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Message #1:

Subject:    Project MUSE News: Preview our New Website at ALA User Group
Meeting!
From:    Melanie Schaffner <melanie@muse.jhu.edu>
Date:    Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:44:10 -0400
Of potential interest to SERIALST readers, please excuse cross-posting.

Preview Project MUSE's New Website at Our ALA User Group Meeting

Seats are still available for the Project MUSE User Group breakfast on
Saturday, June 28, at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim. Highlights
of the meeting include a preview of the new functionality and new look
for the MUSE website to be unveiled later in the summer and preliminary
North American pricing and subscription options for the 2009
subscription year. We'll also preview the titles that are scheduled to
join MUSE in 2009. And of course, we will have a light breakfast that
you may enjoy with fellow MUSE subscribers.

Details of the User Group Meeting:

Saturday, June 28
8:00 - 9:00 am
Platinum 3/4
Anaheim Marriott
700 West Convention Way
Anaheim, CA

To assist us with our planning, please RSVP for the meeting to
muse@press.jhu.edu. Libraries are welcome to send more than one
representative. Please note the number of representatives you expect to
have attending from your institution. Both prospective and current
subscribers are welcome to attend.

Project MUSE will also have an exhibit booth at ALA Annual, #1796.
Please stop by and visit us to see a preview of the new MUSE website if
you are not able to join us for the User Group meeting.

Thank you for your continued support of Project MUSE! We look forward
to seeing you in Anaheim.

Kathleen Obbagy
Library Outreach and Communications Specialist
Project MUSE
KO@press.jhu.edu

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Message #2:

Subject: New resource from BMJ Journals will unlock the hidden value
within medical case reports
From: Suzanna Marsh <suzanna.marsh@tbicommunications.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:17:40 +0100

***apologies for cross posting***

New resource from BMJ Journals will unlock the hidden value within
medical case reports

Individual medical case reports, highlighting rare or unusual
conditions, are often criticised for being of peripheral interest. As
such, mainstream journals can be reluctant to publish them. Those that
are published are typically scattered across speciality and subspecialty
journals. However, when looked at collectively, case reports contain a
wealth of information and data that can be analysed to identify
important trends or new areas for research that might not otherwise be
apparent.

This is why BMJ Journals are launching BMJ Case Reports - a new online
resource that will make over 1000 case reports available when the full
site launches in September this year. To support the sophisticated
functionality required to extract the full value of individual articles,
an advanced new online platform is being developed for BMJ Case Reports,
in partnership with HighWire Press.

"We believe that case reports will reveal their true value through
aggregation and analysis," commented Janet O'Flaherty, Publisher at BMJ
Journals. "Although several small repositories of case studies currently
exist, without volume these offer limited insight. BMJ Case Reports will
launch with more than a 1000 case reports, reproduced from articles
recently published within BMJ and our specialty journals such as Heart,
Gut and Thorax. We are now accepting submissions to build on this and
create a definitive database of medical case reports that can be easily
searched and analysed."

BMJ Case Reports will be available under an innovative new business
model. "We wanted to blend the best aspects of a subscription model with
an author-pays model," continued Janet O'Flaherty. "Anyone who wants to
submit a case study or access the database can do so by becoming a
'Fellow' of BMJ Case Reports. Fellowship costs £95 for a year for an
individual, giving them 12 months limitless access to the database and
reuse of that content for non-commercial purposes. We will be offering
Institutional Fellowships from 2009 (with a fee based on the
institution's size), which then grants Fellowship status to all their
staff, faculty and students."

BMJ Case Reports launches in September 2008, although a beta site is now
currently available at: http://casereports.bmj.com. BMJ Journals are
offering free Fellowships to BMJ Case Reports until the end of 2009 for
the first 100 corresponding authors to submit their cases for publication.

- ENDS -

About BMJ Journals
BMJ Journals is a division of The BMJ Group - one of the world's most
prestigious and trusted medical publishers, providing high quality
medical information and services for over one hundred and fifty years.
BMJ Journals publishes leading specialist medical journals, many of
which are in partnership with major medical societies and organisations.
The Group's flagship journal - BMJ - is one of the top medical journals
in the world. The Group also provides a range of online learning
services for the health care profession and evidence-based websites and
publications for doctors and patients.

For further information please contact:

Janet O'Flaherty
Publisher
BMJ Group
BMA House
Tavistock Square
London WC1H 9JR, UK

Direct line: +44 (0) 20 7383 6154
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7383 6668
Email: JOFlaherty@bmjgroup.com