Indiana University Press Expands Work with Ingram Selecting Ingram Publisher Services for Distribution

November 15, 2013

Ingram Content Group Inc., today announced that Indiana University Press has selected Ingram Publisher Services for U.S. and Canadian book distribution.

“The addition of full-service distribution through Ingram, integrated with their print and digital technology, distribution reach and logistics experience gives us more tools to meet the changing requirements of the market and readers worldwide,” said Dave Hulsey, Director of Sales and Marketing, Indiana University Press. “The expansion of our services with Ingram is a logical step as we position our press for continued and long-term success.”

Ingram Publisher Services is currently handling distribution for the press in the U.S. and Canada with integrated e-book distribution through Ingram’s CoreSource^® platform, and print-on-demand book manufacturing and fulfillment though Ingram’s Lightning Source^® solution.

As a result of the agreement, Indiana University Press will grow the reach of content to more outlets worldwide, and gain increased flexibility in the management of physical and digital distribution. Using integrated Ingram services, the press will have more time and resources for its core business as a leading publisher of academic, trade and reference titles, and journals.

“We are pleased to expand our work with Indiana University Press,” said Mark Ouimet, Vice President and General Manager, Ingram Publisher Services. “By using a full range of Ingram services, leading university presses like Indiana can focus more of their efforts on creating relevant content for today’s dynamic market.”

Indiana University Press, an internationally recognized academic publisher, publishes approximately 150 new books annually, in addition to 29 journals, and maintains a backlist of more than 2,000 titles. The Press emphasizes scholarship but also publishes textbook, trade, and reference titles.

Wiley to provide emergency access to medical literature in support of Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts

November 15, 2013

Wiley will offer free access to medical literature in support of Typhoon Haiyan relief efforts to those affected by the disaster and to those providing assistance to the affected population as part of the Emergency Access Initiative.

The free access period is currently November 11, 2013 – December 9, 2013. Content provided is the Cochrane Library, Essential Evidence Plus and over 150 medical journals including Journal of Traumatic Stress, Nursing in Critical Care, Public Health Nursing, and Perspectives in Psychiatric Care.

Access to biomedical literature through the Emergency Access Initiative is only available to those affected by the disaster and for those providing assistance to the affected population.

The Emergency Access Initiative (EAI) is a partnership of the National Library of Medicine, the Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers, and other publishers. EAI provides temporary free access to full text articles from major biomedicine titles to healthcare professionals, librarians, and the public affected by disasters.

The National Library of Medicine will be working with WHO, libraries, and other organizations that could assist with getting needed literature to health care personnel in the impacted area.

For further information or questions regarding EAI resources, please email custserv@nlm.nih.gov or call 1-888-346-3656 in the United States, or +1-301-594-5983 internationally.

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ProQuest Research Companion Simplifies Research and Builds Information Literacy

November 15, 2013

ProQuest® launched its new cloud-based information literacy solution, ProQuest® Research Companion, a one-stop resource that guides high school, community college, and university students through research projects, helping them overcome typical barriers. Easy, intuitive, and informative, ProQuest Research Companion enables students to move through projects such as research papers efficiently, generating better research outcomes and reducing frustration.

“Leveraging several proprietary and highly regarded ProQuest services and technology solutions, Research Companion addresses information literacy challenges unlike any other solution in the market,” said Simon Beale, senior vice president and general manager, ProQuest U.S. Government, Public Library and Schools. “Using data and information intelligence from Ulrichs, Bowker’s Books in Print, eLibrary, and the Summon discovery service, combined with the expertise of ProQuest editorial staff, we deliver unique features and applications that benefit the student and improve research.”

Instructional and reference librarians, media specialists, instructors, and curriculum directors can rely on ProQuest Research Companion as a framework to teach their students important critical thinking skills. For students, automation of the research process enables them to swiftly complete projects and hone their research skills.

ProQuest Research Companion encompasses nine dynamic learning modules that engage students in thinking more critically and creatively about their research. The modules, all of which can be watched or read, guide students through each step of the research process. Clear explanations expressed in a conversational style improve learning outcomes and maximize retention. Research Companion starts with research basics such as finding a topic and looking for information, then goes on to discuss evaluation, citations, revision, and much more. ProQuest Research Companion also helps students find more enjoyment in their research projects. While the learning modules engage them to think creatively about their projects, the quick tools automate the most basic parts of the research process, allowing students to focus on the areas of the project that interest them the most.

