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New Resource from BMJ Journals Will Unlock the Hidden Value Within Medical Case Reports

June 20, 2008 - Individual medical case reports, highlighting rare or unusual conditions, are often criticised for being of peripheral interest. As such, mainstream journals can be reluctant to publish them. Those that are published are typically scattered across speciality and subspecialty journals. However, when looked at collectively, case reports contain a wealth of information and data that can be analysed to identify important trends or new areas for research that might not otherwise be apparent.

This is why BMJ Journals are launching BMJ Case Reports - a new online resource that will make over 1000 case reports available when the full site launches in September this year. To support the sophisticated functionality required to extract the full value of individual articles, an advanced new online platform is being developed for BMJ Case Reports, in partnership with HighWire Press.

"We believe that case reports will reveal their true value through aggregation and analysis," commented Janet O'Flaherty, Publisher at BMJ Journals. "Although several small repositories of case studies currently exist, without volume these offer limited insight. BMJ Case Reports will launch with more than a 1000 case reports, reproduced from articles recently published within BMJ and our specialty journals such as Heart, Gut and Thorax. We are now accepting submissions to build on this and create a definitive database of medical case reports that can be easily searched and analysed."

BMJ Case Reports will be available under an innovative new business model. "We wanted to blend the best aspects of a subscription model with an author-pays model," continued Janet O'Flaherty. "Anyone who wants to submit a case study or access the database can do so by becoming a 'Fellow' of BMJ Case Reports. Fellowship costs £95 for a year for an individual, giving them 12 months limitless access to the database and reuse of that content for non-commercial purposes. We will be offering Institutional Fellowships from 2009 (with a fee based on the institution's size), which then grants Fellowship status to all their staff, faculty and students."

BMJ Case Reports launches in September 2008, although a beta site is now currently available at: http://casereports.bmj.com. BMJ Journals are offering free Fellowships to BMJ Case Reports until the end of 2009 for the first 100 corresponding authors to submit their cases for publication.

About BMJ Journals

BMJ Journals is a division of The BMJ Group - one of the world's most prestigious and trusted medical publishers, providing high quality medical information and services for over one hundred and fifty years. BMJ Journals publishes leading specialist medical journals, many of which are in partnership with major medical societies and organisations. The Group's flagship journal - BMJ - is one of the top medical journals in the world. The Group also provides a range of online learning services for the health care profession and evidence-based websites and publications for doctors and patients.

For further information please contact: Janet O'Flaherty Publisher BMJ Group BMA House Tavistock Square London WC1H 9JR, UK Direct line: +44 (0) 20 7383 6154 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7383 6668.

CSHL Symposia & Archive Moves to HighWire's H2O Platform

May 28, 2008 - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) today announced that it will be moving its world-renowned annual series The Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology (CSH Symposia) to the new HighWire electronic publishing platform, H2O. The move will coincide with the launch of the CSH Symposia’s new 70-year online archive. The CSH Symposia have long been signal events in in many fields of modern experimental biology. Now the record of these events will be available for the first time in its entirety on the premier HighWire platform.

"Since 1933, advances in biology such as the structure of DNA, the genetic code, the discovery of mobile genes, the PCR and RNAi techniques, and the feasibility of a human genome project have been announced, debated, and distilled at our annual Symposia," said Dr. John Inglis, Executive Director of CSHLP. "The Symposia focus on a different and timely field of research each year, and the participants are handpicked luminaries and rising stars of that particular field. We are excited to be able to offer the complete record of this historically unique material online for the first time with the help of HighWire."

"We’re proud that Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press decided to move this vital series to HighWire," said John Sack, Director of HighWire Press. "H2O’s flexibility makes it the ideal platform for handling complex, non-journal content, such as the Symposia."

HighWire’s H2O platform infrastructure is designed to cooperate with emerging web services and technologies, keeping publishers ahead of the curve. Because the system architecture seamlessly accommodates content structured in many different ways, H2O works well with journals, books, reference works, and other media formats, such as CSHLP’s online laboratory methods resource CSH Protocols. Recent volumes of the CSH Symposia will be moved from current host, Atypon Systems, and CSHLP will be digitizing the complete archive for release in October 2008.

The archive of these historic meetings will be available online as a stand-alone collection for one-time purchase covering 1933 to 2003, and will include the following highly influential volumes:

1946: Heredity and Variation in Microorganisms

1953: Viruses

1966: The Genetic Code

1974: Tumor Viruses

1980: Movable Genetic Elements

1987: Evolution of Catalytic Function

1990: The Brain

2003: The Genome of Homo sapiens

The contributions recorded in each Symposium volume, and the accompanying photographs of participants in action, make a unique contribution to the scholarly history of science in the 20th century and the emergence of molecular and cellular biology as drivers of all aspects of current biomedical research. CSH Symposia volumes from 2004 to the present will be available online with the purchase of the current year’s hardcover print edition.

