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OA Rules at the University of California
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by Barbara Quint
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The largest public research university in the world recently committed all of its 10 campuses to open access (OA). The facility system receives about 8% of all research funding in the U.S. for its more than 8,000 faculty members, who issue as much as 40,000 publications a year, an output that represents 2% to 3% of all peer-reviewed articles.
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What’s Next for the Bezos-Owned Washington Post
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by Nancy K. Herther
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On Aug. 5, 2013, The Washington Post's CEO met with his staff to announce that the company had finished signing papers transferring ownership of the venerable paper to Amazon's Jeff Bezos for $250 million. Marty Baron, executive editor of the paper, reported that "there was an audible gasp" from the reporters who had gathered as CEO Donald Graham (son of famed publisher Katharine Graham) announced the sale of the paper to Bezos; the sale was done through his holding company, Explore Holdings, which is not to be affiliated with his Amazon empire.
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Thomson Reuters Elite Releases Business Development Premier
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Thomson Reuters Elite, a flagship brand of Thomson Reuters, recently released a new cloud-based platform called Business Development Premier. It uses customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise relationship management (ERM) tools to analyze company and competitive intelligence data so Elite users can turn their focus to business strategy instead of data aggregation.
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EBSCO Acquires the British Education Index
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EBSCO Information Services acquired the article records of the British Education Index (BEI), a database featuring more than 180,000 education journal records from the U.K. Adding BEI records will naturally complement two of EBSCO's databases: Education Research Complete and Education Resource Information Center, says Mark Herrick, EBSCO senior vice president of business development and strategy.
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American Indian Histories and Cultures Digital Archive Debuts
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The Newberry research library in Chicago and publisher Adam Matthew jointly created the American Indian Histories and Cultures digital archive, which launched recently as part of the ongoing partnership between the two institutions. The Newberry's Edward E. Ayer Collection was the exclusive source of content for the new archive.
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Five Ways to Get Your Book Published
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by Brandi Scardilli
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In the era of user-generated content, anyone can write a book and get it published, whether it's on librarianship, Big Data, or data scientists. There are dozens of companies to help authors find the right editorial services, design assistance, printing, marketing, and distribution for their works. These days, authors don't need a huge publishing house. One of the best ways to get published and get involved in the process is to sign up with a do-it-yourself (DIY) publisher. Be prepared: Though these publishers charge authors for specific services, you'll still end up doing most of the work yourself. But on the plus side, you'll retain creative control of your book.
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