How to Build a Data Driven Publishing Organization
Discussion
John Morton, Chairman of the Board, Zapaygo, Interim CTO/CDO/CIO, Big Data Advisor, former CTO of SAS
Hasan Usmani, Account Manager, AWS
David Smith, Head of Product Solutions, IET
Closing remarks from the Chair
Drinks and networking
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Source: News from STM - February 28, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Events Source Type: news
Recommended: Connecting researchers with the research that matters to them
Recommended, a new service which connects the research community with the most relevant content is launched by Springer Nature today. The service has been developed in response to the extensive and rapid increase in published research which makes it difficult for researchers to keep up to date with developments in their specific fields. It is the first such service from a publisher, in which specific recommendations from across all published literature are generated by algorithm. Recommended makes suggestions of primary research papers which are drawn from over 65 million papers, are chosen irrespective of publishe...
Source: News from STM - February 24, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Digital Featured Source Type: news
PLOS 2016 Annual Report Showcases A Year of Open for Discovery
Every year, PLOS releases an Annual Update of milestones and highlights. We do this for more than just archival purposes of notable research; we do this to bring to light foundational work of the many teams that help make the organization ONE PLOS. PLOS is unique among other Open Access publishers in that the work of our teams serves authors and the greater community—we are active collaborators on advocacy and technology initiatives that increase access, discovery and use of the scientific literature. The Annual Update provides a centralized resource for those looking to understand more about who PLOS is and what we do w...
Source: News from STM - February 22, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Featured Open Access Source Type: news
Atypon Continues International Expansion with New Development Hubs in the Czech Republic and Greece, and an Expanded Presence in Jordan
Atypon, the world’s largest technology company in the scholarly and professional publishing industry, has opened new development hubs in the Czech Republic and Greece and is expanding its presence in Jordan by 50% in response to the needs of a growing customer base.
Twenty software engineers in the company’s new Prague office will work on further expanding the comprehensive feature set of Literatum, the scholarly and professional publishing industry’s most widely used online publishing platform.
“We opened an office in Prague for the same reasons Cisco, Microsoft, and Oracle did. It’s the high-tech capital of Cen...
Source: News from STM - February 22, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Featured World Source Type: news
Caroline Birkle Appointed Managing Director of Thieme Chemistry
On April 1 Caroline Birkle will assume full responsibility for Thieme Chemistry as Managing Director. Under her direction Thieme Chemistry will continue to expand its publishing program that provides chemists in research, science and industry with highly evaluated specialist information on synthetic, organic and general chemistry.
An alumna of the University of Sheffield Caroline Birkle, 37, obtained a Masters of Chemistry (MChem) and has studied in England, France and the United States. She began her publishing career with Thieme in Stuttgart in the Thieme Chemistry and Thieme Publishers marketing departments with an emph...
Source: News from STM - February 20, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: European Featured Source Type: news
Elsevier restores journal access to 60 German institutions
Elsevier announced that it would restore journal access to German universities after being blocked for over a month now.
In a statement from the company they said:
At Elsevier, serving research is our paramount goal. We have therefore chosen to continue providing access to Elsevier journals for dozens of German institutions that cancelled their individual subscriptions at the end of 2016. They did so anticipating that a new Germany-wide license agreement would be in place by January this year, which we regret so far has not been achievable.
We strongly believe that access to high-quality research is important for German s...
Source: News from STM - February 17, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: European Featured Source Type: news
New SAGE Journals Platform makes research easier to discover, navigate, and share from any device
SAGE Publishing is proud to launch a new platform for SAGE Journals. In close consultation with researchers, editors, authors, society partners, and librarians – the new site has been designed to deliver a world-class online research experience. From enhanced author tools to more intuitive navigation to improved search functionality to ease of use across devices, SAGE Journals was optimized to support all accessing and contributing to SAGE’s esteemed scholarly research.
“SAGE is committed to responding to changing user needs in today’s fast-paced digital landscape and the flexible technologies we have invested in w...
Source: News from STM - February 16, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Digital Source Type: news
Springer Healthcare launches Medicine Matters, a new medical education website
. The content-rich portal will provide physicians and healthcare professionals with a reliable, free source of medical education, designed to promote best clinical practice and improved health outcomes. The website currently focuses on the latest advances in diabetes medicine at diabetes.medicinematters.com. The global rollout plan includes local language-supported content within new websites for oncology, cardiology, rheumatology, and CNS. They will be launched in key markets including the USA, the UK, Spain, India, Mexico, and China throughout 2017 and 2018.