More information, including prelaunch discounts can be found online at www.cshsymposia.org.

About Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Established more than a century ago, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, is a private, nonprofit basic research and educational institution. Its 330 scientists conduct groundbreaking research in cancer, neurobiology, plant genetics, and bioinformatics. Their studies have won numerous awards and honors, including three Nobel Prizes. The Laboratory is recognized internationally for professional training programs that bring more than 8000 scientists to its campus each year, and innovative graduate education, and outreach programs that enhance K-12 education and the public understanding of science.

About Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

From its beginnings in 1933 as an initiative to publish an Annual Symposium in Quantitative Biology, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press is now an internationally recognized science publisher. The largest of the five educational divisions of the Laboratory, with more than 200 books in print, 6 research journals, and a variety of multimedia and online resources, its publications inspire and train scientists, educate students, and explain science to the public. Visit www.cshlpress.com for a complete list of publications and to register for a free monthly newsletter featuring information on new titles, meetings, courses, and employment opportunities.

About HighWire Press

HighWire Press, a division of the Stanford University Libraries, provides online site development and hosting solutions to the scholarly publishing community. HighWire produces the definitive online versions of high-impact, peer-reviewed journals and other scholarly content in many disciplines. Since 1995, HighWire has partnered with influential societies, university presses and other publishers to create a vast database of the finest, fully searchable research, medical and social science literature available on the Internet. The HighWire community shares ideas and innovations in publishing through regular meetings, discussion forum and through the service of its unique blend of highly qualified staff. For more information on HighWire’s new platform, H2O, please see http://highwire.stanford.edu/inthepress/stories/H2OPlatform.pdf

Contacts:

Stephanie Novara, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 516/422-4159

Bonnie Zavon, HighWire Press - Stanford University, 650/723.0522

Charlesworth's Green Status Made Official with ISO 14001 Environmental Standard

May 21, 2008 - Environmental issues have been at the top of Charlesworth’s agenda for many years. During the last two, Charlesworth has made significant investment in new plant and equipment at the Group’s manufacturing headquarters in Wakefield, UK ensuring their environmental best practice objectives continue to be met long-term. Charlesworth’s enviable green offerings provide litho printing with vegetable-based inks on recycled and FSC (Forestry Stewardship Council) certified papers as standard, with the option of recyclable laminate. Additionally, greatly expanded digital print facilities provide print buyers with the opportunity to reduce waste through Print on Demand.

Added to the fact that we produce everything in-house, we offer a competitive package for book and journal publishers, particularly those looking for ‘greener’ production of their titles. Quality Manager Mel Brooks said, "Careful planning and investment in recent years has resulted in the ISO 14001 Auditors concluding that as a newly accredited organization Charlesworth’s environmental position is ‘years ahead’ compared to most companies. The initiatives introduced to reduce our carbon footprint, including making best use of sustainable resources throughout the production process together with the ability to offer more digital choices were all crucial to our future proofing strategy."

Managing Director David Boothman added, "We are delighted to have achieved this very significant goal. Having now gained both ISO14001 and the ISO9001 quality standard, we are confident of gaining FSC Chain of Custody accreditation shortly, demonstrating our commitment to continuous improvement."

Meanwhile in the USA, Charlesworth in association with Allen Press, are co-hosting a series of FREE* environmental awareness workshops. The next one will be held in Philadelphia on September 3.

For more information, please visit http://www.charlesworth.com/newsflash~home

Charlesworth Teams up with CrossRef

May 20, 2008 - The Charlesworth Group has recently joined as an affiliate member and allied vendor for CrossRef Publisher Services. As a leading international supplier of print and publishing services, Charlesworth provides superior quality cutting edge typesetting techniques. Membership was taken in response to publisher client requests to create reference DOI links in the XML Charlesworth production services provide in order to produce hyperlink PDFs.

Charlesworth China production services utilizes the CrossRef DOI search and resolution function to incorporate into their clients’ XML files prior to delivery for online hosting. The DOI search is also used for automated validation of references against CrossRef data during the data capture and conversion process. This allows Charlesworth journal production services to be a one-stop-shop for journals to publish their content faster, more accurately, and with greater crosslinking.

