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New Agreement Between EBSCO and NetAdvance Provides Japanese-Language Content to EBSCO Discovery Service

EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and NetAdvance today have announced an agreement allowing metadata from NetAdvance’s JapanKnowledge collection to be added to EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) — providing unparalleled access to world-renowned content in all subject areas, for researchers at every level.

The content from JapanKnowledge includes an extensive collection of Japanese-language content geared for educational institutions, researchers and businesses. The metadata offers Japanese language dictionaries (Japanese, English-Japanese, Japanese-English and English-English), two dictionaries of current words, a dictionary of scientific terms as well as a biographical dictionary. The content also includes a 30-volume encyclopedia, the Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan (the largest encyclopedia in English about Japan), a news database that covers Asia and the European Union, full-text books, a database of video recordings from 1908-2005 and a database of dissertations from the humanities departments of six universities in Japan

NetAdvance General Manager Mr. Masashi Tanaka emphasized “JapanKnowledge is a frequently and widely used database at educational and research institutions both in Japan and overseas. Inclusion of JapanKnowledge metadata into EDS, I believe, will be quite significant, because the variety of valuable Japanese material aggregated in the growing JapanKnowledge collection will be of benefit to the global users.”

EBSCO has continually worked to increase global content in EBSCO Discovery Service and the addition of NetAdvance’s metadata to EDS significantly expands the global reach and will serve as a unique and valuable resource for EDS users.

NetAdvance 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 HathiTrust and many others.

EBSCO Discovery Service creates a unified, customized index of an institution’s information resources, and an easy, yet powerful means of accessing all of that content from a single search box—searching made even more powerful because of the quality of metadata and depth and breadth of coverage.

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™.

New library report into the perceived value of academic libraries in developing world countries

Re-imaging the role of the library is key to demonstrating value in the developing world SAGE report highlights examples of best practice to enhance working relationships between librarians and faculty in developing countries

Raising awareness of how the library supports teaching and research staff is key to demonstrating library value in developing countries, concludes a new report published today. The findings are the result of a six-month research study with twelve developing country institutions conducted by SAGE exploring perceptions of the value of academic libraries by teaching and research staff in developing countries.

‘Library Value in the Developing World’ reports that developing-country librarians are beginning to recognize the importance of evaluating their value for research and teaching staff. Communicating the value of their role however, remains a key challenge. Librarians noted that whilst they receive positive feedback about the resource collections they provide, there is limited awareness of how librarians can better support research and teaching staff beyond these traditional parameters.

Chief considerations

Outlined in the report are examples of best practice from the case study institutions, along with recommendations on how working relations between academic libraries and stakeholders could be enhanced. These include:

  • Communication

The report highlights the value of increased engagement between individual libraries and their academic staff to help reinforce their changing role in supporting academia and in supporting training and advice. Developing research partnerships, integrated teaching, research services and literacy instruction were all considered part of the ‘reinvented’ librarian role, beyond providing access to resources. The report suggests that librarians are building an increased understanding of marketing skills, as well as developing external relationships with the scholarly community to promote advocacy for the library.

  • Support from the university

Universities can also help to build awareness of the role of the library, the report advises, by investing in the professional development of librarians in both their provision of research and teaching skills, and by enabling librarians more contact time with research and teaching staff. It also advises that the University provide internal marketing support to help raise the status and recognition of librarians and the value they add to the work of academic colleagues and senior managers.

  • Collaboration with publishers

There are also considerations for publishers. The report advises that further research be conducted to understand the ongoing needs of developing-country libraries and their work. Part of this includes the adaptation of marketing and online resources to enable greater access for those in developing countries.

The full report can be accessed from: http://www.sagepublications.com/libraries/dw . Follow the conversations on twitter at #libvalue

BMJ announces key appointment

Glen Campbell joins BMJ on 2 September. He comes from Elsevier, where he was Executive Vice President for Society Business Development, STM Journals. Glen has spent most of his working life at Elsevier, where up until his most recent role, he worked in its Health Sciences Division. More recently, in his role as EVP for Global Medical Research, Glen was responsible for the worldwide journals programme of Elsevier Health Sciences, overseeing  more than 400 titles.

