Thursday, November 29, 2007
INFORMATION INDUSTRY EVENTS CALENDAR
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
OCLC Enhances WorldCat.org
 OCLC announced that the latest enhancement to WorldCat.org is a link to WorldCat Identities (www.worldcat.org/identities), an OCLC research prototype that creates a summary page for some 25 million personal and corporate authors mentioned in WorldCat. In addition, research journal articles discoverable on WorldCat.org now include links to the British Library Direct service, where electronic copies of the articles may be purchased. British Library Direct offers pay-as-you-go access to 20,000 international research journals in many fields.WorldCat Identities presents an “identity” or profile of a particular person or company based on information and associations stored in the WorldCat bibliographic database. Profiled people can be authors, musicians, actors, directors, and others in key creative roles; profiled companies can be publishers, film studios, and other firms responsible for releasing a work. Links to WorldCat Identities are now available beneath the Details tab of WorldCat.org records in the About the Authors section. A WorldCat Identities profile includes an interactive publication timeline, audience level bar graph, links to the profiles of related people or companies, and a tag cloud of associated subject headings. An Identities profile takes the holdings and metadata contributed by its cataloging member libraries and uniquely reuses them to create a reference page with broad appeal to Web users. Source: OCLC
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Monday, November 19, 2007
Reprints Desk Selects RapidRights™ from Cadmus Communications for Digital Rights Management of Article Reprints
Richmond, Virginia (March 28, 2006) — Cadmus Communications Corporation (NASDAQ/NM: CDMS) announced today that Reprints Desk will use RapidRights from Cadmus ArticleWorks™ to deliver protected PDF files to customers who purchase electronic reprints of journal articles for electronic distribution to their sales professionals, customers, or prospects. RapidRights is a digital rights management (DRM) system designed specifically for publishers as a user-friendly solution for securing PDF files.
“The ArticleWorks platform and the RapidRights DRM system gives Reprints Desk a user-friendly method for online delivery of high-value copyrighted content,” said Peter Derycz, founder of Reprints Desk. “We’re delighted to partner with Cadmus. Working with the industry leader fits our strategy of offering cutting edge solutions for healthcare marketing. RapidRights offers a DRM system that is clearly the best for print content. Our team has delivered millions of articles, and we know first hand that the wrong DRM solution can ruin customer satisfaction. Cadmus has got it right with RapidRights, and we’re confident that our customers will be satisfied.”
“We’re excited that Reprints Desk has selected RapidRights from Cadmus. The Reprints Desk team has a lot of experience in the marketing of healthcare content and they know what works,” commented Mark Anderson, Vice President of Marketing at Cadmus. “Since we launched our ArticleWorks content delivery system, we have been focused on making our DRM application as unobtrusive and easy for the user as it can be.”
ArticleWorks is a comprehensive content delivery and digital rights management (DRM) system with complete ecommerce functionality that enables publishers and content providers to deliver content on demand in either printed or secure electronic formats. The DRM protection offered through ArticleWorks works with the freely available Adobe Reader and does not require any other downloads or plug-in applications. Other publishers and content providers currently using ArticleWorks include SAGE Publications, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Simba Information, Infotrieve, and Elsevier.
To learn more about ArticleWorks, please direct your inquires to Robert McKinney at mckinneyr@cadmus.com.
About Reprints Desk
Reprints Desk is an innovative new Reprints company formed by content professionals with over 50 years of experience serving customers and publishers in healthcare. Reprints Desk offers reprints, ePrints, permissions, and related article delivery solutions. Reprints Desk is pioneering new, user friendly online interfaces at www.reprintsdesk.com to help customers manage all aspects of the content re-purposing process.
About Cadmus
Cadmus Communications Corporation provides end-to-end, integrated graphic communications services to professional publishers, not-for-profit societies and corporations. Cadmus is the world’s largest provider of content management and production services to scientific, technical and medical journal publishers, the fifth largest publications printer in North America, and a leading national provider of specialty packaging products and services. For more information about the innovative technologies and products developed for publishers by Cadmus, visit www.cadmus.com.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: | | Mark Anderson
Vice President, Marketing
(804) 287-3664 |
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Reprints Desk and the American Society for Interventional Pain Physicians Announce Agreement to Provide Streamlined Reprint and ePrint Services
Los Angeles, California (September 27, 2006) -- Reprints Desk announced today that it has reached an agreement with the American Society for Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP), the publishers of Pain Physician, to offer streamlined, customer-focused Reprint and ePrint services.