The DOI, or digital object identifier, serves as a persistent, actionable identifier for intellectual property online. CrossRef is the official DOI registration agency for scholarly and professional publications, including journals, books and other content types. CrossRef provides primary publishers with the organizational and technological backbone to facilitate linking by associating DOIs with publisher metadata. As a CrossRef affiliate, Charlesworth can create links to all CrossRef member publishers without signing bi-lateral linking agreements and without having to track publishers' individual linking schemes.

Since 2007, CrossRef has employed the Charlesworth China’s global Rights & Licensing team to create and host a Chinese language web site (www.crossref.org.cn) as well as translate and print their promotional literature. These have been distributed by Charlesworth at the Beijing International Book Fair and Academic Journals Exhibition, which Charlesworth promotes and co-organizes.

Expansion into the Chinese market, particularly recruiting Chinese publishers of English content, has been an important goal for CrossRef. Charlesworth’s local knowledge and contacts combined with marketing expertise have provided a tailored approach to help CrossRef to introduce these objectives with localized Chinese print and online content.

For further information contact Adrian Stanley, CEO, Cell: +1 215 922 1611

SiNae Pitts, PhD., Marketing & Business Development Manager, Tel: +1 215-310-9289

The Charlesworth Group (USA), Inc., 3264 Market Street 5E, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

About The Charlesworth Group:

The Charlesworth Group has a sales and business development office based in Philadelphia, USA, promoting the services offered through Charlesworth China, a wholly owned digital typesetting, production, print management, and Rights & Licensing office in Beijing, China. The Group has its headquarters in the UK, where it specialises in Print On Demand, digital and litho printing at its state of the art limp and cased binding plant in West Yorkshire.

Charlesworth has successfully developed cutting edge AutoProof generation solutions as part of its competitive typesetting facility. Clients include world leading publishers, government departments, not-for-profit and commercial organizations. Charlesworth’s in-depth relations and local expertise in China provide marketing, sales, and conference support to print and online publishers as well as scholarly societies looking to expand their presence and income in mainland China. For further details about the Group visit our web site at www.charlesworth.com

About CrossRef:

CrossRef is a non-profit membership association founded and directed by publishers. Its mission is to enable easy identification and use of trustworthy electronic content by promoting the cooperative development and application of a sustainable infrastructure. CrossRef operates a cross-publisher citation linking system, and is the official DOI name registration agency for scholarly and professional content. More information is available at http://www.crossref.org.

For further information contact Amy Brand, 781-295-0072; Fax: 781-295-0077

Inera Introduces eXtyles Reference Correction

May 16, 2008 - Inera Inc., the leading provider of editorial and XML production software for scholarly publishers, today announced the release of eXtyles Reference Correction. The new Reference Correction feature - an enhancement to the eXtyles PubMed and CrossRef Reference Checking modules - automatically integrates data from online resources to correct errors in bibliographic references, quickly and reliably improving their accuracy before publication.

eXtyles is a suite of tools for Microsoft Word that automates error-prone and time-consuming editorial tasks. The Reference Correction feature is an extension to eXtyles reference processing modules that automatically edit bibliographic references to preferred editorial styles and add hyperlinks to online databases such as PubMed and CrossRef.

When a reference in a manuscript contains an error, these hyperlinks provide quick access to reliable online sources, saving time by eliminating the need for author queries or manual searches. The new eXtyles Reference Correction enhancement further reduces editing time and dramatically improves accuracy by automatically replacing any incorrect or missing reference elements, such as authors or issue numbers, with metadata retrieved from PubMed and CrossRef.

Rather than merely replacing an author's entire original reference with the reference indexed on PubMed or CrossRef, eXtyles Reference Correction intelligently merges data from online resources with existing data, providing warnings if significant discrepancies are found. This unique intelligent merge feature provides greater reference accuracy than simple replacement.

"Despite the significant investment publishers make in editing references, high error rates are still common," said Inera CEO Bruce Rosenblum. "Reducing the cost of reference cleanup and minimizing errors has always been one of eXtyles's greatest strengths, and eXtyles with Reference Correction is now the most sophisticated tool available to quickly and easily publish accurate content while reducing the overall cost of publication."

About Inera Inc.

Since 1992, Inera has focused on supplying sophisticated editorial and production solutions to the publishing industry. Inera's eXtylesr product family provides integrated tools for Microsoft Word and content management systems that automate editorial, reference linking, and XML production processes. eXtyles products are used in the production of over 1000 prestigious journals worldwide.

patientINFORM appoints Case Executive Director

May 15, 2008 - The Board of Directors of patientINFORM has appointed Kathleen Case as Executive Director, to succeed the late Peter Banks.