Medicine Matters is aimed at the healthcare professional who wa...
Source: News from STM - February 16, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: European Featured Source Type: news
Ingenta agrees landmark collaboration with CEPIEC in China
Ingenta has signed an agreement with China Educational Publications Import & Export Corporation Ltd (CEPIEC), which will enable publishers on Ingenta Connect to market and sell their content to Chinese researchers and institutions.
The two year deal with China’s largest academic digital resource importer will provide international publishers who host their content on Ingenta Connect with access to the burgeoning Chinese scholarly market via a new scholarly pay-per-view platform, launched by CEPIEC and major Chinese search engine Baidu.
Academic institutions and individual researchers in China will be able to use Baid...
Source: News from STM - February 16, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Featured World Source Type: news
Wiley ChemPlanner selected as one of five LAUNCH Innovators
Wiley ChemPlanner has been selected as one of the five LAUNCH: Smarter Chemistry Innovation Challenge Innovators. LAUNCH was founded by NASA, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. Department of State and NIKE, Inc. The LAUNCH: Smarter Chemistry Challenge aims to identify the most innovative technologies that shift problem solving in chemistry away from the traditional model and towards data-driven, predictive design.
Wiley ChemPlanner is a state-of-the-art workflow product that helps chemists find the best selection of diverse and viable routes for their synthesis. Its unique combination of predictive rea...
Source: News from STM - February 16, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Digital Featured Source Type: news
Dedicated Scholarly Publishing Conference Programme Announced
Speakers from Wiley, Elsevier and Taylor & Francis are among the prestigious names participating in LBF’s dedicated academic publishing conference, The Research and Scholarly Publishing Forum, this year.
The popular conference, now in its third year, will be hosted by co-chairs Mandy Hill, Managing Director of Academic Publishing at Cambridge University Press, and Helen Dobson, Scholarly Communications Manager at the University of Manchester.
The half-day conference offers delegates a compact schedule of lively panel debates, ‘in conversation with’ sessions, keynote speeches and networking, and is programmed in p...
Source: News from STM - February 16, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: European Events Source Type: news
Leading UK research to be showcased at the AAAS meeting
A host of leading UK scientists and academics will be presenting their research at the prestigious annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Boston, MA from 16–20 February 2017.
The Research Councils are hosting an international reception at the AAAS meeting on the evening of 18 February at the Skywalk Observatory high-rise viewing area at the top of the Prudential Tower. The President of AAAS, Professor Barbara Schaal, Professor Philip Nelson, Chair of Research Councils UK and Professor Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, President Royal Society will be speaking.
Professor Philip Nelson, C...
Source: News from STM - February 15, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Featured World Source Type: news
Carnegie Mellon University Partners with Digital Science to Create a C21st Library
Digital Science, a technology company serving the needs of scientific and research communities, today announced Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) as a key customer and development partner. By implementing a suite of products from the Digital Science portfolio, Carnegie Mellon will unveil a solution to capture, analyze and showcase its leading research. Using continuous, automated capture of data from multiple internal and external sources, including publication and associated citation and altmetrics data, grant data, and research data, Carnegie Mellon will be able to provide its faculty, funders and decision-makers with an ...
Source: News from STM - February 14, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Featured Libraries Source Type: news
Holtzbrinck Digital Announces Management Appointments Following Investment Growth
Holtzbrinck Digital – the investment arm of the digital research, science and education focused Holtzbrinck Publishing Group has today announced a series of appointments to position the company for additional growth, following a strong financial year and a number of recent investments in Europe and North America.
Markus Schunk, CEO of Holtzbrinck Digital has appointed Daniel Hook to the role of Chief Executive Officer, Digital Science, effective immediately. Digital Science is a leading international technology and knowledge company serving the information and data needs of the research and scientific communities...
Source: News from STM - February 13, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: Digital Featured Source Type: news
Dragonfly and iGroup Australasia partner for sales in Australia and New Zealand
Dragonfly Sales and Marketing Consulting and iGroup Australasia, both providers of sales and marketing services for publishers, have announced a new agreement for sales representation for the Independent Scholarly Publishers Group, (ISPG) and GeoScienceWorld, (GSW), in Australia and New Zealand. Representation for the new territories commences today at the ALIA Information Online Conference in Sydney.
ISPG is a collection of highly ranked journals in the health sciences, life, and environmental sciences disciplines. The ISPG Collection in Australia and New Zealand currently consists of 53 journals and 3 eBook series, repre...
Source: News from STM - February 13, 2017 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: STM Publishing News Tags: World Source Type: news
