researchers in South East Asia access to ISPG’s high-quality content of 34 journals from 15 publishers, choosing from three ISPG collections: The Complete Collection, The Life Sciences Collection and The Medical Collection.

“We’ve been working with ACCUCOMS for several years now,” commented Tom Taylor, Dragonfly Sales and Marketing Consulting President and ISPG Facilitator, “and they have proven their ability to provide proactive ISPG sales representation across very diverse populations, so we’re pleased to expand our agreement with them to include this key area of the world.”

“We’re looking forward to reaching out to the patrons and researchers served by universities, libraries and medical centers in this important area of the world and helping them to access the important ISPG resources,” commented Simon Boisseau, Sales Director at ACCUCOMS. “We are pleased to offer publishers sales representation in South East Asia and will be managing representation from our Singapore location with additional outreach in Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and Taiwan, so we can get good coverage throughout the entire region.”

 

De Gruyter Open Joins Access to Research Initiative by Publishers Licensing Society

DG Open on board of an project designed to boost access to research through libraries in the UK.

Open Access Publisher De Gruyter Open commits to developing Open Access in the UK and gets involved with theAccess to Research project, designed and formed by the Publishers Licensing Society. The initiative, which involves close collaboration between publishers and libraries, resonates with recommendations of the Finch Report to further expand access to publicly funded research.

The entire De Gruyter Open portfolio is available in open access throughout the scheme.

The Access to Research initiative will give public access to articles on health, biological and chemical research, engineering, art, and social sciences.

All content provided is digital and can be accessed from designated library terminals via the search delivery service Summon.

De Gruyter Open articles are already available free to view on De Gruyter Online. Their inclusion in the project will not restrict any existing rights to access and copy OA articles.

SAGE to publish European Journal of Probation

SAGE today announced a partnership with the University of Bucharest to publish its journal, European Journal of Probation (EJP) from 2014. A peer reviewed academic journal with a European outreach, EJP publishes comparative research on probation and community justice.

European Journal of Probation, edited by Ioan Durnescu (University of Bucharest, Romania) and Fergus McNeil (University of Glasgow, UK) publishes high quality scholarship and research on probation topics, to provide an international and comparative academic forum that can positively impact on society.  The journal will be published as part of a bundle with the prestigious and well-established Probation Journal, which has been published by SAGE on behalf of Napo since 2003.  This exciting partnership will combine the strength of both titles to form a world-leading package in rigorous probation studies.

“SAGE has a leading global publishing program in criminology and criminal justice, and we are delighted to extend this program further by publishing the University of Bucharest’s dynamic journal, European Journal of Probation”, said Karen Phillips, Editorial Director, SAGE. “European Journal of Probation will complement Probation Journal: both journals have global audiences and have gained excellent reputations for publishing high quality material that is accessible to a wide readership, a real testament to the hard work and dedication of the editors of both journals.”

“SAGE is well known for its strengths as a social science publisher, with strong international reach and presence,” commented Ioan Durnescu, Editor. “EJP has a core place within the criminology sector, contributing to the development of this critical field. SAGE’s commitment to publishing leading academic research, their editorial integrity and international reach is closely aligned with our publishing ethos. We are looking forward to benefiting from what SAGE has to offer and to developing a strong and successful partnership with Probation Journal going forwards.”

The new website will be http://ejp.sagepub.com

Agreement between California Digital Library and EBSCO Information Services Adds More Than 30,000 Publications to EBSCO Discovery Service

The eScholarship collection from California Digital Library is now searchable via EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) from EBSCO Information Services. EBSCO Discovery Service users may search the full text of more than 30,000 publications from eScholarship’s robust collection. EBSCO continues to add a variety of sources to EDS providing users with the most comprehensive collection of content.

The eScholarship collection contains a variety of publications that will benefit EDS users looking for original scholarly works. eScholarship was first launched in 2002 as a means to disseminate scholarship created or sponsored by University of California faculty or divisions. The collection offers a robust alternative to traditional scholarly publishing channels and supports the digital publication and dissemination of UC research at all stages of the scholarly lifecycle including: journals, books, articles & working papers, conference proceedings, seminar/paper series and previously published articles or “postprints”.

California Digital Library is part of a growing list of publishers and other content partners that are taking part in EDS to bring more visibility to their content. Partners include the world’s largest scholarly journal & book publishers including Elsevier, Wiley Blackwell, Springer Science & Business Media, Taylor & Francis Informa, Sage Publications, Nature Publishing, IEEE, ACM and thousands of others. Partners also include content providers, such as LexisNexis, Thomson Reuters (Web of Science), JSTOR, ARTstor, Credo Reference, Encyclopedia Britannica, World Book, ABC-CLIO, The Hathi Trust and many others

EBSCO Discovery Service brings together the most comprehensive collection of content—including superior indexing from top subject indexes, high-end full text and the entire library collection—all within an unparalleled full-featured, customizable discovery layer experience.