An international coalition of patient organizations, medical societies, and scholarly publishers, patientINFORM works to empower patients by providing online access to and interpretation of the latest and most important research in medicine. The coalition of health organizations and publishers was created in 2005 under the leadership of the American Cancer Society; the American Diabetes Association; the American Heart Association; the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM); and the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP-PSP). The National Organization for Rare Disorders and the ALS Association joined in 2006 and the Arthritis Foundation in 2007.

With the collaboration of scientific publishers worldwide, voluntary health organizations and other trusted sources post patient-oriented summaries of important peer-reviewed research on their websites and provide a free link to the original article as soon as it is published on a journal’s website. Over 700 journals are participating and hundreds of articles have been summarized and accessed by the public through patientINFORM. Until recently,

Ms. Case held the position of Publisher at the American Association for Cancer Research and she is a former Senior Vice President for Publishing at the American College of Physicians and Executive Editor of Annals of Internal Medicine. She is past president of the Council of Science Editors and of the Society for Scholarly Publishing; served on the Publications Committee of the American Heart Association; the Governing Board for Publishing of the American Chemical Society; and is currently a member of the Journal Oversight Committee of the American Medical Association.

"We are extremely pleased to find an Executive Director with such an extensive publishing background in both clinical medicine and biomedical research," said Thomas Easley, Managing Director, Publishing, for The New England Journal of Medicine and President of patientINFORM. "Ms. Case was part of the group that founded patientINFORM, and she has experience that spans patient education and scholarly publishing."

Ms. Case will manage the coalition from the offices of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). "As an organization with a mission that emphasizes research, patient education and advocacy, we are pleased to participate in patientINFORM and to help support this important collaboration," noted Dr. Margaret Foti, AACR’s CEO.

For further information, visit http://www. patientinform.org or contact patientINFORM, 615 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Phone: 215-440-9414; patientinform@aacr.org.

American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Has Joined the Scholarly Publishers' Collaborative Network

May 13, 2008 - The Scholarly Publishers' Collaborative Network (SPCNet) is pleased to announce the addition of American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) to their roster of publisher partners. Through their collaboration in SPCNet, these scholarly publishers are able to provide a "one-stop shop" featuring leading scholarly journals for the library community throughout North America.

Through SPCNet, library consortia will be able to subscribe to the following peer-reviewed scholarly journals published by ASPET: Drug Metabolism and Disposition, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Molecular Pharmacology, Pharmacological Reviews and Molecular Interventions.

"Because ASPET's mission is to promote pharmacological knowledge and its application, the Society enthusiastically joined SPCNet to widen the dissemination of ASPET's journals," said Richard Dodenhoff, Journals Director, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.

About American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) is a 4,800 member scientific society whose members conduct basic and clinical pharmacological research in academia, industry and the government. Our members' research efforts help develop new medicines and therapeutic agents to fight existing and emerging diseases. Learn more at http://www.aspet.org.

About the Scholarly Publishers' Collaborative Network

The Scholarly Publishers' Collaborative Network (SPCNet) is the sales arm for the FASEB Office of Publications. SPCNet will represent scholarly journals from both FASEB member societies and non-FASEB member societies with the aim to increase market penetration and revenue for the publishers through subscription sales to library consortia and establish relationships with all institutional customers and prospects through promotion, education, and marketing programs. The publisher partners include; American Society for Investigative Pathology, American Society for Nutrition, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Genetics Society of America, Society for Leukocyte Biology, The American Association for Immunologists and The American Physiological Society. Learn more at www.faseb.org/SPCNet.

About The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

FASEB comprises 21 nonprofit societies with more than 80,000 members, making it the largest coalition of biomedical research associations in the United States. FASEB advances biological science through collaborative advocacy for research policies that promote scientific progress and education and lead to improvements in human health. For more information, visit www.faseb.org. For more information please contact: The Scholarly Publishers' Collaborative Network, infoSPCNet@faseb.org 301-634-7305

Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Delivers a Clear Picture of Clinical Cardiovascular CT: Adds SCCT Event Knowledge to Ekatius™

May 12, 2008 - Conference Archives, Inc. (CAI), a leader in meeting presentation capture and distribution, is pleased to announce that The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT), a professional organization representing more than 4,500 physicians, scientists, and technologists who work in the field of cardiovascular computed tomography, has agreed to deliver their annual meeting presentations to a global audience through Ekatius™.

The SCCT event knowledge to be delivered through Ekatius will include rich media presentations captured from SCCT's 2nd Annual Scientific Meeting held in July 2007. Presentations from the forthcoming 2008 meeting will be added in 2009. SCCT's event knowledge will be available through the public library section of Ekatius, which is free to the public, and through the World Health Organization's HINARI program, which delivers health science content to developing nations.