"Reprints and ePrints are important methods of scholarly communication and information dissemination and we are pleased to provide a full service web-based reprint service bureau to an organization of the stature and value of ASIPP" said Jan Peterson, Head of Publisher Relations at Reprints Desk. "ASIPP can concentrate on editorial and content matters while Reprints Desk focuses on servicing their readers' reprint needs.
Reprints Desk will offer paper reproduction services of ASIPP's Open Access peer-reviewed journal Pain Physician, as well as PDF distribution options for customized ePrints, protected by DRM (digital rights management). In addition Reprints Desk will provide ASIPP with a co-branded website for placing orders, requesting quotes and tracking orders, as well as an outsourced phone, email, and web-based customer service functions.
"It's a synergistic relationship that allows us to maximize our communication opportunites and minimize administrative duties. We're excellent at meeting the challenges of peer demands, information accessibility, and initial content distribution" said ASIPP CEO Laxmaiah Manchikanti, M.D. "but there is demand for on-going use of valuable content, whether by the healthcare community that needs to get the word out about clinical trial results, or authors who want to promote and share their work with colleagues. Reprints Desk understands content re-purposing, from a practical perspective, as well as the needs and interests of the consumer."
"Copyright compliance and ease of use are the drivers behind this partnership. While Open Access publications desire to make their material broadly available, there are challenges in protecting and honoring the value of the content when third parties have a keen interest in distributing in a manner of their choice. That's where Reprints Desk steps in. We offer options for reproduction and copyright compliance in ways that meets the needs of all parties," said Peter Derycz, President of Reprints Desk.
About Reprints Desk
Reprints Desk is an innovative new Reprints company formed by content professionals with over 50 years of experience serving customers and publishers in healthcare. Reprints Desk offers reprints, ePrints, permissions, and related article delivery solutions. Reprints Desk is pioneering new, user friendly online interfaces at www.reprintsdesk.com to help customers manage all aspects of the content re-purposing process. To learn more about Reprints Desk's Publisher Service Bureau, please direct your inquiries to Jan Peterson.
About The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP)
The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians is a not-for-profit organization representing approximately 4,000 interventional pain physicians across the United States. The organization has been growing rapidly since 1998 and has had a substantial impact on the practice of interventional pain management. ASIPP was started in November 1998 as the Association of Pain Management Anesthesiologists (AOPMA) to represent interventional pain physicians dedicated to improving the delivery of interventional pain management services to patients across the country in the various settings of ambulatory surgical centers, offices, and hospital outpatient departments. In addition, ASIPP also started the Interventional Pain Physician-PAC of AOPMA in December 1999 to represent the political interests of interventional pain physicians. Its name has been changed to American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians-PAC. ASIPP publishes Pain Physician, a peer-reviewed journal that addresses the science and practice of interventional pain management. As the official publication of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, Pain Physician outlines the latest studies, research and information vital to those in the growing specialty of interventional pain management. Pain Physician Journal was recently evaluated by the National Library of Medicine's Literature Selection Technical Review Committee and based upon that review, was selected for indexing and inclusion in MEDLINE.
Contact:
Jan Peterson, Publisher Relations
Reprints Desk
+ (619) 564.4124
http://www.reprintsdesk.com
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REPRINTS DESK AND POOLS PRESS NOW AFFILIATED: WILL OFFER INNOVATIVE REPRINT AND PRINTING SOLUTIONS
Los Angeles, California (March 5, 2007) -- Derycz Scientific, Inc. announced today that it has acquired a majority interest in Pools Press, Inc. and will integrate the print house with Reprints Desk, the reprint service also under the Derycz Scientific umbrella. With the acquisition of Pools Press, Reprints Desk will be able to produce high-quality commercial reprints within a short time period and without minimum quantity requirements.
