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BioMed Central
Librarian Newsletter

16 December 2004

In this issue:


Open Access developments
Consortium membership deals
Publishing partnership with The Scientist magazine
Thomson Scientific journals
New technology: Firefox search plugin and Google Scholar
Conference attendance
Awards for BioMed Central products
Journal of Biology in print is FREE to all library customers
New Independent Journals



Open Access developments

It’s been a busy time for Open Access since our September newsletter.

In the US, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a 60-day consultation on its proposal to enhance public access to the research it funds. When the consultation ended on 16 November, the NIH had received over 6,000 comments. The NIH proposes asking grantees and supported Principal Investigators to provide the NIH with electronic copies of all final version manuscripts, to be deposited in PubMed Central within six months of publication. The NIH is expected to submit a final version of their policy to the US Congress soon.

The UK House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee published the Government's response to its report 'Scientific Publications: Free for all?'. The Committee has also published its comments on the Government's response, as well as additional responses to the original report.

The Wellcome Trust, the UK's largest independent funding body for biomedical research, recently announced its plans to further open access to the research that it funds. The Wellcome Trust sent out a letter to all UK University vice-chancellors on 1 November 2004 and a question and answer sheet provides more information. In Scotland, the Scottish Science Information Strategy Working Group released the Scottish Declaration of Open Access.

In Italy, thirty-two universities (more than 40% of the country’s total) gathered in Messina, Sicilia to sign the "Messina Declaration", and committed to sign the Berlin Declaration.


Consortium membership deals

Since our last newsletter we have signed two new national membership agreements, whereby all publicly funded researchers within their respective countries can publish in any BioMed Central journal without incurring the usual article-processing charge. Our two new national members are:

Norway - The Norwegian Health Services Research Centre (NHSRC) secured membership for all publicly funded researchers in Norway.

Denmark - The Denmark's Electronic Research Library (DEF) secured membership for all publicly funded researchers in Denmark.

We are also pleased to announce that two of our national consortium customers (JISC and FinElib) have renewed their membership agreements with BioMed Central for 2005.

If you are interested in finding out more about consortium membership agreements and would like further information please contact your sales representative.


Publishing partnership with The Scientist magazine

The Scientist, which is now available by subscription, has just launched its upgraded web site. This incorporates The Scientist Daily, the first daily newspaper for the life sciences, along with its 18-year archive of over 16,000 articles.

With over 600,000 users consulting its print and web editions each month, The Scientist remains the premier source of life science information. Content ranges from the latest research and technology news to professional advice and regular surveys, making The Scientist a useful and wide-reaching resource for all life science libraries.

You can evaluate The Scientist at your institution with a FREE 30-day trial. Simply contact your Sales Representative for more information about pricing and the wide range of features The Scientist has to offer.

 

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Our Resource Center for Librarians continues to supply librarians with all the materials they need to promote their BioMed Central membership and our complete range of subscription products. From posters and flyers to logos and email text, materials to publicise and promote your BioMed Central trial or subscription can be downloaded from each product page.

If you require additional assistance with promotion, please do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service team.


Conference Attendance

BioMed Central will be attending the following conferences over the coming months. Please contact us at institutions@biomedcentral.com for an appointment or just drop by our booth if you are planning to attend any of these events. We look forward to meeting you!

ALA, Boston, USA

Visit us at the American Library Association’s 2005 Midwinter Meeting in Boston from the 14th – 19th January. We’ll be at Booth Number 2914 where you can also enter our free prize draw to win a year’s subscription to The Scientist, the premier source of life science information.

UKSG, Edinburgh, UK

We shall also be attending and sponsoring the United Kingdom Serials Group’s 28th Annual Conference and Exhibition in Edinburgh from the 11th – 13th April.




Thomson Scientific journals

BioMed Central now offers the following Thomson Scientific journals via the BioMed Central platform to both academic and corporate customers:

Current Opinion in Drug Discovery & Development

Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs

Current Opinion in Molecular Therapeutics

Idrugs: The Investigational Drugs Journal

These journals have been developed to assist scientists in managing the wealth of scientific information that is available. By covering over 400 scientific meetings per year and providing peer-reviewed articles, patent information and in-depth commissioned coverage of important developments in their subject area, these journals provide a practical way of staying on top of the latest developments both online and in print.

For a free 30-day trial and for information about these journals including product features and pricing please contact your sales representative.



New technology: Firefox search plugin and Google Scholar

You may have heard of Firefox 1.0, the new open-source, cross platform browser which offers speedy performance, 'tabbed browsing' and compliance with the latest web standards. At BioMed Central, we've created a search plugin to make it easier for Firefox users to search the BioMed Central site. Find out how to install the BioMed Central search plugin here.

BioMed Central warmly welcomes Google Scholar, a free scholarly literature search service, which offers many of the features previously associated only with expensive subscription products such as Web of Science. Google Scholar will offer a major resource for scientists and academic researchers and maximises the opportunities offered by Open Access journals and open repositories. For more information, read our press release.


Awards for BioMed Central products

Over the last few months both Protein Structure and Function, our highly-illustrated print and online textbook from the Primers series, and Faculty of 1000 Biology, the unique life science literature awareness service, have been recognised as innovative research tools by two of the world’s best-known library organisations.

In December Protein Structure and Function was named as an Outstanding Academic Title by the American Library Association’s Choice journal for its unique, modular approach. In addition, Faculty of 1000 Biology was shortlisted in the Best STM Information Product category at the 2004 International Information Industry Awards, held at the Online Information show in London at the beginning of December.

For more information on these pioneering products, or to arrange a free trial, please contact your Sales Representative.



Journal of Biology in print is FREE to all library customers

Journal of Biology

To ensure that we keep the cost of publishing in Journal of Biology to a minimum the print edition is now only available to individual customers via a subscription ($50/$€40/£30 per annum). We are however pleased to announce that we will send free print issues to all our library customers who subscribe to one or more of our subscription products and/or who are BioMed Central members. Please remember that the entire content of the journal remains free online.

Journal of Biology is an international journal that publishes biological research articles of exceptional interest, of a similar standard to those found in Nature, Science and Cell, together with associated commentary. All research articles published in Journal of Biology, as in all other journals published by BioMed Central, are Open Access and therefore permanently available online free of charge and without restrictions, ensuring the widest possible dissemination of the work.


New Independent Journals

In the last three months, we have launched 11 new journals as part of our innovative 'Independent Journals Program'.

Immunity & Ageing Emerging Themes in Epidemiology
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation Journal of Autoimmune Diseases
image Frontiers in Zoology Journal of Experimental & Clinical Assisted Reproduction (JECAR)
Biomedical Digital Libraries Journal of Inflammation
Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations Virology Journal
Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

BioMed Central now publishes over 60 independent journals, and more than 120 Open Access journals in total. You can help your researchers to make the most of Open Access by cataloguing our journals and can also sign up for e-mail alerts to notify you of newly launched journal title, ISSN, URL and journal scope information.



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