BMJ CEO Tim Brooks commented:  “The BMJ board agreed earlier this year that in order to maintain the momentum of our growth outside our home market, it was essential to recruit local senior management in key territories.  Glen is a most experienced professional, who brings a lifelong knowledge of medical publishing, and unrivalled contacts in the US health sector. His appointment follows that of Anand Ekambaram to the corresponding role in India, announced last month.”

He added: “For most of its long history, BMJ has been a British business with a pleasing line in exports. However, most of our revenues now originate outside the UK, and the arrival of Glen and Anand signals a transition to a multi-centre, global business.”

Glen commented: “I am thrilled to be joining BMJ to work on the expansion of its US business.  With the medical research journal in a period of evolution, The BMJ itself has been a dynamic and creative innovator in both content and business models. BMJ Clinical Evidence and BMJ Best Practice have also broken new ground in providing clinicians with evidence-based information and knowledge.  There is boundless opportunity in the US, and I look forward to building on BMJ’s current success in this market to realize its full potential.”

Wiley and American Neurological Association partner to launch new OA journal

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and the American Neurological Association (ANA) announced today a partnership to launchAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, a new online-only, open access journal.

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology will publish original research and scholarly reviews focused on the mechanisms and treatments of diseases of the nervous system; high-impact topics in neurologic education; and other topics of interest to the clinical neuroscience community.

The journal is supported by Annals of Neurology, which is owned by the ANA; co-sponsored by the Child Neurology Society; and published by Wiley. With a 2013 Impact Factor of 11.193, Annals of Neurology is among the most prestigious peer-reviewed clinical neurology journals worldwide. The high selectivity of Annals of Neurology will support the development of Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology and provide global community of researchers and clinicians with a dynamic outlet for scientific and clinical content.

“We are extremely excited to offer a journal that taps into the extraordinary clinical and translational science that is being conducted in our neurology departments across the world,” said ANA President Eva L. Feldman, MD, PhD, the Russell N. DeJong Professor of Neurology at the University of Michigan. “By offering an open access journal, the ANA can provide another publishing platform for investigators committed to understanding and treating disorders of the nervous system. Ultimately that benefits both the fields of neuroscience and neurology and will lead to the development of new and much needed therapies.”

John “Jack” Kessler, MD, has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. Dr. Kessler is the Ken and Ruth Davee Professor of Stem Cell Biology at Northwestern University.

“I am honored and excited to have been chosen to be the editor of this new journal,” Kessler said. “Open access publication of clinical and scientific advances is becoming more common for biomedical research. The creation of Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology as a partner journal to the Annals of Neurology is a timely and exciting new venture that should greatly enhance the rapid dissemination of high quality research.”

“Wiley has published Annals of Neurology since 2001 and we greatly value our long-standing and highly successful partnership with the ANA,” said Shawn Morton, Journal Publishing Director for Medicine at Wiley. “We are highly optimistic that Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology will provide a timely means to further extend and develop this much-valued relationship.”

The journal will publish articles under a Creative Commons License enabling authors to be fully compliant with open access requirements of funding organizations where they apply. All articles will be published open access on Wiley Online Library and deposited in PubMed Central immediately upon publication.

A publication fee will be payable by authors on acceptance of their articles. Authors affiliated with, or funded by, an organization that has a Wiley Open Access Account can publish without directly paying any publication charges.

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology is available at www.annalsctn.org.

SAGE & Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs launch new journal Drug Science, Policy and Law

While most people prefer Novo RX Detox Los Angeles to get rid off drug addiction.SAGE and the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs (ICSD) today announced the launch of Drug Science, Policy and Law, an online journal supporting the ICSD’s goals of providing accessible information on drugs to the public and professionals.

The ISCD was founded to investigate and review the scientific evidence relating to drugs, free from political concerns. Chaired by Professor David Nutt, Head of Department of Neuropsychopharmacology and Molecular Imaging at Imperial College London, the committee represents leading experts on drug science, legislation and policy.