Pools Press specializes in reprints from medical and technical journals, as well as commercial printing including newsletters, catalogs and booklets with a worldwide distribution network. Northbrook, Illinois-based Pools Press has been in the printing business for over 50 years. Matthew Sampson, whose family has run Pools for three generations, will continue to manage the business while working closely with the Reprints Desk staff to expand the reprints business. With the integration of Reprints Desk and Pools, the turn-around on professional reprints will be measured in days instead of weeks while maintaining the quality of commercial reprints expected by the scientific reprint market. Reprints Desk will also be able to fulfill all reprint orders without any minimum quantity, from one copy to thousands.
Pools Press currently administers the reprint programs for CHEST, the official publication of the American College of Chest Physicians, and provides print services for the University of Chicago Press reprints program. Reprints Desk currently provides reprint service bureaus for the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and the nursing journals owned and published by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc., providing an outsourcing solution from quotes to orders to printing and fulfillment. Reprints Desk's corporate customers are leaders in the healthcare industry.
"The integration of the two companies will allow us to expand our reprints business. We want to provide our customers in the healthcare sector with premium quality reprints in a timeframe that is faster than the four to six weeks that is the current industry standard. We also want to expand the reprint services we provide to publishers," said Jan Peterson, Head of Publisher Relations for Reprints Desk, "by offering print services, administrative support and proactive sales efforts."
"Our affiliation with Reprints Desk will allow us to move in innovative new directions," said Matthew Sampson. "We are looking forward to defining the next generation of reprint services."
About Derycz Scientific
The mission of Derycz Scientific is to develop the products, services and systems that facilitate the re-use of published content in a manner that helps organizations achieve their marketing and communication goals effectively and in compliance with copyright law and regulatory rules.
About Reprints Desk
Reprints Desk is an innovative new Reprints company formed by content professionals with over 50 years of experience serving customers and publishers in healthcare. Reprints Desk offers reprints, ePrints, permissions, and related article delivery solutions. Reprints Desk is pioneering new, user-friendly online interfaces at www.reprintsdesk.com to help customers manage all aspects of the content re-purposing process.
About Pools Press
Pools Press offers exceptional value to corporations as a total printing solutions provider. Pools Press provides the personal service and run-length flexibility that other printers may have abandoned along the way. Pools' capabilities include 1/color through 4/color printing on a variety of papers, full pre-press solutions, complete bindery services, and expedited worldwide shipping.
For further information contact Scott Ahlberg at Reprints Desk at sahlberg@reprintsdesk.com.
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Reprints Desk to Deliver Articles from Springer
Reprints Desk announced today that it has reached an agreement with Springer to deliver PDFs of individual journal articles from over 1,700 journals published by Springer. Springer is the world's second-largest publisher of journals in the STM sector and the largest publisher of STM books.
(PRWEB) July 19, 2007 -- Reprints Desk (www.reprintsdesk.com) announced today that it has reached an agreement with Springer to deliver PDFs of individual journal articles from over 1,700 journals published by Springer. Springer is the world's second-largest publisher of journals in the STM sector and the largest publisher of STM books.
Kim Zwollo, Global Director, Special Licensing & Rights for Springer, said, "Working with smaller companies such as Reprints Desk helps us reach niche markets that we are not able to serve directly ourselves."
"We are delighted to be working with Springer. Without Springer content we would not be able to support our mission of providing our customers with access to the full breadth of high quality peer-reviewed literature in innovative and copyright-compliant ways," says Jan Peterson, Head of Publisher Relations for Reprints Desk.
Reprints Desk provides full-service article delivery that allows customers to order published articles via the means that works best for them. Reprints Desk's article delivery service is an enterprise alternative to individual credit card purchases of articles, and can be integrated with existing databases and online subscriptions. The Reprints Desk service provides access to both online journals and physical library collections. Articles are delivered in their original format and color, either as a PDF or a professionally printed hardcopy, with no extra charge for color. Reprints Desk provides fast turn-around and integrated data management and reporting capabilities.
About Reprints Desk
Reprints Desk is an innovative new content re-purposing company focused on medical and scientific publishing. The company was formed in 2006 by content professionals with over 50 years of experience serving customers and publishers in healthcare. Reprints Desk offers reprints, ePrints, single article delivery, and related data management solutions. For more information about Reprints Desk contact Scott Ahlberg, Reprints Desk 310-477-0395.