ProQuest Research Companion will be demonstrated at the American Association of School Librarians national conference, November 14-17, 2013. The company is also offering complimentary trials with more information available here

Elsevier Launches New Open Access Journal: Photoacoustics

November 15, 2013

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, is pleased to announce the launch of the new open access journal Photoacoustics.

The aim of Photoacoustics is to publish original research and review contributions within the fast growing scientific field of photoacoustics (optoacoustics) and thermoacoustics. Research in this area exploits optically and electromagnetically excited acoustical and thermal phenomena for visualization and characterization of a variety of materials and biological tissues, including living organisms.

Research directions employing photoacoustics are revolutionizing the ways that optical sensing and imaging are applied. Imaging based on photoacoustic techniques is considered the fastest growing bio-imaging modality. Likewise, photoacoustic sensing of tissues and cells, environmental and industrial measurements, spectroscopic detection and applications in nanotechnology and nanomedicine experience an unprecedented growth. In parallel, novel technologies including novel light sources, advanced ultrasonic detectors, novel contrast generation approaches and data processing and inversion methods are advancing to enable more accurate and quantitative use of photoacoustic techniques. Overall, photoacoustic techniques are expected to shape the future of optical methods and bring significant new performance in sensing and imaging sciences.

Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Photoacoustics, Professor Vasilis Ntziachristos, from the Technische Universität München and the Helmholtz Zentrum München, together with Section Editors Professor Daniel Razansky, Professor Stanislav Emelianov and Professor Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, and a highly accredited international Editorial Board, aim for the journal to not only contribute as a medium to report on exciting progress in the field, but also as means to develop a society of scientists with interests in the development and application of the technology.

“Photoacoustics is an exciting and fast growing field of research that needs dedicated representation to support growth and encourage impact on different applications,” said Professor Vasilis Ntziachristos. “This is a time of change for the optical method. And it is time for a journal that captures all the exciting developments in this highly promising field.”

Articles published in Photoacoustics are published open access; first publications are now available online on ScienceDirect.

For more information or to submit an article, go to Photoacoustics. www.journals.elsevier.com/photoacoustics

eBook History Collection Now Available from EBSCO Information Services

November 14, 2013

EBSCO Information Services has released eBook History Collection, a growing subscription package of eBook titles concentrated in the various aspects of World History that is a strong complement to any academic collection.

eBook History Collection includes more than 9,000 titles from leading publishers. Titles encompass a variety of world history subjects designed to assist students and scholars with history research. Subject matter includes:

· Medieval History

· History of Music

· History of Science

· History of the World

· History of the Caribbean & West Indies

· History of the Holocaust

· Law in History

· History of Philosophy

· History of Africa

· Art History

· History of Technology & Engineering

· History of Business & Economics

· History of the Middle East

· History of Latin America

· History of Canada

· History of Asia

· History of Political Science

· History of Religion

· History of Europe

· History of the Military

· History of the United States

eBook History Collection is offered on an annual subscription basis with unlimited access to the content and optional downloading. Each title is offered with unlimited users allowing more users access to each title in the collection. As with all e-books available from EBSCO, eBook History Collection is integrated and works seamlessly with all EBSCOhost^® content. Users will be able to search the collection on its own or side-by-side with other EBSCOhost databases bringing together e-books, periodicals and other content for a seamless search experience.

The Wellcome Trust and Palgrave Macmillan publish first open access monograph

November 14, 2013

Palgrave Macmillan will announce today that they have published their first open access monograph, the first comprehensive history of fungal infections, funded by The Wellcome Trust.

Fungal Disease in Britain and the United States 1850-2000, by Dr Aya Homei and Professor Michael Worboys, will be available as a free ebook to download from Palgrave Connect and online retailers such as Amazon Kindle, from today.