Drug Science, Policy and Law will be peer-reviewed, international in scope and grounded in a rigorous evidence base. It aims to be the definitive source of evidence-based information and comment for academics, scientists, policymakers, frontline workers and the general public on drugs and related issues. Each research article will be accompanied by a blog post, written by the author, supporting the Committee’s goals of making jargon-free and easy to read content available to a general reader.

“Drug policy continues to be a hotly debated topic amongst policy makers, the public and the media: there is a strong need for unbiased, easy to understand information in this area,” said Karen Phillips, Editorial Director, SAGE. “The approach the ICSD is taking with their organization and this new publishing venture fits strongly with SAGE’s vision that access to research creates healthy minds and healthy cultures. We see this journal as a major focal point for the international community researching on, or with an interest in, drug policy.”

The first article in the journal focuses on a review of khat harm, arguing that the UK government‘s recent classification decisions was unjustified. Further articles will launch on a monthly basis, with the lay summary available as a blog post on the ICSD website.

“Through our flagship journal Drug Science, Policy and Law, knowledge and analysis will be exchanged not only between academics but also with professionals, policymakers and public” said founding editor Professor David Nutt. You can find information about the case more here, he adds “By contributing to the development of consensus across these groups on what is known, what we have yet to establish and what will always be debatable, this venture will support ever more fruitful cooperation towards wiser choices, better treatments and effectual policy. We are delighted to be partnering SAGE in this endeavour, they are a publisher whose vision is aligned with ours.”

For further information about the ICSD’s work, follow on Twitter at @ProfDavidNutt or Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/professordavidnutt.

Springer’s SpringerLink mobile app now available on Android

Springer is pleased to announce that it has released an Android version of its SpringerLink mobile application, allowing for wider access to its content. The app’s user interface has also been improved, making navigation easier and faster.

In January 2012 Springer released its first version of the app on Apple iTunes, which gave scientists, researchers and students anytime/anywhere access to Springer’s content from their iPhones and iPads. Now that the application is available for Android phones and tablets for the first time, Springer is further satisfying the demands of increasingly mobile researchers. Given the growth in popularity of Android devices, making the SpringerLink app available for these users via Google Play was a natural next step.

In addition to the Android release, Springer has made a number of adjustments and additions to bring new and improved functionality to users. This latest version includes an update to the user interface that makes searching and using articles faster, easier and more intuitive than on the previous iteration.

“The new and improved SpringerLink app demonstrates Springer’s commitment to providing researchers, students and professionals with the latest and greatest in mobile apps,” said Patricia Cleary, eProduct Manager at Springer. “Springer has an obligation to provide our customers, users and the research community with the very best in mobile technology across devices. This not only makes Springer content more convenient to access, but helps fuel scientific progress where it is happening – everywhere.”

Jisc welcomes the Department for Business Innovation & Skills’ publication of the UK’s international education strategy

Jisc welcomes the publication today of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills’ international education strategy outlining the UK’s role in contributing to worldwide innovation within schools, colleges and universities.

We are looking forward to being able to offer our expertise, while working with the Government and partners, in delivering this new strategy in particular in ‘leading the world in education technology’ and ‘building a new relationship with emerging powers’.

Our mission is to enable people in UK higher education, further education and skills to perform at the forefront of international practice by exploiting fully the possibilities of modern digital empowerment, content and connectivity.

The UK boasts one of the best digital infrastructures in the form of the Jisc research and education network Janet, delivering unparalleled connectivity and access to resources, while being safe and secure.

Martyn Harrow, Jisc chief executive says:

“We are already investing in Janet6, which will be the premier network of its type in the world, to ensure the continuing success of UK research and education, and the economic value it generates, now and over the next ten years.

“We hope our help on reaching out with online learning, connecting through social media to set up international student hubs, collaborating internationally for teaching, learning and research, enabling international collaboration and ensuring global secure access to institutions’ services and resources, will be a good basis for enabling this strategy to progress quickly.”