EBSCO Discovery Service is quickly becoming the discovery selection for many libraries (www.ebscohost.com/discovery/eds-news), and an obvious partner for content providers. Because the service builds on the foundation provided by the EBSCOhost® platform, libraries gain a full user experience for discovering their collections/OPAC—which is not typical in the discovery space. Further still, in the many universities and other libraries where EBSCOhost is the most-used platform for premium research, users are not asked to change their pathways or habits for searching. There’s simply more to discover on the familiar EBSCOhost platform, and the same can be said for library administrators who can leverage their previous work with EBSCOadmin™.

British Society of Echocardiography launches Echo Research and Practice journal

Echo Research and Practice is a new open access journal from the British Society of Echocardiography, which aims to be the world-leading journal dedicated to the field.

Echocardiography, known as ‘echo’, is an ultrasound imaging technique used to create imagery of heart structures and assess blood flow through the heart.

Published by Bioscientifica, Echo Research and Practice will provide a world-class platform for high-quality original cardiac ultrasound research that can be freely accessed by physicians, sonographers, nurses and other allied health professionals practising echocardiography.

The journal will publish clinical and basic research, reviews, videos, education materials and selected case reports across all echocardiography modalities and disciplines, including paediatrics, anaesthetics, general practice, acute medicine and intensive care.

Professor Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Editor-in-Chief of Echo Research and Practice said:

“Echo Research and Practice will be a high-impact journal dedicated to echocardiography; publishing quality research and educational material from authors across the globe.”

Dr Guy Lloyd, President of the British Society of Echocardiography said:

“We are excited to be launching the first open access journal in echocardiography in partnership with Bioscientifica. Increasing the availability and reach of quality echocardiographic research and reviews by making it free to read was central to the vision of the British Society of Echocardiography.”

Leon Heward-Mills, Managing Director of Bioscientifica said: 

“The needs of the international echocardiography community will be at the heart of everything we do at Echo Research and Practice. It is our ambition to enable them to significantly advance research, education and practice.” 

Echo Research and Practice will open for submissions in March 2014. Accepted authors whose papers are submitted in 2014 are entitled to publish for free. Papers will be published online from June 2014 and are anticipated to be retrospectively indexed in PubMed Central. Register for news and announcements at www.EchoResPract.com

Elsevier Announces the Launch of a New Journal: Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry (TrEAC)

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and solutions, is pleased to announce the launch today of a new journal: Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry (TrEAC).

Published as a quarterly journal and adding to Elsevier’s Analytical Chemistry portfolio of journals, Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry will publish concise and critical overviews of the rapid changes and development in the field of environmental analytical chemistry.

“Continuous advancements in novel measurement techniques and analytical protocols are making analysis and detection of many new or previously unrecognized contaminants possible, resulting in a higher awareness of the environmental problems we are facing today,” said Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Mira Petrovic, ICRA-Catalan Institute for Water Research, Girona, Spain.

Dr. Paul Carton, Publishing Director Chemistry at Elsevier, added, “The acquisition, sound interpretation and dissemination of high quality chemical data in environmental systems, the three-fold mission of this new journal, is the essential basis for enhancing our understanding of the environment at a time of challenge when it has never been more important that we do so.”

All articles published in the first issue are available on ScienceDirect: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/22141588

For more information about the journal or to submit an article, go to: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/trends-in-environmental-analytical-chemistry – See more at: http://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/research-and-journals/elsevier-announces-the-launch-of-a-new-journal-trends-in-environmental-analytical-chemistry-treac#sthash.mbkCZ31X.dpuf

Wolters Kluwer Health Announces Global Launch of UpToDate Anywhere, mHealth Decision Support Resource

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today the global launch of UpToDate® Anywhere, enabling hospitals and healthcare organizations worldwide to provide clinicians with mobile access to its acclaimed clinical decision support resource anytime, anywhere and with local-language search and navigation. The announcement, made during the HIMSS14 Annual Conference & Exhibition, expands access of UpToDate Anywhere beyond the U.S. and Canada to all major markets worldwide, initially inAustralia and New Zealand.

UpToDate Anywhere provides hospitals, healthcare systems and hospital trusts with robust tools to streamline user registration for, and ongoing management of mobile access to UpToDate for clinicians. CMIOs in the US and Canada are already leveraging UpToDate Anywhere to achieve workflow integration objectives by embedding UpToDate in electronic medical record (EMR) systems such as Epic and Cerner. Physicians who use UpToDate to research clinical questions are also eligible to earn CME credit with every search.