Simon Chaplin, Head of the Wellcome Library, comments: “We are delighted that this new book will be made freely available to as wide an audience as possible. The Wellcome Trust is committed to promoting research in the history of medicine and medical humanities, and working with authors and publishers to make this research accessible. The release of Aya Homei’s and Professor Worboys’s book demonstrates how well this can work, and others will follow their lead.”

Professor Michael Worboys, Director of the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of Manchester said: “Having had experience of publishing journal articles open access in the past, we were delighted to be able to publish an entire book open access with the support of The Wellcome Trust and Palgrave Macmillan.

“Fungal infections are the great neglected diseases of medical history. While most are mild and common, if troublesome, others are rare, life-threatening and a growing problem. We hope that through making our book open access, and available for free to a wider audience, we will bring attention to this class of infectious diseases.”

Sam Burridge, Managing Director, Palgrave Macmillan said: “The humanities and social sciences do not always have access to funding which enables academics to publish via open access models, but we’re proud that we have been able to publish this book open access with the help of the Wellcome Trust – offering the reader valuable insights into subjects such as the history of science, for free. We hope it will be the first of many open access monographs.”

The book is published through a CC BY license, the most permissive open access license, meaning that readers can alter, transform, or build upon the article and then distribute the resulting work as long as the original work is correctly cited. It will be available in print copy on demand.

Wolters Kluwer Health Supports Disaster Relief Efforts in Philippines

November 14, 2013

In support of disaster relief efforts in The Philippines following typhoon Haiyan, Wolters Kluwer Health announced today it is providing an Emergency Resources Portal to Philippine hospitals and healthcare institutions. The portal provides free online access to emergency, disaster, and trauma resources via its Ovid platform. Access is immediate and will be available for 60 days. In addition, Wolters Kluwer Health is participating in the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Emergency Access Initiative (EAI) providing access to more than 40 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins journals during the 4 week free access period from November 11, 2013 – December 8, 2013.

“We offer our deepest sympathies to the people suffering from this unprecedented natural disaster,” said Cathy Wolfe, President and CEO, Wolters Kluwer Health, Medical Research. “As a provider of medical information, it’s our mission to provide health care professionals and first responders with fast access to the medical literature in support of emergency and trauma care to those affected by the disaster.”

The Wolters Kluwer Health Emergency Resources Portal includes:

· Ovid MEDLINE® – the premier and comprehensive biomedical database from the U.S. National Library of Medicine

· LWW Total Access journal collection – the complete full text of over 280 journals published by LWW

· LWW Emergency Medicine ebook collection

· LWW Critical Care medicine ebook collection

· LWW Hospital ebook collection

· LWW Nursing ebook collection

· Plus, pre-set expert searches for instant access to relevant topics

Access to the Wolters Kluwer Health Emergency Resources Portal is IP-validated through the country of the Philippines for hospitals, institutional libraries and other healthcare entities supporting the disaster relief efforts.

If your hospital or organization is assisting with relief efforts in the Philippines, please contact Ovid Customer Support at support@ovid.com to learn more about the emergency resource access.

OUP appoints new Group Finance Director from Google

November 13, 2013

Google’s Giles Spackman has been appointed Group Finance Director at Oxford University Press (OUP).

Spackman, who is currently Senior Finance Director, Global Business Organization, at Google Inc., has gained extensive experience in the media and digital industries. He has held CFO and strategic leadership roles at Time Inc., Pearson, and AOL, and has been with Google since 2009.

He will join OUP in December 2013, working from OUP’s head office in Oxford.

Nigel Portwood, CEO of OUP, said of the appointment: “Giles has a fantastic range of skills and experience that means he is superbly qualified to take this important role at OUP. His deep understanding of the media industry and the impact of digital trends, along with his leadership of finance functions in growth companies, means that Giles will be able to make a major contribution towards OUP’s future success in pursuit of its educational and academic mission.”

Giles said of his appointment: “I am very excited to be joining OUP. It has a strong track record of excellence and success in academic and educational publishing, and plays an important role in extending the reach and impact of Oxford University’s educational mission around the world. I look forward to working with the team to address the many opportunities open to OUP, driving its continuing digital transformation and global growth.”

