Moderator's note: This is the first of our experimental "commercial digest" messages, announced yesterday, in which we send together recent messages which may interest our subscribers, but are too promotional in nature to otherwise be posted to the list. Please feel free to let us know what you think of this experiment. Contact information for the SERIALST moderators is at: http://www.uvm.edu/~bmaclenn/serialst.html#contacts -------------------- 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 -------------------------- 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
