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Publishing Technology chosen to build pioneering academic publishing site for GSE Research

Publishing Technology plc has been selected to build an academic publishing platform for GSE Research.

GSE Research’s new online platform for research into governance, sustainability and the environment will be built using Publishing Technology’s innovative semantic web based publishing software, pub2web.

The new GSE Research platform will be among the first of its kind offering the option of an open peer review model alongside the traditional peer review system. This new publishing model is aimed at speeding up the submission process and encouraging heightened engagement and collaboration amongst users.

GSE Research’s prime objective is to bridge the gap between the scholarly research community, policy-makers and the corporate world by building an inclusive and interactive community that shares its views on papers and research in real time. It will be a completely digital model free of the constraints of the traditional scholarly publishing model, which has generally replicated content from print into online.

GSE is the brainchild of one of the world’s top sustainability researchers, Professor Walter Leal, and academic publisher John Peters (former CEO, Emerald Group Publishing).

Authors submitting content to GSE Research will be able to share research both inside and outside of the academic community with speed and efficiency. It will also be possible to discuss papers, opinions and network within the community using the site’s socially collaborative approach. All contributors will have the option to choose between an open access model and a more traditional subscription-based model when it comes to publishing their content.

Visitors to the site will benefit from the semantic web technology native to the pub2web platform combined with a number of features driven by the newly created taxonomy which factors in all areas of GSE Research’s content. The site will be able to connect discourse from a wide, interdisciplinary academic and public policy landscape and present contextual external content resources alongside GSE content, to improve discoverability and transform the user experience.

John Peters, Publishing Director at GSE Research Ltd, commented:

“I have worked in academic publishing for more than 25 years and this project has been my dream. It represents a totally new way for academics to collaborate and read other work, in real time, and hopefully with real results. This site will bring together academics from around the world, across environment, sustainability and governance, and allow them to share research and discuss topics with each other with greater ease. It should be an effective model for academics to share their research outside of academia – with business and government. The pub2web platform offers a high degree of interoperability and integration with external resources and systems, which was a key driver for selecting Publishing Technology to help bring our concept to life.”

Louise Tutton, Chief Operations Officer at Publishing Technology, said:

“As a new scholarly publisher, GSE are in the position of starting their publishing activities from scratch, without the same constraints of the existing publishing model. This has allowed GSE to move away from the traditional content ‘containers’ of journals and books and create an online platform that turns the traditional business model on its head. We have also been working closely with GSE to create a cross-discipline taxonomy within this specialist area. This new taxonomy combined with pub2web’s wider functionality, including text mining capabilities, will help users discover the content they need across GSE’s platform with ease.

“We are excited to be part of this ambitious new publishing venture. We hope more traditional publishers will follow GSE’s lead and take a radical review of how to increase discoverability of their content and best meet the needs of their customers.” she concluded.

The GSE Research model and approach has already received high praise from some leading names in the academic publishing industry. Professor Baback Yazdani, Dean of Nottingham Business School, commented: “This is an important field, and GSE Research are taking an innovative and welcome approach to scholarly publishing in the digital era,” and David Worlock, noted industry commentator, referred to GSE as “a project to watch, but also a trend to be noted”.

Taylor & Francis Online goes mobile!

Taylor & Francis has created Taylor & Francis Online Mobile which provides mobile access to the 1,600 Journals and Reference Works available via Taylor & Francis Online from today.

Taylor & Francis Online Mobile allows users to access knowledge via iPhone, Android, Blackberry and tablet devices.

This new service is free to use, and offers the following benefits to users:

  • Readers are able to link to their institution’s content via a quick and easy pairing process, as explained in our video demo;
  • The interface is optimized to allow browsing, reading and searching – making the most of smaller screens by using HTML 5;
  • Users are able to login and share links to content via social networks and email;
  • They can also create their own favorites list which is simultaneously saved on Taylor & Francis Online.
  • Clearly identified branding

Commenting on this development, Ian Bannerman, Taylor & Francis Journals MD states, “We are pleased to provide convenient and intuitive access to our content for readers on the move. Mobile integration with institutional holdings now provides seamless access to Taylor & Francis journals and gives librarians a more complete view of their usage”.

Getting started on Taylor & Francis Online Mobile involves simply typing the urlwww.tandfonline.com into the browser of a mobile device.  There is also help and instructions available to get users started athttp://www.tandfonline.com/page/help/mobile.

