Society for General Microbiology
The Society for General Microbiology has launched a publishing platform that brings together all of the scholarly content published by the Society’s six peer- reviewed journals.
The society says the platform features a responsive design, providing readers with ‘a fast, personalised experience that they can read on any device.
Users can register to be alerted whenever content in their field is published, and can share research articles across a range of social networks. The society has partnered with the article-level metrics company Altmetric to help users track how content is being discussed online.
As part of the new platform launch, the society will be introducing cross-journal article collections that will be curated by subject experts. This will allow easy grouping of journal articles on hot topics, such as Ebola or antimicrobial resistance, and
make them easily discoverable to researchers across the world. Leighton Chipperfield,
director of publishing and income diversification at the society, explained the reasoning behind the change: ‘Readers will find it easier to discover, use and share content. Authors will see their work enriched and will be able to constantly measure its impact among their peers.’
The society has partnered with Publishing Technology in the development of the new platform. Michael Cairns, CEO of Publishing Technology, added: ‘The Society for General Microbiology is a forward-thinking publisher with a clear digital strategy. The new site integrates our most powerful platform features and we are confident that it will deliver a highly interactive, feature-rich experience befitting the society’s reputation for high-quality research.’
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American Psychological Association Partners with ReadCube
The American Psychological Association (APA) has announced a partnership with Boston-based publishing software company ReadCube to index its scholarly journal and book collections with ReadCube’s Discover service.
All 110 journals comprising the PsycArticles database, including several of the most highly cited and leading journals in psychology, along with more than 65,000 books and book chapters from PsycBooks have been fully indexed and are searchable across ReadCube’s web, desktop, and mobile reading portals, and are included in ReadCube’s search engines and recommendation feeds. ‘APA is always looking for ways to facilitate the creation,
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application, and dissemination of psychological knowledge to advance the field,’ said Gary VandenBos, APA publisher. ‘Our partnership with
ReadCube further enhances the discovery of vital behavioural and social science content to help researchers access the important information they’re looking for.’
In addition to deep-indexing, when read within any of the free ReadCube apps, articles and book chapters will be available with ReadCube’s popular enhanced reading features including hyperlinked in-line citations, annotations, clickable author names, instant access to supplemental content and figures, social sharing, and altmetrics.
www.readcube.com
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World Library and Information Congress
82nd IFLA General Conference and Assembly
13–19 August 2016 | Columbus, Ohio, United States Greater Columbus Convention Center
Connections. Collaboration. Community.
About IFLA IFLA is the international organization for library and information associations, institutions and librarians in the user communities they serve throughout the world. It is the trusted global voice of the library and information community, and drives equitable access to information and knowledge for all.
For more information, visit
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