Jisc works in partnership across UK education and research to explore and provide cutting edge technologies in education, creating high-value-added products and services that have been built by the UK’s education sectors for the UK’s education sectors.

Choice Reviews Online Launches on HighWire

HighWire Press and CHOICE, a publishing unit of the Association of College & Research Libraries, are pleased to announce the launch of Choice Reviews Online: Version 3.0 on the HighWire Open Platform. The newest and most sophisticated version of CHOICE’s popular discovery and reference tool, CRO3 (www.cro3.org) includes a comprehensive collection of reviews and other timely editorial content from the CHOICE editors.

Choice Reviews Online is the go-to resource for thousands of collection development librarians who rely on CHOICE’s experienced, expert reviewers when making buying decisions from among the vast list of new scholarly works published each year. Highly selective, CHOICE publishes concise, critical, and authoritative reviews of more than 7,000 new titles a year, spanning the entire liberal arts and sciences curriculum. CHOICE reviews are widely recognized by publishers, librarians, and authors as a benchmark of quality.

“HighWire has proved to be an ideal partner for the latest version of Choice Reviews Online,” said Mark Cummings, CHOICE Editor and Publisher. “At CHOICE, our goal has always been to provide the academic library community with the highest quality content. Designed in response to the rapidly changing online environment, our users will find CRO3 on HighWire to be a helpful, flexible, and powerful tool.”

Choice Reviews Online 3.0 takes advantage of the flexibility, discovery and advanced search options of HighWire’s Open Platform to offer:

  • Integrated search options, allowing users to discover content in both the reviews and features sections;
  • Rich linking capabilities, both to external book content, and to internal related reviews, features and comments;
  • “Browse the Book” links in the Publisher’s Choice Online program, allowing readers to view full book content;
  • Full compliance with academic web standards such as COUNTER, OpenURL and DOI’s;
  • Expanded social media sharing options, and moderated user commenting.

“There is a natural synergy in the fit of this well-respected reference source being hosted by HighWire,” noted Tom Rump, HighWire’s Managing Director. “Choice Reviews Online, alongside our expanded eBooks offering, demonstrates the ongoing evolution of the HighWire Open Platform in delivering the best quality content in multiple display formats to support the scholarly community.”

BMJ announces new international appointments

Healthcare knowledge provider BMJ has announced that the company has created two new Managing Director posts in India and the US, ahead of planned growth in these two important territories.

Anand Ekambaram joins as MD, India, from Educomp (one of the country’s largest education business) where he was President of Smartclass. Prior to Educomp, Anand had a distinguished career in the technology industry. Most recently he was Senior Vice President and Head of the Learning Business at Indian technology giant HCL Infosystems. Before HCL he was a VP for SAP India, specialising in education and other public sector business.

The BMJ board agreed earlier this year that in order to maintain the momentum of growth outside its home market, it was essential to recruit local senior management in these vital territories. According to BMJ CEO Tim Brooks, Anand brings very strong experience of dealing with the public sector and a deep understanding of the application of technology to knowledge businesses.

Anand will start his new role on 2nd September 2013 and will be based at BMJ’s new offices in Noida in the National Capital Region. The appointment of his counterpart in the US will be announced shortly.

RCN Publishing to end agreement with ProQuest

RCN Publishing announced today that it will be ending its relationship with ProQuest for aggregated distribution of their online journals. The current agreement will end in September 2013.

Speaking of the agreement, Tony O’Rourke, Commercial Director, said “Over the last year RCN Publishing has been committed to providing a more robust approach to support our customers. This will begin by moving our content to Atypon’s Literatum platform to provide the features libraries and their patrons need in mid-August, such as COUNTER-compliant usage statistics, Shibboleth compliance, article-level DOIs, reference linking and more. Given this investment, it makes sense for RCN Publishing to approach the market directly and allow institutions to decide which of our journals to subscribe to based on their need.”