SAGE Statement on OASPA’s Action

November 13, 2013

Following on from a statement issued by OASPA http://oaspa.org/blog/. Sage has released the following statement.

We welcome OASPA’s investigation into the quality of research published by its members and will fully cooperate with the 6-month review. We have already taken steps to ensure that the peer review process of the Journal of International Medical Research is much more robust and are confident that OASPA will find our processes more than sufficiently strengthened when they undertake the review. Any paper with similar flaws would not get through either stage of the peer review process of JIMR today.

JIMR did not accept the article for publication as it stands. It was accepted subject to further editorial queries being answered to the satisfaction of the journal.

JIMR operates a two-stage review process, specific to this journal. First, the editor performs an initial review of a submission and then, once a paper has passed this initial review stage, it is accepted subject to a detailed technical edit, which is undertaken by at least two experienced medical technical editors. It is not uncommon for articles to be rejected at this technical stage.

While we are confident that the technical edit would have revealed the errors, we are extremely concerned that a paper with fundamental errors got through the initial stage and, as discussed with and acknowledged by OASPA, have taken steps to ensure that it cannot occur again.

JIMR is a long-established, respected journal that has been publishing quality research for 41 years. It is JCR-listed, and its rejection rate was 62.5% in 2012. JIMR operates with complete editorial independence and the Editor has no financial incentive to accept papers. Professor Malcolm Lader Ph.D., M.D., F.R.C. Psych., F. Med. Sci., Emeritus Professor, King’s College London is the Editor of the journal and has been for the last 25 years. The journal has a world class Editorial Board.

SAGE is committed to ensuring that the peer review and acceptance process for all of our journals, whether traditional subscription-based or open access, is robust and to working with OASPA to ensure this. We are pleased that OASPA has recognized our efforts and that they will allow us to formally remain a member of the organization while our official status is put under review.

Mosby’s Nursing Consult Updated with New Content Areas and an Enhanced Mobile App

November 12, 2013

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announced the addition of new content types to Mosby’s Nursing Consult. The latest edition will be available in early November, along with an enhanced mobile app for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android.

Mosby’s Nursing Consult brings leading resources together in one integrated online platform to help nurses efficiently find answers to important clinical questions. Mosby’s Nursing Consult is a trusted resource for clinical nurses, nurse administrators and nurse faculty.

New content areas and updates to Mosby’s Nursing Consult include:

Labs & Diagnostics: Helping nurses understand possible consequences of abnormal lab values, this section contains normal lab values, nursing implications of abnormal values, and measurement considerations for common labs.
Scales: This area provides descriptions and links to commonly used scales, such as numeric pain scales, to help assess patients and improve outcomes.
Diseases & Disorders: This area contains original, peer-reviewed overviews focusing on specific disorders and diseases. Nurses can benefit from the signs/symptoms, complications and interventions sections of the Briefs, which also include other focus areas on prevalence, pathophysiology, risk factors, and special considerations for a more in-depth look at each disease and disorder.
Mosby’s Nursing Consult Mobile App: Labs & Diagnostics will be added to the iOS (iPhone, iPad, etc.) and Google (Android smartphones and tablets) apps, which already contain Evidence-based Nursing Recommendations, Drug Monographs, Patient Education, and Drug Calculators.

“In updating Mosby’s Nursing Consult and its accompanying apps, we aimed to make available the most current and accurate drug information, patient handouts, and evidence-based nursing recommendations,” said Cindy Tryniszewski, RN, MSN, Executive Director, Elsevier. “Nurses are focused on delivering quality patient care at all times, and these tools allow for their valuable time to be spent where needed.”

Mosby’s Nursing Consult puts trusted clinical information into nurses’ hands and is the most trusted and comprehensive online resource for nurses, offering authoritative information to help provide better patient care. The Mosby’s Nursing Consult App is available for free from the App Store for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch or from Google Play for Android devices.

For additional information on Mosby’s Nursing Consult, go to http://confidenceconnected.com or call +1 866 416 6697.