About Springer
Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) is one of the world's leading suppliers of scientific and specialist literature. It is the second-largest publisher of journals in the science, technology, and medicine (STM) sector, the largest publisher of STM books and the largest business-to-business publisher in the German-language area. The group publishes over 1,700 journals and more than 5,500 new books a year, as well as the largest STM eBook Collection worldwide. Springer has operations in about 20 countries in Europe, the USA, and Asia, and some 5,000 employees. In 2006, it generated annual sales of around EUR 924 million.
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Reprints Desk to Deliver Articles from Oxford Journals
(Los Angeles, August 1, 2007) Reprints Desk announced today that Oxford Journals, a division of Oxford University Press, has signed an agreement that enables Reprints Desk to deliver PDFs of individual journal articles from the list of approximately 200 journal titles published by Oxford University Press.
"We are happy to extend rights to Reprints Desk because we can reach into pockets of the biopharmaceutical market that we may not be able to penetrate ourselves," said Fiona Bennett, Head of Library Sales and Business Development for Oxford Journals. .
"We are very pleased to be working with Oxford University Press," said Jan Peterson, Head of Publisher Relations for Reprints Desk. " OUP is one of the most prestigious scientific publishers in the world, and our agreement with them helps us reach our goal of helping our customers access content in a workflow-friendly and copyright compliant manner."
Reprints Desk provides full-service article delivery that allows customers to order published articles via the means that works best for them. Reprints Desk's article delivery service is an enterprise alternative to individual credit card purchases of articles, and can be integrated with existing databases and online subscriptions. The Reprints Desk service provides access to both online journals and physical library collections. Articles are delivered in their original format and color, either as a PDF or a professionally printed hardcopy, with no extra charge for color. Reprints Desk provides fast turn-around and integrated data management and reporting capabilities.
About Reprints Desk
Reprints Desk is an innovative new content re-purposing company focused on medical and scientific publishing. The company was formed in 2006 by content professionals with over 50 years of experience serving customers and publishers in healthcare. Reprints Desk offers reprints, ePrints, single article delivery, and related data management solutions. For more information about Reprints Desk contact Scott Ahlberg, Reprints Desk 310-477-0395.
About Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP), a department of the University of Oxford, is the world's largest and most international university press. Founded in 1478, it currently publishes more than 4,500 new books a year, has a presence in over fifty countries, and employs some 3,700 people worldwide. It has become familiar to millions through a diverse publishing programme that includes scholarly works in all academic disciplines, bibles, music, school and college textbooks, children's books, materials for teaching English as a foreign language, business books, dictionaries and reference books, and journals. Read more about OUP at http://www.oup.com
Oxford Journals, a Division of OUP, publishes nearly 200 journals covering a broad range of subject areas, two-thirds of which are published in collaboration with learned societies and other international organizations. The collection contains some of the world's most prestigious titles, including Nucleic Acids Research, JNCI (Journal of the National Cancer Institute), Brain, Human Reproduction, English Historical Review, and the Review of Financial Studies. Read more about Oxford Journals at http://www.oxfordjournals.org
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Reprints Desk Will Deliver Single Articles from Karger
(Los Angeles, August 22, 2007) Reprints Desk announced today that medical and scientific publisher Karger has signed an agreement that enables Reprints Desk to deliver PDFs of individual journal articles from the over 70 titles published by the Swiss publisher.
“At Karger, we appreciate the fact that Reprints Desk effectively implements a clearly defined corporate strategy of providing customers with information efficiently and affordably. We think our clients value this competent method of document retrieval as well.” Steven Karger, CEO, Karger Publishers
“We are very pleased to include Karger in our list of publisher sources,” said Jan Peterson, Head of Publisher Relations for Reprints Desk. “Karger publishes some significant titles that are important to our biopharmaceutical customer base, and we enjoy a productive relationship with the Karger staff.”
Reprints Desk provides full-service article delivery that allows customers to order published articles via the means that works best for them. Reprints Desk’s article delivery service is an enterprise alternative to individual credit card purchases of articles, and can be integrated with existing databases and online subscriptions. The Reprints Desk service provides access to both online journals and physical library collections. Articles are delivered in their original format and color, either as a PDF or a professionally printed hardcopy, with no extra charge for color. Reprints Desk provides fast turn-around and integrated data management and reporting capabilities.
