Commercial Digest, a once a week digest of messages containing informational content from commercial bodies (i.e., publishers, vendors, agents, etc.) This week's digest contains 4 messages: 1) JournalTOCs current awareness service for researchers now contains the latest Tables of Contents of over 20,000 journals 2) Serials Solutions Summon Service Expands Chinese-language Content with Hyweb Technology 3) Serials Solutions(r) Will Index Scopus in Summon(r) Discovery Service 4) Summon Discovery Service Expands Content with Multiple International Publishers --------------- Message #1: Subject: JournalTOCs current awareness service for researchers now contains the latest Tables of Contents of over 20,000 journals From: Roddy Macleod <macleod.roddy@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:52:08 +0100 I’m delighted to announce that JournalTOCs, the current awareness service for researchers and academics, now contains the latest Tables of Contents of over 20,000 scholarly journals. JournalTOCs www.journaltocs.ac.uk is the largest freely available collection of scholarly journal Tables of Contents (TOCs), and is for anyone looking for the latest and most current papers published in the scholarly literature. Researchers, academics, librarians, students, and anyone else will find it useful for keeping up-to-date. Coverage is international, and includes journals from over 1,200 different publishers, including Elsevier, Springer, Taylor & Francis, Wiley, IEEE, Sage, Walter de Gruyter, Inderscience, RMIT, Project Muse, OUP, Emerald, CUP, Hindawi, BioMed Central, etc. Of the 20,000 journals, over 4,400 are Open Access. At the JournalTOCs website you can search for journals by title or ISSN, or for articles by keyword, and browse for journals by subject or publisher. Free registration enables you to build your own personalised collection of journal titles and elect to receive email alerts when new journal issues are published. You can also save and export the content of TOCs. Developers can use the free API to directly access the database of articles, journals and publishers to embed TOCs in library catalogues, portals, widgets and web pages. JournalTOCs is a free service. In addition, customised versions for institutions are available at very economic licence rates. This current awareness service solution is especially suitable for research, commercial and institutional libraries and resource centres worldwide. Free 30-day trials are available – contact journaltocs@icbl.hw.ac.uk I wrote about the customisable service with a super-admin-user capability here: http://roddymacleod.wordpress.com/2012/08/14/youll-like-this-a-lot-a-customisable-current-awareness-service-with-a-super-admin-user-thats-you/ This service now also includes customized calls of the JournalTOC API. For example, you can link to JournalTOCs in your own web catalogue or discovery system web interface, and through that link your users will be able to follow and unfollow journals in JournalTOCs as well as setup email alerts for their favourite journals, from your own website. JournalTOCs will automatically recognize your users via your customization. More details about the customisation service are available: http://www.journaltocs.ac.uk/customise.php JournalTOCs is an initiative of the ICBL at Heriot-Watt University. It was created in 2009 with funding from the JISC Rapid Innovation Grants, and is now an independent service. Follow JournalTOCs on Twitter at http://twitter.com/journaltocs Roddy MacLeod --------------- Message #2: Subject: Serials Solutions Summon Service Expands Chinese-language Content with Hyweb Technology From: "Ahron, Brianna" <Brianna.Ahron@serialssolutions.com> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:00:49 -0700 Press Release – For Immediate Distribution Serials Solutions Summon Service Expands Chinese-language Content with Hyweb Technology Agreement Enables Discovery of Taiwanese Journal Content Seattle, WA – October 11, 2012 – Serials Solutions® (www.serialssolutions.com), a ProQuest® business, has signed an agreement with Hyweb Technology (http://www.hyweb.com.tw/mp.asp?mp=1) to enable the discovery of its Chinese journal content from the Summon® web-scale discovery service (http://www.serialssolutions.com/en/services/summon). The inclusion of metadata for Hyweb’s more than 900 journals represents 90% of Taiwanese journals published. Researchers will be able to discover a vast collection of Chinese-language materials alongside their library’s other resources to gather the most relevant information for their projects. The agreement represents another step by Serials Solutions toward building the most comprehensive collection of Chinese-language materials discoverable in a single unified index. The Summon service offers advanced native language searching capabilities for 17 languages, and a new Chinese-language searching enhancement enables users to search Chinese titles and authors with Pinyin separated spaces at the character level, which aids in discovery of this content. “Serials Solutions commitment to the Chinese-language market was a positive factor for us in choosing to develop a content agreement