CAS REGISTRYSM surpasses 75 million small molecules

November 12, 2013

Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), the world’s authority for chemical information, just registered its 75 millionth small molecule. CAS REGISTRY^SM, traditionally known for providing access to substances reported in the literature back to the early 1800s, now contains this substance identified in a chemical catalog. In addition to covering substances from journals and patents, CAS REGISTRY includes substances from chemical catalogs, worldwide governmental regulatory agencies and valuable web resources. Since CAS registers substances from chemical catalogs on a daily basis, it should come as no surprise that the 75 millionth molecule was registered from a chemical catalog.

CAS is the only organization in the world whose objective is to find, collect and organize all publicly disclosed chemical substance information. To support the needs of discovery chemists and intellectual property professionals worldwide, CAS has collected, and added to the CAS REGISTRY, fine chemicals from commercial suppliers since 1995. A recent update from Aurora Fine Chemicals to CHEMCATS^®, the commercially available chemical database comprising millions of substances from more than 880 suppliers, is the source of the 75 millionth unique small molecule in the CAS REGISTRY. This molecule, available for purchase from Aurora, may be useful to chemical, biochemical and biomedical researchers alike. Although this compound is new to the CAS REGISTRY, substances similar to it, previously indexed by CAS, have been studied for their medicinal effects.

CAS Registry Number^®: 1470595-42-6

3-(Cycloheptyloxy)-6-methyl-N-(1-methylethyl)-2-pyridinemethanamine

Seeking to improve workflow and to help speed the pace of scientific research, CAS provides scientists with convenient and rapid access to starting materials for chemical synthesis, pharmaceutical development, diagnosis and large scale manufacturing. With the inclusion of chemical suppliers from around the world, SciFinder^®, the choice for chemistry research, gives chemists direct access to commercially available fine chemicals.

“Aurora Fine Chemicals is delighted to learn that the 75 millionth substance in the CAS REGISTRY was assigned from our most current catalog,” said Dr. Alexander Kutyrev, managing director of Aurora. “With more than 18 million chemicals currently in stock, we know that hundreds of thousands of scientists around the world using SciFinder every day can easily access our catalog to find the material they need quickly and conveniently.”

Registered just a year ago, the 70 millionth substance came from a Korean patent. This 75 millionth substance, coming from Aurora’s collection of commercially available fine chemicals, shows the breadth of substance sources that CAS monitors to ensure that CAS REGISTRY includes every publicly disclosed substance.

“Every day, scientists at CAS curate the chemical content pouring into the CAS databases,” said Dr. Matthew Toussant, senior vice president of editorial operations at CAS. “I am especially pleased that our 75 millionth registration comes from the catalog of a fine chemical supplier. The ability to identify sources of available fine chemicals for purchase is a robust and highly valued feature in SciFinder. CAS scientists seek this information from chemical suppliers in building our CAS databases, and this helps ensure that the world’s reputable disclosed chemistry is included in CAS REGISTRY, the gold standard for substance information.”

Syndetic Solutions™ Adds Facebook Access

November 12, 2013

ProQuest Syndetic Solutions™, the popular OPAC and discovery layer enrichment tool, is offering a free Facebook® app for all library subscribers, enabling users who “like” their library to connect to the catalog and search for titles right from their library’s Facebook page. For libraries, the app provides another way to engage with users and demonstrate value to the community.

“Providing patrons seamless access to local library catalogs directly through Facebook is a new opportunity for libraries to stay connected to their patron base,” said Sharon Lubrano, ProQuest Vice-President. “We’re excited about enabling libraries to add another gateway to the catalog, build engagement around titles and continually remind patrons to come to the library first.”

With the new Syndetic Solutions Facebook app, library users search holdings by simply clicking on the ‘Search the Catalog’ call-out button on the library’s Facebook page. The topic or keyword searched will return title, author, and ISBN, as well as all of the enriched elements to which the library subscribes — Summaries, Tables of Contents, First Chapters, Author Notes, Cover Images, and more — for all relevant titles in the collection. When the user finds a title they want, the app offers the option of linking to the library’s OPAC and placing a hold. Users can also “like” a title (which is then displayed on the user’s own Facebook page), allowing users to share their new favorite reads with friends and build interest in a broad selection of catalog titles.

Libraries who subscribe to Syndetic Solutions can find all the instructions on how to set up the Facebook App here.