About Reprints Desk
Reprints Desk http://www.reprintsdesk.com is an innovative new content re-purposing company focused on medical and scientific publishing. The company was formed in 2006 by content professionals with over 50 years of experience serving customers and publishers in healthcare. Reprints Desk offers reprints, ePrints, single article delivery, and related data management solutions. For more information about Reprints Desk contact Scott Ahlberg, Reprints Desk 310-477-0395.
About Karger
Karger Publishers, founded in 1890, is a leading international biomedical publisher. Currently, production comprises 73 journals and approx. 150 book titles per year in print and online, both research and clinical, the majority of which are in English. Karger publications are indexed in all important bibliographical services, such as PubMed. Completely independent, the company is currently led by the fourth generation of the Karger family. For more information about Karger contact Carla Holmes, S. Karger AG +41 61 306 1111.
S. Karger AG
Allschwilerstrasse 10
CH-4009 Basel
Switzerland
Website: http://www.karger.com
Telephone: +41-61-306-1111
Fax: +41-61-306-1234
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Nature Articles Now Available From Reprints Desk
(Los Angeles, September 20, 2007) Reprints Desk announced today that it has reached an agreement with Nature Publishing Group to deliver PDFs of individual journal articles from the nearly 70 prestigious print and online journals published by NPG including Nature, the world's foremost weekly scientific journal.
David Hoole, Head of Brand Marketing and Content Licensing at Nature Publishing Group said, “We support innovative ways of providing content to individual researchers, and Reprints Desk is very careful about attending to copyright compliance.”
“We are very pleased to be working with Nature Publishing Group, one of the preeminent STM publishers in the world. Our NPG agreement supports Reprints Desk’s goal of working with corporate customers to access individual articles in innovative ways,” says Jan Peterson, Head of Publisher Relations for Reprints Desk.
Reprints Desk provides full-service article delivery that allows customers to order published articles, whether paper or electronic, via the means that works best for them. Reprints Desk supports order placement via email, link resolvers, a web-based order form, or fax. The Reprints Desk service provides access to both online journals and physical library collections. Articles are delivered in their original format and color, either as a PDF or a professionally printed hardcopy, with no extra charge for color. Reprints Desk provides fast turn-around and integrated data management and reporting capabilities.
About Reprints Desk
Reprints Desk http://www.reprintsdesk.com is an innovative new content re-purposing company focused on medical and scientific publishing. The company was formed in 2006 by content professionals with over 50 years of experience serving customers and publishers in healthcare. Reprints Desk offers reprints, ePrints, single article delivery, and related data management solutions. For more information about Reprints Desk contact Scott Ahlberg, Reprints Desk 310-477-0395.
About Nature Publishing Group
NPG publishes journals and online databases across the life, physical and applied sciences and, most recently, clinical medicine. Content encompasses daily news from award-winning journalists, expert opinion and practical methodology, and more high impact research and reviews than any science publisher. Over 30 journals are published in association with prestigious academic societies. NPG has an enviable reputation for innovation, developing timely and award-winning solutions to scientists' information needs. For more information visit http://www.nature.com.
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Reprints Desk Partners with Elsevier to Deliver Articles
(Los Angeles, November 14, 2007) Reprints Desk announced today that it has reached an agreement with Elsevier to deliver PDFs of individual journal articles from over 2,000 scientific journals published by Elsevier for its customers in the biopharmaceutical and medical device industries, and other corporate accounts.
“Reprints Desk is extremely pleased to partner with Elsevier and we take a groundbreaking step forward in the copyright-compliant delivery of articles in PDF format.” said Peter Derycz, President and Founder of Reprints Desk. “Our customers have increasingly sophisticated needs for content re-purposing and they want the ability to incorporate solid, vetted scientific information in a useable electronic format into their daily workflow. We view our relationship with Elsevier as one that will enable both parties to learn more and develop tools and services to meet this demand.”
Reprints Desk provides full-service article delivery that allows customers to order published articles, whether paper or electronic, via the means that works best for them. Reprints Desk supports order placement via email, link resolvers, a web-based order form, or fax. The Reprints Desk service provides access to both online journals and physical library collections. Articles are delivered in their original format and color, either as a PDF or a professionally printed hardcopy, with no extra charge for color. Reprints Desk provides fast turn-around and integrated data management and reporting capabilities.
