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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

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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

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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

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Brianna Ahron
Serials Solutions
Public Relations Specialist
(206)336-7703

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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

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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.

Media Contacts:
Christine Goetz
Public Relations Manager
Christine.Goetz@SerialsSolutions.com
Telephone: 206-336-7585

Brianna Ahron
Serials Solutions
Public Relations Specialist
(206)336-7703

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