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This week's digest contains 3 messages:
1) Register for a Springer STM Summit - San Diego and San Francisco
2) ACS Announces Debut of New Educational Videos on Publishing
Peer-Reviewed Research
3) Taylor & Francis Online – replacing informaworld soon!

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Message #1:

Subject: Register for a Springer STM Summit - San Diego and San Francisco
From: "Scotti, George, Springer US" <George.Scotti@springer.com>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 14:48:36 -0400

Enter to win an iPad by registering for one of Springer’s STM Summits in
California….

Join some thought leaders and your peers such as…..

Joanne Lustig, Outsell
Bonnie Schneider, Intel
Greta Marlatt, Naval Post Graduate School
Jackie Morton, Amgen Libraries/R & D Informatics

Springer invites you to join in a unique one-day symposium about
Scientific, Technical and Medical (STM) content as a research and
library resource on Friday, May 20, 2011 in San Diego. Springer has
partnered with two outside research consultants, Outsell and PCG, to
present on the current STM market.

*Springer will provide lunch for all attendees*.

In addition to learning more about the emerging market of STM and its
practical use in organizations like yours, the Summit will provide you
with the opportunity to discuss the challenges and successes of
implementing STM content, and hear from librarians whose experiences can
help you determine the right approach for your organization.

Register now for the symposium on Friday, May 20th, in San Diego, CA
http://www.springer.com/librarians/libraryzone+summits?SGWID=0-170702-12-833106-0&cm_mmc=other-_-Enews-_-LCM14122_V1-_-CENTER_833106

Register now for the symposium on Wednesday, May 18th, in San Francisco, CA
http://www.springer.com/librarians/libraryzone+summits?SGWID=0-170702-12-833108-0&cm_mmc=other-_-Enews-_-LCM14121_V1-_-CENTER_833108

Your participation is key to ensuring the success of the day, and we
hope to see you there!

Best wishes,

Stacey Bowers

Marketing Manager, Channel Marketing

Springer

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Message #2:

Subject: ACS Announces Debut of New Educational Videos on Publishing
Peer-Reviewed Research
From: Sara Rouhi <s_rouhi@acs.org>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 15:53:15 -0400

~~Please excuse cross-posting~~

ACS ANNOUNCES NEW SERIES OF EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS ON THE PUBLICATION OF PEER
REVIEWED RESEARCH

WASHINGTON, May 10, 2011 ‹ The Publications Division of the American
Chemical Society (ACS) today announced the launch of Publishing Your
Research 101, a new educational, web-based video series designed to support
authors and reviewers with the process of writing, submitting, reviewing,
and editing reports of original scientific research intended for publication
in peer-reviewed journals.

The video series, freely available from ACS Publications
(http://pubs.acs.org/r/publishing101) covers topics such as the essential
elements of a scientific journal article, ethical guidelines for authors and
reviewers, criteria to consider when selecting a suitable journal for
submission, writing a good cover letter, suggesting peer reviewers,
responding to reviewer comments and editorial decisions, and guidance for
authors who may need assistance with English language writing skills. New
videos will be released on a monthly basis throughout 2011.

Publishing Your Research 101 features interviews with prominent authors and
Editors of ACS journals about all aspects of the publication process. They
provide their unique points of view from their own experiences with ACS
journals and offer practical advice for publishing peer-reviewed research
intended for interdisciplinary scientific audiences, such as chemistry,
biology, medicine, physics, and engineering.

ACS is the world¹s largest scientific society and currently publishes
journals that are widely known for their editorial rigor and highly regarded
as the most-trusted, most-cited, and most-read publications in chemistry.
ACS Publications created the video series in response to encouragement
received from students and faculty, including interactive discussion forums
held at ACS National Meetings and ACS On Campus university visits.
Scientists in various stages of their careers have affirmed their interest
in learning how to improve their written contributions as part of their
efforts to communicate broadly the significance of their discoveries by
publication in ACS journals.