About Reprints Desk
Reprints Desk is an innovative new content re-purposing company focused on medical and scientific publishing. The company was formed in 2006 by content professionals with over 50 years of experience serving customers and publishers in healthcare. Reprints Desk offers reprints, ePrints, single article delivery, and related data management solutions. For more information contact Scott Ahlberg, Reprints Desk 310-477-0395.
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. Working in partnership with the global science and health communities, Elsevier’s 7,000 employees in over 70 offices worldwide publish more than 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, such as ScienceDirect, MD Consult, Scopus, bibliographic databases, and online reference works.
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Thursday, November 8, 2007
Critical Thinking Guides Now in Points of View Reference Center™
~Students Now Have Access to Information Designed to Help Them Think Critically ~ IPSWICH, Mass. — October 25, 2007 — Points of View Reference Center™(POVRC), a full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue, now includes Critical Thinking Guides. The guides are designed to help students separate fact from opinion and enhance their ability to read and think critically. Points of View Reference Center provides 200 topics, each with an overview (objective background/description), point (argument) and counterpoint (opposing argument). Critical Thinking Guides have been added for each of the topics, which means that POVRC includes a total of 800 main essays. The database contains a balance of materials from all viewpoints, including the main essays, leading political magazines from both sides of the aisle, newspapers, radio & TV news transcripts, primary source documents and reference books. Points of View Reference Center provides the basis from which students can develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills. The database also offers guides to debate, developing arguments and writing position papers. For more information go to www.ebscohost.com/Points_of_View_Reference_Center. About EBSCO EBSCO Publishing is the world’s premier database aggregator, offering a suite of more than 200 full-text and secondary research databases. Through a library of tens of thousands of full-text journals, magazines, books, monographs, reports and various other publication types from renowned publishers, EBSCO serves the content needs of all researchers (Academic, Medical, K-12, Public Library, Corporate, Government, etc.). The company’s product lines include proprietary databases such as Academic Search™, Business Source®, CINAHL®, DynaMed™, Literary Reference Center™, MasterFILE™, NoveList®, SocINDEX™ and SPORTDiscus™ as well as dozens of leading licensed databases such as ATLA Religion Database™, EconLit, MEDLINE®, MLA International Bibliography, PsycARTICLES® and PsycINFO®. Databases are powered by EBSCOhost®, the most-used for-fee electronic resource in libraries around the world. For more information, visit the EBSCO Publishing Web site at: www.ebscohost.com, or contact: information@ebscohost.com. EBSCO Publishing is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the United States. ### For more information, please contact:
Kathleen McEvoy
Media Relations Manager
(800) 653-2726 ext. 2594
kmcevoy@ebscohost.com |
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Access Innovations Data Harmony Releases Automatic Email Routing and Categorization Program
Albuquerque, New Mexico (March 22, 2007) - Access Innovations, Inc. (Access), a leader in the data management industry, has announced the release of MAImail, an automatic email routing and categorization program. Built on top of Access’s popular Data Harmony M.A.I., this innovative system is rules-based. Using any outline of knowledge, the data can be situated in the location where it is easiest to find and review. MAImail is consistent in the placement of the same data. When allocation in another spot is preferred the rule is easily altered to put the information into the correct location. MAImail also can be used in conjunction with the thesaurus editor, Thesaurus Master, to maintain the terms, and M.A.I. to augment the terms. The rules and terms can be combined in a single interface: MAIstro. Marjorie Hlava, Access President and Chairman, discussed the genesis of this advanced program: "Have you ever come back from a trip and been faced with 1,000 emails? Some are SPAM, some are listserv updates, some are invitations, some are project related – but the number is staggering! Faced with this dilemma ourselves, and having the tools at hand to resolve it, we created a program to sort or categorize email based on mailbox structure, keywords or a taxonomy. MAImail allows data to be sorted into the proper places while we are out, or throughout the day. We then can look at groups of email by file and catch up on the whole story at once, instead of mentally jumping from thought to thought as we work our way through the inbox. It’s a huge time and energy saver." Jay Ven Eman, Access Chief Executive Officer, added, "Other clients use MAImail to sort the general delivery boxes like ‘marketing’ or ‘info’ to the proper person based on profiles. Publishers use it to sort incoming data feeds to the proper editors for review. MAImail eliminates the need for someone to constantly go through and monitor the incoming mail. It also can filter items directly to the trash file." About Access Innovations Access has supported document management and database construction in Information Management for 29 years. Our proprietary Data Harmony software suite provides unparalleled support for the implementation and accuracy of search engines. Employing a wide range of software tools, Access offers database solutions to meet the ever-changing needs of the private and government sectors. Independently owned, Access constantly strives for perfection and increased accuracy in a world of information disseminated across multiple media. Cognizant of the time constraints faced by searchers of this evolving information influx, Data Harmony’s software suite filters out the noise of unwanted search engine selections.