with them,” said Yang-Juh Lai, president, Hyweb Technology. “The global reach of customers using the Summon discovery service, with an interface that is available in 32 languages and dialects, ensures greater exposure of this material to researchers worldwide.” “As libraries around the world adopt the Summon service, it is important that we continue to build and maintain a single index that delivers the most relevant coverage researchers expect when they begin their research,” said John Law, vice president discovery services, Serials Solutions. “The integration of Hyweb’s content makes Summon even more useful for researchers to quickly and easily discover authoritative Chinese-language materials.” The Summon Service Used by more than 450 libraries in more than 40 countries, the Summon service is the first and only discovery service based on a unified index of content, leveraging its unique “match and merge” technology to combine rich metadata and full text from multiple sources to ultimately make items more discoverable. In just three years, the Summon unified index has grown from 200 million items to more than one billion items – with the vast majority of article and book content full-text searchable. About Hyweb Technology Founded in 1998, OTC in 2003, Hyweb Technology is a company devoted to digital content service, knowledge management, content management, e-commerce and banking solutions. Hyweb has 370 employees and offices in Taiwan, Beijing, Thailand and Hong Kong. With the flourish of e-book and mobile reading, Hyweb provides complete e-book solutions for publishers, public libraries and academic libraries such as Cite Media Holding Group, National Central Library of Taiwan and National Taichung Library, which is the first library, providing nationwide e-book service in Taiwan from 2008. Hyweb e-book platform total solution applied self-developed DRM technology, multimedia e-book editor, and iOS / Android APPs for e-book reading. Hyweb’s award-winning digital content services include “HyRead ebook store” (www.ebook.hyread.com.tw), “HyRead ebook for Library,” “HyRead Journal – Taiwan Full-text Database” (www.hyread.com.tw), “National Academy for Educational Research E-publications,” “Ericdata Higher Education Knowledge Base” and etc. About Serials Solutions Serials Solutions provides industry-leading technology solutions for libraries worldwide. The company helps libraries work better by providing innovative, practical Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for discovery and management. Driven by a comprehensive knowledgebase and coupled with unparalleled client support services, these solutions uniquely merge unsurpassed understanding of libraries. Serials Solutions is a dedicated partner of libraries working to remain vital and relevant to their users and communities. Serials Solutions, a ProQuest business, is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. www.serialssolutions.com Media Contacts: Christine Goetz Public Relations Manager Christine.Goetz@SerialsSolutions.com Telephone: 206-336-7585 – 30 – Brianna Ahron Serials Solutions Public Relations Specialist (206)336-7703 --------------- Message #3: Subject: Serials Solutions(r) Will Index Scopus in Summon(r) Discovery Service From: "Ahron, Brianna" <Brianna.Ahron@serialssolutions.com> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:11:12 -0700 Serials Solutions® Will Index Scopus in Summon® Discovery Service Elsevier’s valued content and citation counts to enhance discovery Seattle, WA – October 10, 2012 – Serials Solutions® (http://www.serialssolutions.com/), a ProQuest® business, will index content in Scopus, an abstract and citation database from Elsevier, and expose its widely-used citation counts in the Summon® discovery service (http://www.serialssolutions.com/en/services/summon). Serials Solutions’ pioneering approach to displaying citation counts in Summon search results – along with pop-ups including links to citing articles within the discovery environment – enables users to interact with this valuable information without interrupting the research workflow. Serials Solutions’ unique “match and merge” technology brings together information from multiple sources to create a single record optimized for discovery. The inclusion of Scopus content in the Summon unified index – and the advanced capability of “match and merge” – will aid in the discovery of full text content from other providers, as well as valuable Scopus citation-only results. Also, using Scopus cited-by counts as a factor in Summon relevancy ranking will ensure users surface the most scholarly and relevant content in their results. “This agreement delivers a significant benefit to libraries that use the Summon discovery service and subscribe to Scopus content,” said Cameron Ross, Head of Product Management for Scopus at Elsevier, “Expanding the discoverability of Scopus content for researchers globally is one of our most important goals and we are confident a broader audience will now have access to our citation data.” Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, with smart tools that track, analyze and visualize research. Containing more than 47 million records and 19,500 titles from 5,000 international publishers, Scopus offers scholars a comprehensive resource to support their research needs in the scientific, technical, medical, and social sciences fields, as well as in the arts and humanities. “This latest agreement with Elsevier for inclusion of Scopus content and citation counts within the Summon service marks another step forward in providing our customers with a user experience that optimizes discovery of the full breadth of their collections,” said John Law, vice president discovery services, Serials Solutions. “We are pleased to continue our collaboration with Elsevier to promote simple, easy and fast discovery of scholarly content.” The Summon Service Used by more than 450 libraries in more than 40 countries, the Summon service is the first and only discovery service based on a unified index of content, leveraging its unique “match and merge” technology to combine rich metadata and full text from multiple sources to ultimately make items more discoverable. In just three years, the Summon unified index has grown from 200 million items to more than one billion items – with the vast majority of article and book content full-text searchable. About Scopus Covering the world's research literature, Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Featuring smart tools to track, analyze, and visualize research, Scopus was designed and developed with input from over 500 users and librarians internationally. Its unique database contains abstracts and references from nearly 19,500 peer-reviewed journals from more than 5,000 publishers worldwide, ensuring broad interdisciplinary coverage. In addition, Scopus not only offers users citation information about the articles covered but also directly integrates Web and patent searches. Direct links to subscribed full-text articles, library resources, and other applications, such as reference management software, make Scopus quicker, easier, and more comprehensive to use than any other literature research tool. About Elsevier Elsevier is a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet (http://www.thelancet.com/) and Cell (http://www.cell.com/), and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier’s online solutions include ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/), Scopus (http://www.scopus.com/home.url), Reaxys (https://www.reaxys.com/info/), MD Consult (http://www.mdconsult.com/php/373029094-15/home.html) and Mosby’s Nursing Suite(http://confidenceconnected.com/ ), which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal (http://info.scival.com/) suite and MEDai’s Pinpoint Review (http://www.medai.com/), which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively. A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/homepage.cws_home) employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC ) http://www.reedelsevier.com/Pages/Home.aspx), a world-leading publisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange). Media Contact: Christine Goetz Public Relations Manager Christine.Goetz@SerialsSolutions.com Telephone: 206-336-7585 Brianna Ahron Serials Solutions Public Relations Specialist (206)336-7703 --------------- Message #4: Subject: Summon Discovery Service Expands Content with Multiple International Publishers From: "Ahron, Brianna" <Brianna.Ahron@serialssolutions.com> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:17:09 -0700 Summon Discovery Service Expands Content with Multiple International Publishers Serials Solutions Signs Agreements with AskZad, ciando GmbH, the European Patent Office and Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA Seattle, WA – October 10, 2012 – Serials Solutions® (http://www.serialssolutions.com), a ProQuest® business, announced at the Frankfurt Book Fair (http://www.serialssolutions.com/en/events/detail/frankfurt-book-fair1) it has signed agreements with AskZad, ciando GmbH, the European Patent Office (EPO) and Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA. Researchers around the world searching for unique, authoritative academic content will be able to use the Summon discovery service (http://www.serialssolutions.com/en/services/summon) to find a vast collection of international materials alongside their library’s other resources. The agreements demonstrate a continued commitment by Serials Solutions toward building the most comprehensive collection of international research content discoverable in a single unified index. Content from all participating providers is normalized to a common search schema in the Summon index. This approach ensures unbiased relevancy, makes all content equally discoverable, and provides researchers easily navigable paths to the content they seek. “This announcement amplifies our ongoing effort to work closely with publishers to build and maintain a single index that exposes this international content to more researchers,” said John Law, vice president discovery services, Serials Solutions. “The integration of this diverse content, along with advanced native language searching capabilities for 17 languages, and an interface available in 32 languages