Taylor & Francis Mobile is a mobile optimized website often referred to as a ‘web app’.  You do not need to go to an ‘app store’ to obtain the mobile version simply open the browser.

The mobile site works on the following versions of Android, iPhone and Blackberry:

  • iPhone and iPod devices running OS 3.2 or later
  • iPad 3.2.2 or later
  • Android 2.2 or later
  • BlackBerry OS 6 (including the Torch 9800)
  • BlackBerry Tablet OS devices (including PlayBook)

If a user’s mobile device is not supported they can still view Taylor & Francis Online, but will be directed to the full version of the site rather than the mobile.

Thomson Reuters unveils web-based analytical tool for healthcare professionals

The Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters today announced the introduction of MarketScan® Treatment Pathways, a secure Web-based analytical tool that researchers can use to quickly understand medical care, outcomes, and costs for discrete populations of patients.

Treatment Pathways allows researchers to access the MarketScan Research Databases or other large datasets to conduct cross-sectional or longitudinal analyses including descriptive reporting without the need for data intake, software or custom programming. The tool allows users to build a visual pathway of patient treatment over time for a particular disease or condition and analyze patient cohorts at any point in the pathway.

“Now, with the speed and collaboration features of Treatment Pathways, healthcare researchers can work faster and smarter,” said Bill Marder, PhD, senior vice president for research services at Thomson Reuters.

“This tool will transform how studies are conducted, because it significantly improves efficiency and provides fast answers to critical research questions.

“Thomson Reuters has extensive experience creating analytically-ready databases. Now, we are leading the way in developing innovative tools and processes to improve research using large datasets,” Marder said. “Treatment Pathways provides broader and faster access to data than ever before.”

The MarketScan Research Databases contain de-identified healthcare claims data reflecting the real-world clinical care of more than 148 million patients — the largest proprietary dataset of its kind. Academic, industry, and government researchers have used this information for decades to analyze the efficacy of medical treatments, the cost of care, prescription drug utilization patterns, and other important healthcare issues. MarketScan Treatment Pathways enables researchers to explore patterns in these rich databases in new ways.

For more information, please e-mail healthcare.pharma@thomsonreuters.com.

Springer releases new web tool to increase quality of metadata

In order to increase the quality of metadata, Springer has released a new web tool that allows catalogers and librarians to easily download tailor-made batches of MARC records (Machine-Readable-Cataloging) or eBook title lists. This new tool is easy to use and allows librarians to download a batch of records to a library’s Springer eBook collections. The new tool is available through Springer’s MARC portal atwww.springer.com/marc.

Apart from MARC records, the tool also allows a librarian to download a full or tailored title list of Springer eBooks. Each record in such title lists contains the main bibliographic information, as well as a URL to the eBook on SpringerLink.

Springer is the largest STM eBook publisher, and disseminates its eBooks on SpringerLink. Various studies and online usage statistics have proven that cataloging of eBooks drives usage of eBooks substantially. In addition to the tool on its website, Springer can also deliver MARC records through FTP, directly to an institution’s ftp server.

“This is quite a versatile tool and the idea of being able to download everything into one smart file is a very appealing one. In general, this is an impressive improvement,” said Martin Kelleher, Electronic Resources/Bibliographic Services Librarian at Liverpool University in the UK.

 “Springer is continuously improving the quality of its metadata. In the past year, internal audits of the MARC records have proven that Springer managed to increase the quality. I am happy that Springer has released the tool, which is a major step forward in serving our customers,” said Arjan Grootenboer, Executive Vice President Production at Springer Science+Business Media

Amazon in talks with publishers to launch digital library

Online retailer Amazon.com, Inc. is close to launching a digital book library and is in talks with book publishers, according to the Wall Street Journal on Sunday. The library will enable customers to access a digitized content by paying an annual subscription fee, similar to the service provided by Netflix, Inc. (NFLX).

Amazon, the maker of Kindle electronic reader, will reportedly add the e-book library to its Amazon Prime Services, which has an $79 annual subscription for a unlimited two day shipping and access to movies and TV shows. If you’re craving for more movies, I suggest discovering varieties such as the Classic Movies on DVD. These collections offer a vast array of timeless films spanning various genres and eras, ensuring there’s something for every movie enthusiast. With classic DVDs, you can enjoy an extensive selection of cinematic masterpieces right in the comfort of your home.