A recent worldwide survey by UpToDate* revealed that doctors and healthcare institutions are increasingly implementing mobile health strategies to drive adoption of devices like the iPad® as clinical tools. The survey found that 77% of doctors use a smartphone during practice and 70% use mobile devices for clinical decision support. With the UpToDate mobile app, doctors get actionable answers to point-of-care questions on-site, at satellite offices, at home or on the go.

Ranked first among “The best medical apps for your new iPhone” by iMedicalApps and rated as one of “The Best Apps in Publishing” by EContent Magazine, UpToDate is available in iOS, Android™ and Windows 8 mobile platforms as well as via any mobile internet browser. Over 181,000 clinicians are already using the UpToDate mobile app worldwide.

Supporting the global launch of UpToDate Anywhere is Search in Your Own Language, a customizable suite of local-language search and navigation tools that allow clinicians to research clinical questions in their native language. It streamlines searching for clinical information and graded recommendations by leveraging an advanced, patent-pending translation system for search terms in Simplified and Traditional Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese and English. The intuitive auto-complete feature of UpToDate search also predicts words or phrases in a clinician’s native language to deliver faster results.

“Helping clinicians quickly find the best answers to their clinical questions at the bedside, in the clinic or wherever they may be is a central component of our mission to improve care worldwide,” said Denise Basow, MD, Vice President and General Manager, UpToDate at Wolters Kluwer Health, Clinical Solutions. “The global launch of UpToDate Anywhere, coupled with a concerted effort to embed UpToDate within the leading EMR systems, advances that mission by ensuring clinicians have quick access to trusted clinician information at the point of care and beyond.”

CAS and AstraZeneca Agree to Five-Year SciFinder® Contract

Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the world’s authority for chemical information, announced today a landmark five-year agreement for SciFinder, the choice for chemistry research, with AstraZeneca, a leading biopharmaceutical company specializing in the discovery, development, manufacturing and marketing of prescription medicines. The long-term agreement guarantees AstraZeneca researchers access to the most accurate, comprehensive and current research, available only in SciFinder.

“SciFinder has played an important role in our research into the development of innovative, life-saving medicines,” said Steve Rees, VP, Screening Sciences and Sample Management at AstraZeneca. “This partnership will support our worldwide R&D teams with the tools and knowledge they need to advance discoveries that will ultimately make a difference in the lives of patients across the globe.”

An early adopter of Enterprise-Wide Pricing, AstraZeneca has relied on SciFinder to meet the needs of its researchers for nearly a decade, and this five-year agreement is a first for SciFinder within the pharmaceutical industry. It signifies the confidence customers have in CAS as a high-quality information partner providing reliable access to the most up-to-date research in the chemical industry and beyond.

“The trust that AstraZeneca shows in SciFinder by entering into this agreement exemplifies that our content spans a multitude of scientific disciplines while maintaining the highest levels of excellence,” commented Chris McCue, vice president of marketing at CAS. “Such a long-term contract sends a clear message that SciFinder is a product the biopharmaceutical industry considers essential for its research needs.”

Baker & Taylor Integrates Digital Media Library with Blackboard Learn Platform

Baker & Taylor, the premier worldwide distributor of digital and print books and entertainment products, announced today that it has integrated its Axis 360 digital media library platform with Blackboard Learn™, Blackboard Inc.’s flagship Learning Management System, giving K-12 students and instructors quick access to digital library materials.

The integration gives students and educators an easy way to discover and borrow digital library ebooks and audiobooks from Axis 360 from within Blackboard Learn.

“Integrating the Axis 360 digital media platform into Blackboard Learn will help smooth the delivery of digital materials into classrooms across the country,” said George Coe, President and CEO of Baker & Taylor. “This is an important and fast-growing area. Baker & Taylor and Blackboard recognize the need to stay ahead of technological changes and to offer schools a broad array of materials in formats that students and teachers are demanding.”

“We believe that accessible, interactive digital content is a core component of online instruction for K-12 and that it can help create a more immersive, engaging learning experience for young people,” said Mark Belles, senior vice president, K-12, Blackboard. “We are excited to partner with Baker & Taylor to make it easy for teachers to find and integrate ebooks and audiobooks into their classrooms, and for students to check out and consume them within their learning environment.”

Axis 360 gives students the ability to easily borrow and read ebooks in electronic formats that are directly downloaded to computers and mobile devices. Axis 360 works with PCs and Macintosh computers as well as mobile Apple iOS and Android devices, including smartphones and tablets. eBooks on Axis 360 are also available for use with the Blio ereader, the multi function reading application that includes embedded tools such as notetaking and highlighting, online reference source linking, font controls and read-aloud functionality. Blio also offers accessibility features, making it the best available ebook reading experience for students with reading disabilities or sight impairment. In addition to ebooks, Axis 360 offers digital audiobooks for student borrowing.

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