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1) Overcoming information overload - Annual Reviews white paper
2) RSC Advances announced
3) PCG and ISPG partner on European Sales Representation
4) The JSTOR Current Scholarship Program Expands With New Publishers and Titles for 2012
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Subject: | Overcoming information overload - Annual Reviews white paper |
From: | Charlie Rapple <charlie.rapple@tbicommunications.com> |
Date: | Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:01:25 +0100 |
Dear colleagues,
With apologies for cross-posting, I thought you might be interested in
a new white paper from Annual Reviews. It explores how researchers
cope with information overload, based on research among early-career
scientists and interviews with luminaries including Gene Garfield and
Dick Zare. Annual Reviews will be giving away copies of the white
paper at ACRL later this week (their booth is 945 - do drop by for a
copy if you are interested!) or you can view it online at http://www.annualreviews.org/r/infooverload
.
Further details are given in the press release below.
All the best,
Charlie Rapple
TBI Communications
On behalf of Annual Reviews
The Role of the Critical Review Article in Alleviating Information
Overload: An Annual Reviews White Paper
Palo Alto, CA – March 28, 2011. Annual Reviews, the nonprofit
publisher that synthesizes critical research literature, is pleased to
announce the release of a new white paper that shares the results of
research conducted by Annual Reviews, along with expert opinion from
leading scientists, to explore how today’s researchers cope with
information overload.
Although the term “information overload” was not popularized until the
1960s, the growth of published output in academic research had
presented scientists with an acknowledged problem since the early
twentieth century. The white paper charts the topic from the advent of
Annual Reviews in the 1930s, through the continuing importance of
helping researchers assimilate and apply new knowledge, to
expectations for how skills, responsibilities, technologies, and
content itself will help address the ongoing challenges.
The paper draws on a survey of early-career researchers conducted by
Annual Reviews to examine their approach to academic literature, such
as how and why they read it, how much time they dedicate to it, what
informs their reading choices, and how they assess quality. One-on-one
interviews were then conducted with a range of prestigious scientists
including Eugene Garfield (Thomson Reuters Scientific) and Richard
Zare (Stanford University) to interpret the results in the broader
research environment. Finally, current and past members of Annual
Reviews staff explain the lifecycle of a critical review article, in
terms of how it helps scientists address the challenge of information
overload.
The white paper brings together these different perspectives and
proposes future ways in which authors, readers, editors, librarians,
and publishers may filter the flow of scholarly content.
To obtain your copy, visit Annual Reviews at either ACRL (booth 945)
or UKSG (booth 27), or download from http://www.annualreviews.org/r/infooverload
.
For more information
Contact: Jenni Rankin
Marketing Manager
news@annualreviews.org
650-843-6634
About Annual Reviews
Annual Reviews (http://www.annualreviews.org) intelligently
synthesizes the definitive books, articles, and other academic sources
in biomedical, life, physical, and social sciences, including
economics. Its objective overviews prevent duplication of research
effort, address conflicting studies, root out errors of fact or
concept, and suggest effective new research directions. They provide a
gateway to the most significant literature within a topic. Personal
copies are available at a reduced rate and institutional site license
options are available. Annual Reviews endorses the KBART Recommended
Practice for metadata transfer to help libraries and their technology
partners provide seamless access to its online journals.
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Subject: | RSC Advances announced |
From: | Louise Peck <peckl@rsc.org> |
Date: | Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:45:02 +0100 |
The following news item about our new journal RSC Advances has just been released: = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Researchers from across the chemical sciences will have a new option for the publication of their research in 2011, thanks to the launch of RSC Advances. RSC Advances will be a peer-reviewed journal, published online only, covering all the chemical sciences, including interdisciplinary fields. Published articles will report high quality, well-conducted research that adds to the development of the field. Research that is outside the criteria of the existing RSC journal portfolio will be actively encouraged. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = The journal is now open for submissions, and the first issue will be published mid-2011. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Professor Mike Ward, University of Sheffield, UK, the Chair of the Editorial Board, commented: 'I am looking forward to working with the RSC on this exciting new project. Research in the chemical sciences is expanding into new fields that were unknown a few years ago, and high quality scientific contributions come from more and more parts of the world; in response, the RSC is expanding its portfolio of journals to keep pace with these new developments. RSC Advances will have a key role to play in attracting publications in new fields of research and from all parts of the world, allowing the RSC to maintain its position as one of the leading publishers.' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Free institutional online access to the entire 2011 and 2012 content of the journal will be provided to all existing customers (An existing customer is defined as one who has a current institutional subscription to one or more journals from RSC Publishing, and with IP address registered.) Access will also be available to new institutional customers following a simple registration process GO TO < www.rsc.org/freeaccess > A special discounted price for a 2013 subscription is available to some customers - contact your local sales representative for detailsEMAIL < sales@rsc.org > For more details GO TO < www.rsc.org/advances > Kind regards LouiseLouise Peck, Library Marketing SpecialistRoyal Society of Chemistry, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Cambridge, CB4 0WF, UKTel: +44 (0) 1223 432669, Fax: +44 (0) 1223 420247www.rsc.org/publishingpeckl@rsc.org DISCLAIMER: This communication (including any attachments) is intended for the use of the addressee only and may contain confidential, privileged or copyright material. It may not be relied upon or disclosed to any other person without the consent of the RSC. If you have received it in error, please contact us immediately. Any advice given by the RSC has been carefully formulated but is necessarily based on the information available, and the RSC cannot be held responsible for accuracy or completeness. In this respect, the RSC owes no duty of care and shall not be liable for any resulting damage or loss. The RSC acknowledges that a disclaimer cannot restrict liability at law for personal injury or death arising through a finding of negligence. The RSC does not warrant that its emails or attachments are Virus-free: Please rely on your own screening.3)
Subject: | PCG and ISPG partner on European Sales Representation |
From: | "Janet Fisher" <jfisher@pcgplus.com> |
Date: | Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:49:36 -0400 |
We believe the librarians on this list will be interested in this information.
