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UKSG eNews -
Issue 261, 06 January 2012
ISSN: 2048-7746
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Editorial
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Challenges and the future
Some members of the UKSG Publications and Editorial Subcommittee consider the past year from their various perspectives and venture a guess or two about what 2012 might bring.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/Challenges-and-the-future/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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UKSG news
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John Merriman Award
UKSG and NASIG are seeking applicants for the 2012 John Merriman Award, and the deadline for applications is 30 January 2012.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/John-Merriman-Award/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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UKSG 35th Annual Conference
The programme for the UKSG Conference is now confirmed, delegate booking is open, exhibitor stand bookings will be available shortly, and applications are being invited for the ACS Publications UKSG Travel Scholarship.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/UKSG-35th-Annual-Conference/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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Interesting ideas to implement
Andy Henrys, West Cheshire College, considers the UKSG E-Resources for Further Education seminar he attended in December and how he might put into practice some of the ideas which were presented.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/Interesting-ideas-to-implement/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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Industry news
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International Standard Name Identifier
The International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI) is an ISO Standard whose scope is the identification of public identities across multiple fields of creative activities.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/International-Standard-Name-Identifier/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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NISO SUSHI Protocol
NISO has announced the availability of NISO SUSHI Protocol: COUNTER-SUSHI Implementation Profile (NISO RP-14-201X) for a public comment period ending on 20 January 2012.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/NISO-SUSHI-Protocol/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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Multi-Publisher, Multi-Purpose Platforms
ACCUCOMS has made available a white paper on multi-purpose platforms - 'Multi-Publisher, Multi-Purpose Platforms: Current Trends and Suggestions for the Future'.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/Multi-Publisher-Multi-Purpose-Platforms/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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Survey of RFID in libraries
The report of a survey into the use of RFID in libraries is available for purchase.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/Survey-of-RFID-in-libraries/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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SUNCAT newsletter
The December 2011 SUNCAT Newsletter is available via the SUNCAT website.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/SUNCAT-newsletter/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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Company news
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SwetsWise Online Content
Swets has announced that it has recently signed contracts that will see the publications of Brepols, Cairn.info, JST, NecPlus and RMIT Publishing made available in SwetsWise Online Content.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/SwetsWise-Online-Content/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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Granta Publications & Ingram
Ingram Publisher Services, an Ingram Content Group Company, has announced an agreement with Granta Publications.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/Granta-Publications--Ingram/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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HARRASSOWITZ Statista agreement
HARRASSOWITZ has announced a new sales representation agreement with Statista, the platform for market data and facts on over 60,000 topics.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/HARRASSOWITZ-Statista-agreement/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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American Society for Microbiology platform
The American Society for Microbiology and Publishing Technology have announced a partnership to create a digital platform to host all of the organisation’s published content.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/American-Society-for-Microbiology-platform/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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HarperCollins & Ingram
HarperCollins Publishers has selected Ingram Publisher Services and Spring Arbor as its exclusive distributor to the Christian market.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/HarperCollins/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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Product news
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Alma early adopters
Ex Libris Group has announced the launch of the North American early adopter programme for the Alma library management service.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/Alma-early-adopters/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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Luxid
HCPro has purchased Luxid, the semantic content enrichment software solution from TEMIS, which has also announced a new contract with Karger.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/Luxid/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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Semantico's SIPP2
Semantico's SIPP2 product has been used to power a revised version of BrillOnline for reference works and bibliographies.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/Semanticos-SIPP2/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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Summon
Lund University Libraries has launched the Summon service as the primary starting point for research on its website.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/Summon/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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Library news
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Özyeğin University selects EDS
Özyeğin University in Turkey has selected EBSCO Discovery Service as its search tool.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/Ozyein-University-selects-EDS/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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Journal news and reviews
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Taylor & Francis Open
Taylor & Francis has launched a range of open access options via the Taylor & Francis Open programme.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/Taylor--Francis-Open/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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ChemPlusChem
Wiley-VCH and ChemPubSoc Europe, an association of 16 chemical societies, have announced the launch of 'ChemPlusChem', a multidisciplinary chemistry journal.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/ChemPlusChem/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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CLOCKSS
The CLOCKSS Archive has announced the participation of five new publishers in its digital preservation archive: SIAM, UKSG, the Society for Leukocyte Biology, FASEB, and the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/CLOCKSS/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care
SAGE and the European Society of Cardiology have announced the launch of the 'European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care'.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/European-Heart-Journal-Acute-Cardiovascular-Care/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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Bone & Joint Research
The British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery has announced the launch of 'Bone & Joint Research', a new open access journal.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/Bone--Joint-Research/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
Maney Publishing will publish the 'International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health' from 2012.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/International-Journal-of-Occupational-and-Environmental-Health/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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Information Standards Quarterly
The Fall 2011 issue of NISO’s 'Information Standards Quarterly' magazine is now available in open access in PDF from the NISO website.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/Information-Standards-Quarterly-/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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Resources
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New MUSE interface live
Project MUSE's new interface, featuring book and journal content integrated on a single platform, is up and running.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/New-MUSE-interface-live/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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ExPub environmental hazard data
ExPub is expanding its collection of chemical hazard data with the addition of The Teratogen Information System and Shepard’s Catalog of Teratogenic Agents.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/ExPub-environmental-hazard-data/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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Marshall Cavendish Collection
Credo Reference has announced a new partnership with Marshall Cavendish, a publisher of non-fiction series, children’s books, and reference titles.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/Marshall-Cavendish-Collection/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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Thieme Teaching Assistant
'Thieme Teaching Assistant', a web-based platform for teachers and students, now contains full-colour images from three of Thieme’s physiology and pharmacology titles.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/Thieme-Teaching-Assistant/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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People
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People
Stephen Pickles and Graham Bulpitt have both retired.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/People/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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Conference round-up
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SCONUL conference
Presentations from the SCONUL annual conference are available on the SCONUL website.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/SCONUL-conference/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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Awards
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Nature & scientific mentors
Nature has honoured three French scientists - Jean Rossier, Moshe Yaniv, and Barbara Demeneix - for their outstanding efforts to mentor young researchers.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/Nature--scientific-mentors/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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2011 Retrovirology Prize
Masao Matsuoka, from the Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Japan has been announced as the recipient of the 2011 M Jeang Retrovirology Prize.
[http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/UKSG/261/2011-Retrovirology-Prize/?n=121b8a3f-e721-4bc0-8354-7ad4d47f99de]
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