The Ekatius platform has advanced search functionalities that allow users to search for event knowledge - rich media presentations, abstracts, and posters from a meeting - either within a specific event or across several events. Additionally, secure online workgroup functionalities in Ekatius facilitate communication and collaboration.

"We are extremely pleased to deliver SCCT's event knowledge through Ekatius," said David Sampson, CAI's EVP, Medical Content Division. "As the usage of cardiovascular computed tomography - one of the most rapidly evolving techniques for assessing cardiovascular anatomy and pathology- continues to grow, SCCT's presentations will have a global impact on cardiovascular health, ultimately improving patient outcomes."

In combination with the cardiovascular event knowledge already found in Ekatius, the addition of SCCT presentations will provide both clinicians and researchers around the globe with an advanced, in-depth view of the latest research and advancements in cardiovascular diagnostic and imaging technologies.

About Ekatius™

The Ekatius™ platform is an educational resource that aggregates and disseminates rich media, hard-to-find, event knowledge elements such as abstracts, posters, and oral presentations. The Ekatius platform represents new event knowledge solutions for associations, institutions, and industry.

About the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography is a professional medical membership organization for physicians, scientists, and technologists who work in the field of cardiovascular computed tomography, and is committed to the further development of cardiovascular computed tomography through education, training, accreditation, quality control, and research.

About Conference Archives, Inc.

Conference Archives, Inc. (CAI) has provided innovative solutions for capturing event knowledge and distributing the results through various media since 2001. CAI has since become widely known for its contributions to the meetings industry through its ConferenceOnDemand™ and ConferenceCompanion® archiving products of annual conferences primarily in the association industry. CAI's archiving services and rich media products enhance an end-user's knowledge base by delivering the conference experience via the Internet or fixed media, thus creating a timely, post-conference environment conveniently view conference content.

American Diabetes Association and Conference Archives, Inc. Increase Impact of ADA’s Professional Education Activities and Courses in Developing Countries Through HINARI

May 12, 2008 - The American Diabetes Association (ADA), a world leader in diabetes research, information, and advocacy and Conference Archives, Inc. (CAI) is pleased to announce that the World Health Organization's (WHO) HINARI Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) is now delivering the ADA's event knowledge to participating institutions via Ekatius™, CAI's new online platform for meeting and conference abstracts, posters, and rich media presentations.

In partnership with commercial and not-for-profit publishers, HINARI provides free or very low cost online access to biomedical and health information to institutions in developing countries. The ADA's professional education activities and courses represent a new, rich media content addition to the collection of journals now available to health institutions in more than 100 countries through HINARI.

"The American Diabetes Association is fortunate to host scientific and professional education activities that draw a wide audience of health care providers and scientists from around the world as both presenters and attendees," said John B. Buse, MD, PhD, President, Medicine & Science, American Diabetes Association. "We hope that by providing greater access to the information shared at these meetings through HINARI, the American Diabetes Association can improve diabetes care in areas of the world that are both overburdened with diabetes and underserved with access to cutting-edge healthcare information."

The delivery of ADA professional education event knowledge through HINARI will provide clinicians, researchers, and students in developing countries with the latest treatment advancements and research focused on diabetes. The WHO predicts that 80%of all new cases of diabetes are expected to appear in developing countries by 2025.

David Sampson, CAI's EVP, Medical Content Division said: "We applaud the ADA for continuing to support its mission to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. Delivering ADA meeting and conference content through HINARI will hopefully prevent diabetes and alleviate suffering from the disease in the developing world. "

The ADA event knowledge in Ekatius to be delivered through HINARI will include abstracts, posters, and rich media presentations captured from the ADA's recent and forthcoming Annual Scientific Sessions, held annually in June, as well as ADA's Clinical and Research Symposia and ADA's Annual Advanced Postgraduate Courses. The Ekatius platform delivers advanced search functionalities that allow users to search for event knowledge - abstracts, posters, and presentations from a meeting - either within a specific event or across several events.

About the American Diabetes Association

The American Diabetes Association is the nation's leading 501(C)3 nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. Founded in 1940, the American Diabetes Association conducts programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, reaching hundreds of communities. The Association's commitment to research is reflected through its scientific meetings, education and provider recognition programs; and its Research Foundation and Nationwide Research Program, which fund breakthrough studies looking into the cure, prevention, and treatment of diabetes and its complications. For more information, please visit www.diabetes.org or call 1-800-DIABETES (1-800-342-2383).

