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 2 messages: 1) Serials Solutions' Summon Service Receives Most Innovative Technology of the Year Award 2) Creative Commons License to Apply to All Open Access Content Published by De Gruyter --------------- Message #1: Subject: Serials Solutions' Summon Service Receives Most Innovative Technology of the Year Award From: "Goetz, Christine" <Christine.Goetz@serialssolutions.com> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:40:36 -0500 Serials Solutions’ Summon Service Receives Most Innovative Technology of the Year Award Serials Solutions’ Summon® discovery service was awarded the Most Innovative Technology of the Year at the Asia Digital Publishing Summit and Awards (ADPSA) organized by the Consultancy. The award recognizes companies who have demonstrated an unparalleled ability to succeed and have continually set standards of excellence. Boe Horton, Vice President of Sales Asia Pacific for ProQuest, was at the event in Beijing, China to accept the award on behalf of Serials Solutions. “We are very pleased that Summon has been awarded the Most Innovative Technology of the Year by ADPSA. ProQuest is committed to serving the Chinese market with a complete and compelling discovery experience expressly designed to meet the needs and expectations of today’s users.” The Summon unified index now includes more than one billion searchable items. Chinese-language content has contributed to the growth of the index, including e-books from Apabi, journal content from Hyweb Technology, and metadata for dissertations and theses from CALIS. To aid in the discovery of Chinese-language content, the Summon service offers advanced native language searching capabilities and language-tuned relevancy for 17 languages including simplified and traditional Chinese. Recent enhancements to the service include updating the Chinese name dictionary to improve personal and organizational name searching and Chinese titles and authors can now be searched with Pinyin separated with spaces at the character level. The Summon service is optimized for the discovery of content across the library’s collection. Ground-breaking achievements in discovery delivered by the Summon service last year include item-level discipline-scoped searching and Summon® Suggestions, a suite of features that provides contextual research assistance to guide users to better scholarly research and learning outcomes. About Serials Solutions Serials Solutions helps libraries work better by providing innovative, practical Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for discovery and management, driven by a comprehensive knowledgebase and unparalleled client support services. Media Contact: Christine Goetz, Public Relations Manager, christine.goetz@serialssolutions.com --------------- Message #2: Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Creative Commons License to Apply to All Open Access Content Published by De Gruyter From: <Ulrike.Lippe@degruyter.com> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:06:07 +0100 PRESS RELEASE Creative Commons License to Apply to All Open Access Content Published by De Gruyter Berlin, 14 February 2013 – Effective immediately De Gruyter and Versita will be publishing all Open Access content under the uniform application of Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND. This means that publications may be copied, disseminated, and otherwise made public by users under the following conditions: - The name of the author/copyright owner must be mentioned in the manner requested by the author/copyright owner. - The publication and its content may not be used in its Open Access format for commercial purposes. - The publication and its content may not be edited, modified, or otherwise changed. Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND is already the basis for the publishing contract concluded just days ago between De Gruyter and the Max Planck Society for the publication of Open Access books. "With the use of this publication standard De Gruyter is catering to the wishes of researchers and scientific institutions. It provides for the widest possible dissemination of content while also ensuring that the rights of the copyright owners are protected," says Sven Fund, CEO of De Gruyter. "The uniform application of the CC-BY license offers authors a reliable foundation for publishing their works. It also enables them to apply for grants and subsidies without undue administrative effort." In 2012 De Gruyter and Versita published over 10,000 Open Access articles in some 300 journals. Since 2009 a large number of books and book chapters have also been published under the Open Access standard. In addition to publication in dedicated Open Access journals, De Gruyter and Versita offer OA publication in established subscription journals (so-called Hybrid Open Access). Contact Ulrike Lippe Public Relations Manager Tel. +49 (0)30-260 05 153 ulrike.lippe@degruyter.com De Gruyter: The academic publishing house De Gruyter can look back on a history spanning over 260 years. The Berlin-based group of companies releases over 850 new titles each year in the fields of medicine, the humanities, natural sciences, and law, in addition to more than 600 journals and digital media publications. www.degruyter.com *********************************************** * You are subscribed to the SERIALST listserv (Serials in Libraries discussion forum) * Have questions or need help? Contact: SERIALST-REQUEST@LIST.UVM.EDU * For additional information, see the SERIALST Scope, Purpose and Usage Guidelines <http://www.uvm.edu/~bmaclenn/serialst.html> ***********************************************
