ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL DIGEST SERIALST Commercial Digest pilot project: Since June 2008, the SERIALST moderators have been compiling and distributing a Commercial Digest once a week, usually on Friday afternoons, with messages containing informational content from commercial bodies (i.e., publishers, vendors, agents, etc.). The moderators review submitted messages for informational content that may interest our subscribers. We reserve the right to reject messages that are purely for advertising or product/service solicitation, with little or no informational content beyond the solicitation, as well as other content that are not within the scope and purpose guidelines of SERIALST (see: http://www.uvm.edu/~bmaclenn/serialst.html) If you have thoughts or feedback about the Commercial digest, or other aspects of SERIALST, please let us hear from you. Contact information for the SERIALST moderators is at: http://www.uvm.edu/~bmaclenn/serialst.html#contacts This week's digest contains 2 messages: 1. Upcoming classes from LYRASIS 2. Announcement of Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals Inititative (1)------------------- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:31:53 -0500 From: Marlee Givens <marlee.givens@lyrasis.org> To: "'acqnet-l@lists.ibiblio.org'" <acqnet-l@lists.ibiblio.org>, "'COLLDV-L@usc.edu'" <COLLDV-L@usc.edu>, "'diglib@infoserv.inist.fr'" <diglib@infoserv.inist.fr>, "'lita-l@ala.org'" <lita-l@ala.org>, "'SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU'" <SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU>, "'smarc@usm.edu'" <smarc@usm.edu>, "'digipres@ala.org'" <digipres@ala.org> Subject: Upcoming classes from LYRASIS Please excuse cross-posting. The following classes will be brought to you soon by LYRASIS, online and around the region. For more information or to register, please visit www.lyrasis.org. Keyword: Classes and Events. Please keep an eye out for our weekly discount codes as part of our educational stimulus program and save when you register for certain classes. LYRASIS also offers 50% discounts on our live online classes for students and unemployed librarians. To participate in the discount programs, please call LYRASIS Member Support at 800.999.8558 for more details. Advocacy: What is it? (Live Online) 01/12/2010, 10:00am-12:00pm EST OCLC Connexion Client: Maximizing Use (Live Online) 01/12/2010, 10:00am-12:00pm EST SAVE $25 when you register. Enter discount code ccmul100112. Cataloging for Non-Catalogers (Live Online) 01/12/2010, 2:00pm-4:00pm EST The Resource Sharing Detective (Live Online) 01/12/2010 - 01/13/2010, 2:00pm-4:00pm EST Two consecutive days SAVE $25 when you register. Enter discount code rsd100112 Mass Digitization Collaborative Information Session (FREE Live Online) 01/13/2010, 10:00am-11:00am EST OCLC Connexion Client: Automating Repetitive Tasks (Live Online) 01/13/2010, 1:00pm-3:00pm EST SAVE $25 when you register. Enter discount code ccart1001 CatExpress (Live Online) 01/13/2010, 2:00pm-4:00pm EST Authority Control: How to Make Automated Authority Control Work for You 01/14/2010, 9:30am-1:00pm EST Hosted at LYRASIS-New England Office ArchivalWare Guided Tour (FREE Live Online) 01/14/2010, 10:00am-11:00am EST Status Discarded: The Who,What, When, Where and How of Weeding (Live Online) 01/14/2010, 10:00am-12:00pm EST Preserving Our Video Heritage Overcoming the Challenges of Analog Video Preservation (Live Online) 01/15/2010, 10:00am-12:00pm EST Foundations of Reference Service for Non-librarians (Live Online) 01/19/2010 - 01/20/2010, two consecutive days, 10:00am-12:00pm EST Changes Ahead with AACR2, RDA, and FRBR (Live Online) 01/19/2010, 10:00am-12:00pm EST Using Technology in Information Literacy Programs (Live Online) 01/19/2010 - 01/20/2010, two consecutive days, 2:00pm-4:00pm EST SAVE $25 when you register. Enter discount code TILP00119 OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing Beyond the Basics (Live Online) 01/20/2010 - 01/21/2010, three consecutive days, 10:00am-12:00pm EST SAVE $25 when you register. Enter discount code RSBB100120 Technical Services Efficiency: Beyond one-by-one OCLC Online Cataloging (Live Online) 01/20/2010, 10:00am-12:00pm EST Demonstrating Value Evaluating Library Services (Live Online) 01/20/2010 - 01/22/2010, three consecutive days,2:00pm-4:00pm EST Government Resources on the Web and Beyond (Live Online) 01/20/2010 - 01/21/2010, two consecutive days, 2:00pm-4:00pm EST MARC For Everyone (Live Online) 01/21/2010, 10:00am-12:00pm EST Advocacy: Public Officials (Live Online) 01/21/2010, 10:00am-12:00pm EST 20 Questions: Ready Reference (Live Online) 01/21/2010, 10:00am-12:00pm EST LYRASIS also has a selection of On Demand classes which may be purchased for download at any time: http://www.lyrasis.org/Products%20and%20Services/Catalog.aspx?Department=On%20Demand%20Class&Tab=2 Please contact LYRASIS at 1-800-999-8558 if you have any questions. Thanks! (2)------------------- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:05:30 -0000 From: Arend Kuster <Arend.Kuster@bloomsbury.com> Subject: Announcement of Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals Inititative Bloomsbury Publishing, Qatar Foundation and Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) today announced the launch of an ambitious new scientific publishing house to be based in Doha, Qatar. This initiative will extend the unique relationship between Qatar Foundation and Bloomsbury. The new publishing house, Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals (BQFJ), will publish scientific research developed to the highest international peer review standards in order to connect the international research community to one of the fastest growing research and development centres in the world. The development follows the creation of a unique scientific and research environment in Qatar. Together, the six existing universities in Education City alongside other scientific and technical centres are a catalyst for intellectual growth and technological advance. Through BQFJ, state-of-the-art research facilities will be complemented by state-of-the-art publishing, using the best technical, communications and editorial systems to provide the basis for a world-leading research publishing programme for the global scientific research community. The venture will largely adopt the Open Access Publishing model and will cover all research subjects, including medical, physical, engineering, Islamic and social sciences and the arts, supported by a highly sophisticated technical infrastructure. Articles and journals will be made available on the same platform as the institutional repository, currently under development in Qatar. Bloomsbury has already established a book publishing operation in partnership with Qatar Foundation that is set to become a major regional and international publishing centre. Through the creation of a scientific publishing centre, this will provide the seeds for a leading publishing house based in the Middle East. Nigel Newton, Founder and Chief Executive of Bloomsbury, will be Chairman of the Management Committee of Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals, which will include Richard Charkin, Executive Director at Bloomsbury, Non Executive Director at the Institute of Physics Publishing and formerly Chief Executive of Macmillan/Nature Publishing Group and Kathy Rooney, Managing Director of Bloomsbury Information and responsible for Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing. Arend Küster, currently Business Development Director at Bloomsbury, will be Managing Director of the Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals. Bloomsbury is also committed to establish knowledge-transfer of publishing skills to Qatar, including a mentoring programme and the training of Qatari interns each year in London and Doha. Dr. Amer Al Saadi Research Advisor at Qatar Foundation/ and Project Manager of the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) said that "We are pleased that over six months of intensive joint work on the project feasibility have resulted in a mutually beneficial agreement to launch scientific journals publishing. Everyone concerned in the project is ready to go and both sides agreed to start work early in January 2010." "It is in the nature of scientific publishing to react to the communication needs of the scientific community worldwide. The rapid expansion of high quality research in the region necessitates the dissemination of scientific knowledge through twenty-first century digital and print channels. We are proud to be associated with the venture", commented Richard Charkin. Nigel Newton said: "We are delighted to announce this partnership with Qatar Foundation and the Qatar National Research Fund. Publishing research articles in English and Arabic together with the most advanced technical infrastructure will further Qatar's leadership in science and research beyond the region. This is an exciting project for all parties." For further Information please contact Arend Küster, Business Development Director, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 36 Soho Square, London W1D 3QY, T: +44 75907 13212, E: arend.kuester@bloomsbury.com