About HINARI

The HINARI program, set up by WHO together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to one of the world's largest collections of biomedical and health literature. Over 5000 journal titles are now available to health institutions in 108 countries, benefiting many thousands of health workers and researchers, and in turn, contributing to improved world health.

About Conference Archives, Inc.

About Ekatius™

The Ekatius™ platform is an educational resource that aggregates and disseminates rich media, hard-to-find, event knowledge elements such as abstracts, posters, and rich media presentations. The Ekatius platform represents new event knowledge solutions for associations, institutions, and industry.

BMJ Journals Assesses the Changing Needs of Society Publishers

May 6, 2008 - BMJ Journals, a division of the BMJ Group, today announced a program of market research to reappraise the support that societies require from their publishing partners. Society publishers (whether independent or publishing under contract) are invited to take part in an online survey, which can be found at https://vovici.com/wsb.dll/s/13e72g32d02. Anyone completing the survey can be entered into a draw to win a free iPod Nano.

"Many societies rely on publishers to provide them with a contract publishing service for their journals and books," said Peter Ashman, Publishing Director of BMJ Journals. "The benefits of scale, access to a wide base of expertise and market reach that these relationships offer societies are all well documented. The market continues to change and publishers have worked hard to respond to this change, helping societies take advantage of new opportunities. However, increasingly, these changes are impacting on societies well beyond their publishing activities. This is an area we'd like to understand better, to see how publishers might expand or adapt their services, and perhaps provide more holistic support."

The BMJ Journals survey is supported by the Association for Learned and Professional Society Publishers. The results will be published later in the year, helping publishers understand how the changing landscape is impacting on societies and generating discussion and debate on how publishing support services might be adapted to meet these changing needs.

Charlesworth's China Academic Journals Exhibitions and Publisher's Tour

April 18, 2008 - Many publishers want to do more in China but are unsure how to get started or how to give momentum to existing efforts. The Charlesworth Group, with our China Rights and Licensing team, in addition to cutting-edge production and printing services, has been an early established player in the Chinese market since 1999. As a known and trusted entity, let us guide your publications through the ever expanding and evolving Chinese market. This year we have organized two major opportunities, both highlighting the renowned Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF), to exhibit and explore.

Academic Journals Exhibitions, 2008

5% Early Bird discount by April 30th, Booking and contract due May 15th, Shipment and materials due May 31st

At Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) & Beyond, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tianjin, and Beijing in China, June 15th-October 30th, 2008. First is our 2nd Annual Academic Journals Exhibitions in four major cities, held in partnership with BIBF organizers the China National Publications Import & Export Corporation (CNPIEC or Beijing Book Company). We are offering a unique platform to showcase your content and resources, in print as well as online, and sponsor seminars for an audience of academics and librarians throughout mainland China. And as an added value, you have an opportunity to sponsor a seminar of your choice, such as how to get published, or membership benefits as a way to reach out and draw in Chinese authors, editorial board, and members, as well as subscribers. Website above has further details, options and prices available for download. The official AJE 2007 report is available now upon request.

Charlesworth China Tour Aug 31st -Sept 9th, 2008

Reservation and deposit due June 2nd

Second is our annual guided Charlesworth China Tour for Publishers, which continues to be an unparalleled opportunity to explore the academic and research market in mainland China. The tour is an at-cost service for scholarly publishers, societies, and related organizations to experience first hand the remarkable potential and to be on the ground forging strategic relationships, and our programmed itinerary all but guarantees that. Tailored meetings with subscription agents in China and for other Asian countries, research institutes, national libraries, key academic organizations, and local publishers are arranged to make the most of your China investment.

You tour will set off from Beijing, traveling to BIBF-hosted this year in Tianjin (due to the Olympics), and flying to Xi'an before returning to Beijing. The cost for this 10-day tour includes meals, luxury hotels, entry fees, transfers and internal flights within China. Total price: US$3,700 or £1,850. Website and PDF link has additional information, benefits and itinerary.

Download full details from the websites above and do contact us for specific questions about any of these offers. We'll be at SSP in Boston, MA May 28-30 (Booth #5). Please let us know if you'd like to arrange a meeting at SSP or elsewhere!

Adrian Stanley & SiNae Pitts, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer Marketing & Business Development Manager, 215-922-1611 215-310-9289

The Charlesworth Group (USA), Inc., 3624 Market St. 5E, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA, FAX 267-499-2001

Leading Pharmaceutical Company Gets to the Heart of the Latest Cardiovascular Science and Research Through Ekatius(TM)

March 27, 2008 - One of the world's top ten pharmaceutical companies purchases a global site license to access presentations from the American Heart Association's (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2007 through Ekatius(TM), a new online event knowledge platform from Conference Archives.