and dialects, makes Summon even more relevant to researchers around the world.” AskZad, offers an extensive collection of Middle Eastern digital resources. Metadata and content will be indexed from the following collections: o Pan-Arab E-Books (PAEB) contains a growing library of nearly 26,000 digitized books, covering a range of topics from religion, politics and economy, to literature, poetry and art. Authors are often highly respected professors from elite universities in the Middle East. o Pan-Arab Academic Journal Index (PAJI) contains full Arabic language indices of more than 800 journals published in Egypt and the Arab world. o Pan-Arab Dissertations (PAD) contains almost 8,000 dissertations published by graduate students in the Middle East in any language. The dissertations cover many disciplines in both applied and social sciences. · ciando GmbH is a leading provider of e-books, including fiction and non-fiction, as well as literature from all areas of science. Metadata for 155,000 e-books from 600 publishers will be added to the Summon unified index. Close to 90% of the e-books are in German and the company works with a number of major German universities and institutional libraries. The European Patent Office (EPO) is a global player and one of Europe's largest international organisations. The EPO is the executive arm of the European Patent Organisation. Its publications include material about inventions and technical developments dating back to 1836. Approximately 70 million patent documents from Espacenet will be discoverable through Summon. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA is one of the largest scientific publishers in Poland and an owner of the digital platform IBUK which serves more than 90 academic universities and public libraries. The agreement includes metadata for more than 3,000 e-book titles in Polish. The Summon Service Used by more than 450 libraries in more than 40 countries, the Summon service is the first and only discovery service based on a unified index of content, leveraging its unique “match and merge” technology to combine rich metadata and full text from multiple sources to ultimately make items more discoverable. In just three years, the Summon unified index has grown from 200 million items to more than one billion items – with the vast majority of article and book content full-text searchable. About AskZad / Arabia Inform (www.arabiainform.com) Arabia Inform is a pioneer provider of electronic content in the Middle East and a regional leader of Arabic content documentation and analysis. The company serves professionals in the fields of education, research, government, media, e-culture and business intelligence, with offices in Cairo, Dubai, Riyadh, and Washington, DC. It specializes in providing creative solutions to its clients, giving them the much-needed edge in this rapidly advancing world of academic research and media intelligence. Since 1997, it has supplied detailed monitoring, indexing, and analysis services for Arabic print media, followed by the 2003 addition of academic and scientific content and web-based sources. In 2008, Middle East Monitor included broadcast sources. It has its own proprietary indexing system that allows clients to find information quickly, with bilingual interface and full text human translation upon request. Its sister company, Almotahida Group, was the first in the region to offer multimedia e-tutorials through the Bayan series in 1997. In 1998, Arabia Inform launched moheet.com, the world's first Arabic language news website. About ciando GmbH The ciando GmbH, based in Munich is one of the leading e-book providers in Germany. The company has approximately 250,000 book titles in catalog and sells eBooks on more than 100 platforms and download stores from publishers, booksellers and libraries. The selection includes fiction, non-fiction books, as well as guide books and literature from all areas of science. About European Patent Office (EPO) The European Patent Office (EPO) provides a central one-stop service to both individual inventors and companies from around the world. It enables them to obtain patent protection in up to 40 European states through a uniform procedure requiring just one application. Today, the EPO is one of Europe's leading international organisations, with 7 000 staff from more than 30 nations working in Munich, The Hague, Berlin, Vienna and Brussels. It is the executive arm of the European Patent Organisation, and is entirely self-financed with an annual budget of EUR 1.8 billion. About Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA WN PWN is a major and the most renowned Central European publisher of scientific, educational and professional titles, such as dictionaries, encyclopaedias, textbooks and publications in science and the humanities. Based in Warsaw and founded in 1951, PWN has maintained its intense presence in the non-fiction market and for over half a century retained the status of a major scientific publishing house, comparable to Oxford, Cambridge or John Wiley & Sons, with whom PWN cooperates on a daily basis. 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