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Access Sciences Corporation Names Hilford to Principal Consultant Position
Houston, TX, July 10, 2007—Access Sciences Corporation is pleased to announce the addition of Glen Hilford as Director, Enterprise Architecture Service and Principal Consultant. Hilford brings 20 years of experience in technology, and 12 years in account management, project management, business development and technical consulting.
In Hilford’s career, he has successfully architected and led numerous multi-million dollar technological ventures. Some of these include the implementation of a hybrid B2B / B2C e-commerce site, the development of a rule-based system for power traders that distributes power generation and derived economic data in near real-time, the integration of an oil and gas production field automation project for a major global oil and gas corporation, and the specification of an energy optimization system for a regional water utility. Hilford consistently delivers projects on schedule and within budget.
“Glen is an established leader in this industry, and we are proud to have him join the Access team. His extensive experience will prove invaluable not only to our clients, but to other consultants as well,” says Janice C. Anderson, President and CEO of Access Sciences Corporation.
“I am delighted that my career has taken me to Access Sciences. I believe that my varied experience, particularly that which deals with optimizing the use and management of information, is directly in line with the focus of ASC,” notes Hilford. “I look forward to a promising future here.”
Hilford graduated from the University of Houston with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. He is a native of Houston and enjoys being involved in missions work with his church, his children’s activities and his retired greyhound Cody.
In the fields of Information and Records Management, Enterprise Content Management, and Regulatory Compliance, Access Sciences Corporation is at the forefront, helping clients strategically manage their enterprise-wide information, systems, procedures, and documentation. Access Sciences Corporation’s core business is enterprise content and records management consulting, and outsourcing. Access Sciences consultants are subject-matter experts with hundreds of combined years of content and records management experience. Access Sciences Corporation has one of the largest and most deeply skilled information management consulting practices in industry today.
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Professional Engineering Publishing Signs Exclusive Agreement with EMpact to Promote Journals to Eastern Europe and Latin America
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, U.S.A. – October 29, 2007 – Professional Engineering Publishing (PE Publishing) recently signed a two-year exclusive agreement with EMpact, the publisher representation group within the EBSCO Information Services division, to promote its journals in parts of Eastern Europe and Latin America.
A subsidiary of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, PE Publishing publishes 18 journals across a variety of subjects of interest to international engineering community. Sixteen journals are grouped within the Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, each with its own identity and international editorial board. Professional Engineering (PE) is the flagship magazine for engineers, while Automotive Engineer is also a key journal circulated within the U.K. and continental Europe.
“In today’s changing world, we want to ensure that our publications are available to as wide an audience as possible,” said Peter Williams, academic director of PE Publishing. “EMpact has impressed us with their ability to reach developing markets.”
“PE Publishing’s customers cover a wide range of industry sectors, from academia to the corporate market,” said Sid McNeal Jr., vice president and general manager, EMpact. “We are looking forward to exclusively representing their journal content in parts of Eastern Europe, Mexico, Central America, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela and the Caribbean.”
About PE Publishing
Professional Engineering Publishing Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. It publishes a range of scholarly journals, magazines and other products. Most journals have been available online since 1997, and a digital archive of the IMechE Proceedings 1847-1996 was launched in 2006. Several other magazines, supplements and Web products are produced, not only in association with IMechE, but also for a variety of other organizations.
PE Publishing has 45 staff members based at Birdcage Walk, London. The company has its own Board of Directors, and operates as a trading company. It transfers profit to the IMechE to assist in its support and promotion of mechanical engineering.
About EMpact
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As part of the EBSCO group, EMpact brings to your sales process an expanded team of newly established EMpact sales and marketing personnel working beside experienced EBSCO sales representatives who have been working with publishers and libraries for many years. With the support of 32 fully staffed offices in 22 countries worldwide, EMpact’s global reach makes it possible for content providers to take advantage of opportunities they might otherwise miss.