Occurring every November, AHA Scientific Sessions is the leading forum for world-renowned experts and faculty to present cutting-edge clinical and research-oriented cardiovascular science. Ekatius enables pharmaceutical personnel to search for and review over 2800 rich media oral presentations representing over 830 hours of content from Scientific Sessions 2007.

Nearly all oral presentations captured at Scientific Sessions 2007 are synchronized - audio and slides - to mimic the experience of an oral presentation's live delivery. Each oral presentation is transcribed, and the transcription is synchronized to the audio and slides of a presentation.

Additionally, the Ekatius platform has advanced search functionalities that allow users to search for event knowledge - abstracts, posters, and oral presentations from a meeting - either within a specific event or across several events. Secure online workgroup functionalities in EkatiusT facilitate communication and collaboration.

David Sampson, CAI's EVP, Medical Content Division said: "We are pleased that a leading pharmaceutical company has decided to deliver AHA Scientific Sessions 2007 presentations to their employees through EkatiusT, and look forward to working together to ensure that users extract maximum value from this new tool."

For more information about Ekatius, please visit www.ekatius.com or call 814.536.3356 x100

About Ekatius(TM)

The Ekatius platform is an educational resource that aggregates and disseminates rich media, hard-to-find, event knowledge elements such as abstracts, posters, and oral presentations. The Ekatius platform represents new event knowledge solutions for associations, institutions, and industry.

About Conference Archives, Inc.

Conference Archives, Inc. (CAI) has provided innovative solutions for capturing event knowledge and distributing the results through various media since 2001. CAI has since become widely known for its contributions to the meetings industry through its ConferenceOnDemandT and ConferenceCompanionr archiving products of annual conferences primarily in the association industry. CAI's archiving services and rich media products enhance an end-user's knowledge base by delivering the conference experience via the Internet or fixed media, thus creating a timely, post-conference environment conveniently view conference content.

Stroke Science OnDemandr Furthers Cerebrovascular Knowledge: New Release Digitally Delivers Nearly 300 Oral Presentations from ASA's 2008 International Stroke Conference

March 26, 2008 - Conference Archives, Inc. (CAI) releases Stroke Science OnDemand(R) 2008 for those looking to keep abreast of the latest advancements in the treatment, prevention and outcomes of cerebrovascular disease and stroke.

Stroke Science OnDemand 2008 is a digital archive of nearly 300 oral presentations that were digitally captured at the American Stroke Association's (ASA) 2008 annual International Stroke Conference. Stroke Science OnDemand 2008 is designed to give medical students, faculty, and professionals around the globe access to the latest advancements and knowledge presented at the ASA's annual International Stroke Conference.

"This is the fourth year in a row that the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, has digitally captured and archived oral presentations from the International Stroke Conference," said David Sampson, EVP of Conference Archives, Inc.'s Medical Content Division. "Stroke Science OnDemand typifies the ASA's innovative and visionary approach to advancing stroke research and education."

Nearly all oral presentations in Stroke Science OnDemand 2008 are synchronized - audio and slides - to mimic the experience of an oral presentation's live delivery. In addition, presentations in Stroke Science OnDemand 2008 are transcribed with the transcription synchronized to the audio and slides of each presentation. Stroke Science OnDemand 2008 users can search for content either across the entire archive or within a presentation, thus yielding the most relevant search results.

Stroke Science OnDemand is released annually within 90 days of the conclusion of the International Stroke Conference. To purchase Stroke Science OnDemand 2008, call 814.536.3356 or visit www.scienceondemand.org.

About Conference Archives, Inc.

Conference Archives, Inc. (CAI) has provided innovative solutions for capturing event knowledge and distributing the results through various media since 2001. CAI has since become widely known for its contributions to the meetings industry through its ConferenceOnDemand(TM) and ConferenceCompanion(R) archiving products of annual conferences primarily in the association industry. CAI's archiving services and rich media products enhance an end-user's knowledge base by delivering the conference experience via the Internet or fixed media, thus creating a timely, post-conference environment conveniently view conference content.

Current clients of Conference Archives include, but are not limited to: the American Heart Association (which includes the American Stroke Association), American Diabetes Association, Heart Rhythm Society, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Endocrine Society and the American Association for Thoracic Surgery.