Amazon may also look to bundle it with its new tablet that is expected to release shortly to rival Apple, Inc.’ iPad.

The launch of the digital library by Amazon could also further harm the print media and could lower the cost of print books and the demand for them.

Meanwhile, Amazon.com was among the group that blocked Google, Inc’s (GOOG) attempt to digitize millions of books and publications to make it available online. The group included other Google competitors such as Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), and Yahoo, Inc. (YHOO) as well as librarians, legal scholars, authors, publishers, and technology companies.

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Elsevier Announces Winners of National Research Foundation Young Scientist Awards in South Africa

Elsevier, today announced the winners of the Young Scientist Awards, sponsored by Elsevier as part of the National Research Foundation (NRF) President’s Awards in Pretoria, South Africa on September 1st.

The event was attended by Ms. Naledi Pandor, Minister of Science and Technology South Africa; Dr. Albert van Jaarsveld, CEO of the NRF; JC Heyneke, Head of Sales Strategy and Business Development Science & Technology, Elsevier. Awards were presented to young South African researchers on the basis of exceptional potential demonstrated in their published doctoral work and/ or their research outputs in their early post-doctoral careers, are considered likely to become future international leaders in their field.

This year’s Young Scientist Award winners are:

  • Dr. Cang Hui, University of Stellenbosch
  • Dr. John Terblanche, University of Stellenbosch
  • Dr. Trevor Vickey, University of Witwatersrand

Dr. Albert van Jaarsveld of the NRF commented, “Our partnership with Elsevier reflects a strong relationship and commitment towards acceleration of science in South Africa. Elsevier and the NRF have extended cooperation for 2011 to several events supporting research in South Africa.”

JC Heyneke, from Elsevier added, “We greatly value initiatives that honour achievements of young scientists. Our involvement is part of Elsevier’s efforts to provide a platform to recognize researchers for their contributions to knowledge creation and dissemination.”

French publishers drop $14 million book-scanning lawsuit against Google

Three French publishers dropped a 9.8 million-euro ($13.8 million) lawsuit against Google Inc. (GOOG) over books scanned by the search-engine company.

Editions Albin Michel SA, Editions Gallimard SA and Flammarion made the decision in order to resume negotiations to reach a deal on scanning copyright-protected works for Google’s digital library.

“Google suspended negotiations” when the suit was filed, Brice Amor, Gallimard’s legal director, said today. The publishers dropped their claims “with the goal that the negotiations might resume.”

Google, based in Mountain View, California, has reached agreements with Lagardere SCA (MMB)’s Hachette Livre and La Martiniere Groupe publishers to allow the scanning of out-of-print French books since losing a copyright dispute with the latter in 2009.

“This is a great news,” Philippe Colombet, Google Books’ French director, said today in an e-mail. “We are keen to discuss constructively and work with publishers around the world to preserve and disseminate our important cultural treasures, and to find new business opportunities for authors and publishers.”

The decision was earlier reported on the website of trade publication Livres Hebdo. Calls to Albin Michel and Flammarion for comment weren’t immediately returned.

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Michael L. Taylor, Md, Joins The Healthcare Business Of Thomson Reuters

Michael L. Taylor, MD is joining the Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters as vice president and national business medical leader.

Dr .Taylor comes to Thomson Reuters from Caterpillar, where he supervised the company’s award-winning workplace health promotion initiative. In 11 years with Caterpillar, he developed and provided medical oversight for programs addressing diabetes management, tobacco cessation, cancer prevention and other medical issues.

“Mike will take a client-focused leadership role at Thomson Reuters,” said Chief Medical Officer Ray Fabius, MD. “He will concentrate on assisting many of our employer and health plan customers with population health, helping them develop, evaluate, and maintain health and wellness efforts. He also will collaborate with teams across the business in the areas of thought leadership, strategy, client relationships, marketing, sales, innovation and product development.”

A board-certified internist, Dr. Taylor earned his medical degree at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, where he also did his residency. Before joining Caterpillar, he served as corporate medical director for Pekin Hospital and Progressive Health Systems in Pekin, Ill. He also provided primary care for many years within a multi-physician internal medicine practice.