³The Publishing Your Research 101 video series is provided to help cultivate
the chemists of tomorrow by fostering their growth as researchers, authors,
and reviewers,² said Susan King, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, Journals
Publishing Group, at ACS Publications. ³The effective communication of
peer-reviewed scientific research is vital to both the scientific community
and to every scientist¹s chosen career path. This video series leverages the
accumulated experiences of the authors and Editors of the most-cited
journals in chemistry, serving as a guide to researchers to aid them in
navigating the publication of an original research article. ACS Editors
provide a valuable perspective into the publication of peer-reviewed
research, providing both an editorial perspective, and the perspective of
independent, actively publishing researchers.²

The first video of the series features an interview with George M.
Whitesides, Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor at Harvard
University, whose impressive publishing record includes more than 1000
peer-reviewed articles in the scientific literature, with nearly 600 studies
published within 17 different ACS journals. Professor Whitesides has served
on the editorial boards of numerous peer-reviewed journals. He and his
collaborators have made significant contributions to the fields of nuclear
magnetic resonance spectroscopy, organic synthesis, materials and surface
science, microfluidics, and nanotechnology.

Entitled ³How to Write a Paper to Communicate your Research,² the first
video addresses the following questions:

€ When should you begin writing your manuscript during the research
process?
€ How do you typically approach the manuscript writing process?
€ How do new technologies help scientists communicate their work?
€ How many drafts does each manuscript undergo? Should manuscripts
undergo an internal review?
€ Should authors actively market their articles?
€ How much attention should you pay to the creation of the title and the
abstract for new manuscripts?

The inaugural video, along with links to additional resources, can be viewed
at http://pubs.acs.org/r/publishing101.

The second video in the series, entitled ³Writing Your Cover Letter,² will
be available online in June, 2011 and will identify topics to be discussed
in an accompanying cover letter when submitting an original research
manuscript for consideration‹such as how best to communicate the
significance of the research to the field, and how the subject of the
research study fits with the scope of the journal and its audience of
readers. It will feature interviews with ACS Editors-in-Chief Professor
Richard Eisenberg (Inorganic Chemistry) and Professor Timothy P. Lodge
(Macromolecules), and ACS Nano Associate Editors Professor Paula T. Hammond
and Associate Professor Jason H. Hafner.

Questions? Please email LibraryRelations@acs.org

S. Sara Rouhi
Associate Manager, Library Relations | ACS Publications
1155 16th St., NW | Washington | DC 20036
T 202-872-6386 | F 202-872-6005| AIM sararouhi
http://pubs.acs.org/4librarians

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Message #3:

Subject: Taylor & Francis Online – replacing informaworld soon!
From: Jennifer McMillan <jennifer.mcmillan@TANDF.CO.UK>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 06:08:39 -0400

Dear all,

We recently contacted this list to let you know about our new online
platform,
Taylor & Francis Online, which will replace access to the 1,600 journals
and
reference works currently on informaworld.

We are currently in the advanced stages of testing and hope to deliver our
new platform soon. Our aim is to migrate from informaworld to Taylor
&amp; Francis
Online in the last two weeks of June 2011, over the course of a weekend.
During this period your users’ access should be uninterrupted as we
gradually
redirect users from informaworld to Taylor & Francis Online. Once we can
confirm the date of migration, we will let you know.

TRAINING
In the coming weeks we will offer self-paced canned demonstrations of the
site as well as print training resources for you and your library users.
We will
also be scheduling webinar demonstrations of the site over the coming
months. If you are going to be at a library conference, do make sure you
call
at our stand where our sales staff will be able to help you with
questions you
have about the new platform.

USAGE STATISTICS
Journal usage statistics on Taylor & Francis Online will be COUNTER-3
compliant from launch.

We recommend that, for complete security, you download your usage
statistics on informaworld prior to launch. Once Taylor & Francis Online
is live,
you will still be able to view informaworld usage statistics as we will be
migrating these to your Taylor & Francis Online account.

STAYING IN TOUCH
To ensure the transition to Taylor & Francis Online is as smooth as
possible,
we will be keeping you posted with developments between now and go-live.
Our plan is to minimise the impact of the transition while making sure
you are
fully informed about how the change will affect you.

Keep up to date with the latest news by following our developments on
Twitter @TandFOnline

We also have a dedicated resources website at
http://resources.tandfonline.com where we will keep you updated with the
latest developments as well as providing downloadable training and
promotional resources for your library.
If you have any questions about the migration, please take a look at our
FAQ
document. Otherwise you can contact our dedicated support team at
support@tandfonline.com. They will be delighted to assist.

For more information please contact:
Jennifer McMillan, Head of Library Marketing & Communications, Taylor &
Francis Group Journals
e-mail: Library@tandf.co.uk

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