Our representatives have produced successful sales results for publishers in: France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain, Germany and other areas of Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan and other Asian countries, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and other parts of Latin America.
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Access Sciences Named to the Top 50 Fastest-Growing Woman-Owned Businesses
August 24, 2007--Access Sciences Corporation has been named to the list of the 50 Fastest Growing Woman-Owned Businesses by the Houston Business Journal. Access Sciences ranked #7 on the list of 50, registering a 79.9% growth over the previous year.
Several representatives from Access Sciences attended the sold-out luncheon at the Westin Galleria. Terry Mergele, long-time employee of Access Sciences accepted the award on behalf of President and CEO Janice C. Anderson. Anderson was out of state on busines but was elated with the honor. Says Anderson, "It is a true honor to receive this outstanding recognition in our community. It is a testament to my team and our collective efforts that we have grown so dramatically, both in numbers and in achievements."
In 1985, Janice C. Anderson formed Access Information Associates. Twenty-two years later, the company has changed names, but Access Sciences Corporation exists for the same purpose: to offer advanced consulting services, information management technologies and deployment methods for capturing and managing information assets. The collaborative methods employed by Access Sciences help their clients achieve success early, and build a solution that holds value over the long term.
Terry Mergele accepts the award.
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ACCESS INNOVATIONS, INC. SOFTWARE PLAYS KEY ROLE IN AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION WEBSITE UPGRADE
Albuquerque, New Mexico (October 18 , 2007) – Access Innovations, Inc. (Access), a leader in the data management industry, has furnished its Data Harmony MAIstro software package in aid of the American Economic Association’s (AEA) upgrade of their EconLit website.
AEA’s electronic bibliography, EconLit, indexes over thirty years of worldwide economics literature. Compiled and abstracted in searchable format, EconLit is a comprehensive index of journal articles, books, book reviews, collective volume articles, working papers and dissertations. Documents are classified using a hierarchical, alphanumeric classification system, JEL Codes.
MAIstro software combines the functionality of M.A.I.™ (Machine Aided Indexer) and Thesaurus Master(TM)™ to simplify the creation and management of controlled vocabularies and their use for categorization. M.A.I. is a natural language processing tool using a rule-based expert system for interactive assignment of indexing terms to individual documents. For indexing requiring 100% accuracy editors are assisted in selecting indexing terms, but retain control of the final selections. For large volumes of data, M.A.I. also can be used for auto-categorization. Thesaurus Master is used for the creation and maintenance of a taxonomy or development of a full standards-compliant thesaurus.
AEA evaluated both statistics-based systems and the Data Harmony rule-based system, and selected MAIstro as more appropriate for EconLit indexing. Access provided training, at the conclusion of which AEA built its own rulebase. The system will improve consistency, help train Ph.D. students currently used as classifiers and speed up production. Currently, AEA is evaluating the web version of MAIstro for economists to use in selecting classifications for their own articles before submitting them to journals and conferences.
Drucilla Ekwurzel, AEA Director of Publication Services, described the software selection process: “We chose to test Access Innovations' DataHarmony software for machine-aided indexing of journal articles and books after seeing demonstrations at NFAIS and ASIDIC meetings on search engines. We already were familiar with Access Innovations’ excellent reputation for thesaurus building and data conversion.”
Margie Hlava, Access president, responded, “It is a joy to work with the EconLit folks. They quickly grasped how the rule bases and thesaurus can work with their code system and created a notation module for EconLit. It is an exciting and productive application which allows more flexibility in their production process.”
About Access Innovations
Access has supported document management and database construction in Information Management for 29 years. Our proprietary Data Harmony software suite provides unparalleled support for the implementation and accuracy of search engines. Employing a wide range of software tools, Access offers database solutions to meet the ever-changing needs of the private and government sectors. Independently owned, Access constantly strives for perfection and increased accuracy in a world of information disseminated across multiple media. Cognizant of the time constraints faced by searchers of this evolving information influx, Data Harmony’s software suite filters out the noise of unwanted search engine selections.
Media:
Mary Garcia
Access Innovations, Inc.
505-998-0800 or 800-926-8268
garcia@accessinn.com
www.accessinn.com
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