ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL DIGEST Since June 2008, the SERIALST moderators have been 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: 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 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! --------------- 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 --------------- 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 --------------- 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 & 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 ************************** About Taylor & Francis Group Taylor & Francis Group collaborates with researchers, scholarly societies, universities and libraries worldwide to bring knowledge to life. As one of the world’s leading publishers of scholarly journals, books, ebooks and reference works our content spans all areas of Humanities, Social Sciences, Science and Technology. From our network of offices in Oxford, Philadelphia, Melbourne, Singapore, Beijing, Tokyo, Stockholm, New Delhi and Johannesburg, Taylor & Francis staff provide local expertise and support to our editors, societies and authors and tailored, efficient customer service to our library colleagues.