Janet Fisher
Publishers Communication Group
For immediate release
29 March 2011
Publishers Communication Group to partner with
The Independent Scholarly Publishers Group
in Europe
The Independent Scholarly Publishers Group (ISPG) is delighted to announce that Publishers Communication Group (PCG) will be representing its content in Europe.
The Independent Scholarly Publishers Group is a coalition of seventeen independent publishers of 40 journals and related academic content that promotes, markets to, and negotiates with library consortia, hospitals and other organizations around the globe. The ISPG collection, which includes such significant journals as: Health Affairs, The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, and Mayo Clinic Proceedings, is hosted on the HighWire platform. With this new agreement, PCG will be providing European market sales expertise for the complete set of ISPG content.
PCG has provided an extensive range of specialized and comprehensive sales and marketing services, customized to meet the needs of scholarly and professional publishers since 1990. Their expert, locally-based, international native-speakers staff in Europe will tailor a focused sales and marketing program, representing the ISPG content to key institutions and consortia throughout the region.
“We are very proud of this partnership with such an interesting initiative as the Independent Scholarly Publishers Group in Europe,” said Emilie Delquié, Vice President of PCG. “This is an exciting opportunity for PCG to be part of making these vital resources widely available to European researchers and to apply our innovative, yet methodical approach to customize a strategic sales plan for ISPG members.”
“We’re very pleased to be working in Europe with such an experienced company as Publishers Communication Group,” added Tom Taylor, Dragonfly Sales and Marketing Consulting President and ISPG Facilitator. “PCG’s sales experience and depth of industry knowledge in the European library community will help provide European researchers with access to the excellent, peer-reviewed ISPG content.”
ENDS
For more information, please contact:
Emily Taylor
Publishing Technology plc
Tel: +44 1865 397873
Email: emily.taylor@publishingtechnology.com
About PCG
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Publishers Communication Group, Inc., a division of Publishing Technology plc, is a full-service marketing and sales consulting firm with locations in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Oxford, England and São Paulo, Brazil. PCG was established in 1990 as a resource for scholarly publishers to more effectively work with the global library market. PCG offers qualitative and quantitative marketing research, international multi-lingual telemarketing services, customer services operations based in the UK, US and Brazil, sales representation, and strategic consulting.
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The information in this message is intended solely for the addressee and should be considered confidential. Publishers Communication Group does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message and any statements contained herein which do not relate to the official business of Publishers Communication Group are neither given nor endorsed by Publishers Communication Group and are those of the individual and not of Publishers Communication Group. This message has been scanned for viruses using the most current and reliable tools available and Publishers Communication Group excludes all liability related to any viruses that might exist in any attachment or which may have been acquired in transit.
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Subject: | The JSTOR Current Scholarship Program Expands With New Publishers and Titles for 2012 |
From: | Sarah Glasser <Sarah.Glasser@ithaka.org> |
Date: | Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:43:38 -0400 |
With apologies for cross-posting….
March 31, 2011 – JSTOR is pleased to announce the addition of 21 new journals from eight new publishers to the Current Scholarship Program, an effort launched earlier this year that brings together current and historical content on the JSTOR platform.
The University of Minnesota Press; the American Schools of Oriental Research; the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Science Fiction Studies; Paradigm Publishers; the American School of Classical Studies at Athens; Southeast Asia Program Publications at Cornell University; and the Modern Humanities Research Association have all recently joined the Current Scholarship Program, and their journals will be offered through the program for the 2012 subscription year.
With the addition of these publishers, the Current Scholarship Program now encompasses 196 titles from 27 publishers. The Program continues to expand its reach both internationally as well as in the range of publishers it serves, with the inclusion of its first commercial publisher (Paradigm Publishers) and its first UK-based participant (the Modern Humanities Research Association).
This second set of presses joins the esteemed journals and publishers already included in the Current Scholarship Program, including Chicago, California, Indiana, Illinois, Nebraska, and Penn State University Presses, and titles such as The American Historical Review, The Classical Journal, and The William and Mary Quarterly.
“The American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) and JSTOR are partnering to make scholarship readily available to researchers across the globe. The Current Scholarship Program increases the ease of online access to ASOR’s journals for our members and subscribers while maintaining high academic standards. ASOR is pleased to join the other distinguished publishers who are part of the JSTOR family, and we look forward to partnering with JSTOR for years to come” said Andrew G. Vaughn, Executive Director of ASOR.
“This newest group of publishers brings a number of important, high-quality publications to the program,” said Mary Rose Muccie, Director of the Current Journals Program at JSTOR. “They collectively share our vision to support the broad dissemination of scholarship through affordable and sustainable means, and their participation helps provide librarians with the ability to subscribe to and access an even greater amount of current content on JSTOR.”
Among the new titles added to the program is the internationally acclaimed The Black Scholar: Journal of Black Studies and Research; Slavic Review, a longstanding JSTOR participant; and Modern Language Review, one of the oldest and best-known modern language journals. Electronic access to these 21 new titles will be available on JSTOR beginning in January 2012. For libraries that already participate in the JSTOR Archive Collections, participating in the Current Scholarship Program provides seamless access to the complete runs of journals via the JSTOR platform. Libraries may also subscribe to a complete run of single titles within the Program.
A full list of all titles participating in the Program is available at http://bit.ly/htXbmh.
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