STM, British Library frame licence agreement for document delivery outside UK

The British Library and the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) have agreed a framework licence agreement to be entered into directly between individual publishers and the British Library. It governs the supply of copies of articles from the British Library’s Document Supply Service to non-commercial end users via not-for-profit libraries outside the UK. The UK Publishers Association joins with STM in recommending the framework licence agreement to its members.

Barry Smith, Head of Commercial Services at the British Library said “We are delighted to have agreed a framework licence with STM. This means we can improve the speed of service delivery we offer to our overseas non-commercial users and augment our current Document Supply Service.”

Any articles to be supplied under this new service are solely for an end-user’s own private study or non-commercial research purposes. The terms of the licence are distinct from the Library’s successful service for the supply of articles for commercial purposes, and shall require end-users and not-for-profit libraries to ensure that the differentiation between commercial and non-commercial use is actively monitored and differentiated. The framework licence agreement will start from 1st January 2012.

“We are pleased to have worked so successfully with the British Library to reach this agreement,” said Michael Mabe, CEO of the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM). “The British Library framework licence will give publishers, including our members, contractual control over the international cross-border delivery of copies from their material via an established and respected document supply service. It will also allow the British Library to improve the service, and delivery times, available to its authorised users.”

Along with STM, the UK Publishers Association is also recommending that its member publishers participate in the framework settlement. “The framework licence agreed with the British Library offers a balanced model for well-regulated licensed document delivery across international borders for non-commercial use,” said Graham Taylor, Director, The Publishers Association.

The British Library’s Overseas Library Privilege Service will be phased out from the start of 2012.

The British Library will contact all existing licensors of STM content it currently has a direct digital agreement with and who are yet to sign the framework licence agreement. The British Library will also contact all non-UK, non-commercial libraries currently registered to discuss eligibility for the new service and how to proceed.

UConn Libraries join HathiTrust Digital Library

The UConn Libraries have become the newest member of HathiTrust Digital Library, a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating to compile a massive digital library of published scholarship.

HathiTrust includes material from the Google Books Library Project, an effort by Google to scan and make searchable the collections of several major research libraries, as well as material from the Internet Archive, a non-profit that offers free online access to historical digital collections, in which UConn has been an active participant since 2008.

“Membership in the HathiTrust takes full advantage of what the Internet Archive and Google Books have done, and places that information within a context specifically tailored for our teaching and research community,” says Brinley Franklin, vice provost for UConn Libraries. “Joining forces with the other institutions in this important initiative maximizes our financial resources, enhances the depth of our collections, and offers new support to UConn’s teaching and learning.”

HathiTrust allows users to do full-text searches of all the books in the repository, as well as download all material in the public domain. In addition, members of the community who are visually impaired will be able to download the full text of material that is in copyright for use with assistive technology.

HathiTrust was launched in 2008 by the then 12-university consortium, known as the Committee on Institutional Cooperation and the University of California system. It has grown to more than 50 partners, including Columbia, Princeton, Yale, Duke, and Johns Hopkins. UConn is the first public research university in New England to become a member.

“As a prominent public research university, the University of Connecticut brings a valuable perspective on public service and community connection to HathiTrust,” says John Wilkin, executive director of HathiTrust and associate university librarian for library information technology at the University of Michigan, one of the primary administrators of the Trust.

In the past two years, HathiTrust’s partners have contributed more than 9 million volumes to the digital library, digitized from their library collections. More than 2 million of the contributed volumes are in the public domain and are freely available on the Web.

HathiTrust serves as a secure repository, guaranteeing the long-term preservation of the material while providing expert care and consistent access to research libraries. It also acts as a bridge between partners and the public, offering access to the digital collections that includes viewing, downloading, and searching.

HathiTrust was derived from hathi, the Hindu word for elephant, and is intended to evoke the animal’s qualities of memory, wisdom, longevity, and strength.

Registration now open: Berlin 9 Open Access Conference

Registration is now open for the Berlin 9 Open Access Conference, to be held November 9 & 10, 2011 at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Chevy Case, MD. Registration is also open for pre-conference sessions scheduled for November 8 in downtown Washington, DC.

This ninth installment in the Berlin Open Access conference series, which convenes leaders in the science, humanities, research, funding, and policy communities around The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities, will focus on the impact of Open Access in research and scholarship. The event will explore how open, online access has the potential to transform the process of discovery and the translation of knowledge into benefits to society, as well as to enhance public engagement and create new opportunities for scholarship and business.