RCN Publishing publishes leading nursing journals such as Nursing Standard, Nursing Management, Mental Health Practice, Nurse Researcher and Nursing Children and Young People. Currently, these titles are included in ProQuest Hospital Collection, British Nursing Index and ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source. The agreement will come to an end in September 2013 from which time no new content will be added to these databases. However, ProQuest customers who retain their subscription will continue to have access to the archive of RCN Publishing journals articles. O’Rourke further commented, “We hope that we can continue to serve ProQuest customers by providing access to the archive for the duration of their subscription. If institutions have any queries about this and would like to discuss further, please contact us. Equally, for institutions that wish to continue to access our current journal content we welcome the opportunity to speak directly.”

Oxford University Press to publish BioScience journal from 2014

Oxford University Press (OUP) is delighted to announce that beginning in January 2014 it will be publishing the renowned journal BioScience, from the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS).

Since 1964, BioScience has presented readers with timely and authoritative overviews of current research in biology, accompanied by essays and discussion sections on education, public policy, history, and the conceptual underpinnings of the biological sciences.

A peer-reviewed, heavily cited, monthly publication with content written and edited for accessibility to researchers, educators, and students alike, BioScience is subscribed to online and in print by libraries around the world and provided to all AIBS members as a part of regular AIBS dues.

With the stated goal of serving as a “Forum for Integrating the Life Sciences,” BioScience includes articles about research findings and techniques, advances in biology education, professionally written feature articles about the latest frontiers in biology, discussions of professional issues, book reviews, a policy column, and an education column. Roundtables, forums, and viewpoint articles offer the perspectives of opinion leaders and invite further commentary.

Occasional special sections in BioScience provide an in-depth look at important topics. Recent special sections have addressed animal migration, protected areas, acid rain, science and public policy, the US Long Term Ecological Research network, and conservation-reliant species.

Tim Beardsley, AIBS Editorial Director and Editor in Chief of BioScience, said: “the American Institute of Biological Sciences is immensely pleased that BioScience will be published through Oxford University Press, one of the world’s leading scientific publishers. This partnership will bring BioScience to more readers globally and advance our mission of helping to integrate the life sciences.”

The President of Oxford University Press USA, Niko Pfund, said: “we are thrilled by the opportunity to work with such a leading organization in the life sciences, and look forward to putting this vital research into the hands of a wider global audience.”

SpringerPlus journal passes 1,000 article submissions

Springer announced today that its SpringerPlus journal has passed an important milestone – more than 1,000 submissions by authors wishing to be published in the journal. SpringerPlus is published under the SpringerOpen brand, and  is an interdisciplinary, fully open access (OA) publication.

SpringerPlus was first launched in January of 2012 and is a peer-reviewed, open access journal with a broad interdisciplinary approach covering all areas of science, technology, engineering, medicine, the humanities and social sciences. The submissions for the journal are handled by an esteemed international board of academic editors.

Earlier this year Springer announced that SpringerPlus is now indexed by PubMed Central and Scopus®. This provides authors publishing in the journal maximum exposure for their research. And furthermore, as an OA journal published under the liberal Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license, SpringerPlus allows for authors to easily comply with their funders’ open access mandates.

Finally, SpringerPlus counts a fast and transparent publication process among its many outstanding qualities. All submissions are peer-reviewed with a singular focus on the scientific quality of the manuscript, rather than its fit with any one discipline, journal or editorial direction. Authors whose papers are accepted can count on a very short time between acceptance and publication.

Peter Hendriks, Springer’s President of STM Publishing said, “All of us are proud of what the SpringerPlus team has accomplished in a short time. For many authors SpringerPlus is the perfect place to publish, and underscores Springer’s commitment to providing researchers with the right journal, at the right time, for the right body of work, through a number of different models.”

“We aim to make SpringerPlus an attractive place for our authors to publish,” said Dr. Max Haring, the journal’s Executive Editor. “This important milestone, alongside the fact that we are now indexed by PubMed Central and Scopus®, only serves to show  that SpringerPlus is developing into an important journal for manuscripts that are difficult to publish elsewhere. The whole team looks forward to growing this unique journal in the years to come.”

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