For program details, including speakers confirmed to date, visit http://www.berlin9.org/program.

Berlin 9 is being organized by representatives from the science, humanities, research, funding and policy communities, including the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Marine Biological Laboratory, the Max Planck Society, Association of Research Libraries, and SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition).

The organizers are grateful for the generous financial support of The Institute of Museum and Library Services, InTech, dozens of North American academic and research libraries (including Arizona State University, Queen’s University, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, University of California-San Diego, University of Ottawa, University of Wyoming, University of Florida), and ProQuest.

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For more information, contact:

— Jennifer McLennan, SPARC, (202) 296-2296 ext. 121, jennifer [at] arl [dot] org
— Christoph Bruch, Max Planck Society, +49 (30) 84 13 37 27, bruch [at] mpdl [dot] mpg [dot] de
— Avice Meehan, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, (301) 215-8646, meehana [at] hhmi [dot] org
— Prudence S. Adler, Association of Research Libraries, (202) 296-2296, prue [at] arl [dot] org
— Andrea Early, Marine Biological Laboratory, (508) 289-7652, aearly [at] mbl [dot] edu

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The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities, issued in 2003 by international research, scientific, and cultural institutions, promotes the Internet as a medium for disseminating global knowledge. It has been signed by the leaders of over 300 research institutions, libraries, archives, museums, funding agencies, and governments from around the world. Signatories include the Max Planck Society (co-initiator and custodian of the declaration), CERN, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea, Harvard University, and the International Federation of Library Associations.

The Berlin Open Access Conference Series supports the continued adoption and realization of the principles of the declaration and has been hosted in Germany, Switzerland, England, Italy, France, and – most recently – China. Berlin 9 will mark the first such meeting to take place in North America. The program will feature concrete steps taken by a variety of stakeholders to support Open Access and invite participants to consider added actions that might be taken – including encouraging signatures to the Berlin Declaration.

For more information about the conference and the Berlin Declaration, visit www.berlin9.org.

Springer and NAAL sign eBook deal

The Network of Alabama Academic Libraries (NAAL) and Springer have signed a ground-breaking license which grants the consortium perpetual access to Springer eBooks on SpringerLink. This statewide agreement includes a customized license for Springer’s eBook Collections in Business and Economics, Biomedical and Life Sciences, and Behavioral Sciences. From large academic libraries such as Auburn University and the University of Alabama, to smaller institutions such as Tuskeegee University and Spring Hill College, all of NAAL’s 21 general members will have access under this agreement.

Ron Leonard, the Director of NAAL, said, “Recognizing that eBooks are becoming more popular and widely used on academic campuses, NAAL sought out an eBook vendor that could provide quality front list titles at affordable prices. Additionally, it wanted to work with an eBook vendor that is in tune with librarians’ concerns regarding DRM, ILL, as well as the provision of MARC records. Springer delivered on all fronts.”

Dr. Mildred L. Jackson, Associate Dean for Research & Instruction at the University of Alabama, said, “While evaluating and discussing several eBook packages, Springer’s eBook Collections will serve undergraduates at every institution best.”

“Springer’s eBook Collections continue to be hugely successful amongst research institutions, and we have been more than pleasantly surprised to find increasing demand amongst colleges and teaching universities as well. Working with NAAL has allowed us to provide market leading content to a broad range of researchers and students throughout Alabama, and I look forward to a long and valued relationship”, said Syed Hasan, President STM Sales Academic & Government (Americas & EMEA), Springer Science+Business Media.

Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) is a leading global scientific publisher, delivering quality content through innovative information products and services. The company is also a trusted provider of local-language professional publications in Europe, especially in Germany and the Netherlands. In the science, technology and medicine (STM) sector, the group publishes around 2,000 journals and more than 6,500 new books a year, as well as the largest STM eBook Collection worldwide. Springer has operations in about 20 countries in Europe, the USA, and Asia, and more than 5,000 employees. In 2010, it generated annual sales of around EUR 866 million.

The purpose of the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries (NAAL) is to coordinate academic library resource sharing to enhance education and research. NAAL is an unincorporated consortium of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education and Alabama’s eligible public and private four-year colleges and universities. In addition, other research libraries not affiliated with educational institutions may join as nonvoting cooperative members. For more information, visit: http://www.ache.state.al.us/NAAL/.

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