HighWire Press Launches Its New ePublishing Platform, H2O

March 25, 2008 - HighWire Press, the preeminent online technology provider for over 140 publishers, is proud to announce the release of its new electronic publishing platform, H2O. HighWire has rebuilt its platform from the bottom up, creating a standards-based hosting solution that embraces the new vision of Publishing 2.0. H2O will put HighWire's publisher partners at the forefront of online publishing. View a video of HighWire's Director, John Sack, talking about this vision.

"H2O supports the evolution of content as portable, allowing publishers to move information to where the user is," said John Sack. "Our new platform ensures that the HighWire-hosted sites are a valuable service to users: a place for people to do research, interact with information, ideas, and each other."

The first site to launch on the new platform is the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), with their beta site now publicly available. More information is at the HighWire site. While the new user interface seen on the PNAS beta site is the visible piece of H2O, the full rebuild will ensure that new industry standards will be infused throughout all the layers of any new H2O-based site, giving publishers maximum flexibility on how their content looks and operates.

HighWire is confident that the new H2O architecture is the most effective way to offer both publishers and their end users the ability to be innovative with the tools and information that the participatory web offers. As a fully XML-based environment, in addition to just handling XML input and output, HighWire's H2O incorporates standards like Atom Publishing Protocol (backed by Google & Microsoft), and powerful tools such as the MarkLogic Server.

"HighWire is taking full advantage of our XML content platform to deliver a truly agile publishing environment for their customers," said Andy Feit, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Mark Logic. "Through its unique modeling of the Atom Publishing Protocol interface, and the sophisticated features for user interaction with content - and for collaboration around it - the new H2O platform allows publishers to get the most from their content. What HighWire has done based on MarkLogic Server for Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is quite impressive."

The H2O platform infrastructure is flexible and modular, designed to interact with many other systems, and to be extended with emerging web services and technologies. The data store is architected to seamlessly accommodate content structured in many different ways. Along with leading services for journal article-based content, H2O will also enhance the many non-journal sites, books and reference works that HighWire produces, such as the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press' Protocols database. H2O will provide the ideal platform for publishers to showcase e-books and other non-journal materials online, since it supports the broadest range of content types.

As HighWire develops H2O, it will also offer a suite of tools and services that will enable publishers to create collections of information, re-use these collections in feeds, widgets, blogs and networking sites. Publishers will be able to attach advertising and branding to content or collections, personalize offers and ads, and contextualize web pages based on the content being displayed and the user demographics. Such standards-based content can easily appear on a variety of devices - the iPhone, the iPod, Amazon's Kindle and other yet-to-be-seen new technologies.

About HighWire Press

Contact: Bonnie Zavon, HighWire Press-Stanford University

American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. Has Joined the Scholarly Publishers' Collaborative Network

March 12, 2008 - The Scholarly Publishers' Collaborative Network (SPCNet) is pleased to announce the addition of American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. (APPI) to their roster of publisher partners.

Through their collaboration in SPCNet, these scholarly publishers are able to provide a "one-stop shop" featuring leading scholarly journals for the library community throughout North America.

Through SPCNet, library consortia will be able to subscribe to APPI's DSM Premium collection at PsychiatryOnline.com. A DSM Premium subscription provides access to ten reference books including DSM-IV-TR^R and other DSM Library titles, The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry, and Gabbard's Treatments of Psychiatric Disorders, as well as five peer-reviewed journals: American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Services, Academic Psychiatry, Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, and Psychosomatics. SPCNet will sell APPI's journals on an individual title basis as well.

"APPI is very excited to partner with SPCNet and this well-respected group of nonprofit society publishers," said Bob Pursell, Director of APPI Sales & Marketing. "Together our scholarly book and journal content reflects the highest standards in quality, value, and accuracy, and we look forward to SPCNet's assistance in bringing it to library consortia so we can help educate the widest possible number of people."

About American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.:

American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. (APPI) is the world's premier publisher of books, journals, and multimedia on psychiatry, mental health, and behavioral science, offering authoritative, up-to-date and affordable information geared toward psychiatrists, other mental health professionals, psychiatric residents, medical students and the general public. APPI is a wholly owned subsidiary of the American Psychiatric Association and the publisher of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Learn more.

About the Scholarly Publishers' Collaborative Network

The Scholarly Publishers' Collaborative Network (SPCNet) is the sales arm for the FASEB Office of Publications. SPCNet will represent scholarly journals from both FASEB member societies and non-FASEB member societies with the aim to increase market penetration and revenue for the publishers through subscription sales to library consortia and establish relationships with all institutional customers and prospects through promotion, education, and marketing programs. The publisher partners include; American Society for Investigative Pathology, American Society for Nutrition, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Genetics Society of America, Society for Leukocyte Biology, The American Association for Immunologists, and The American Physiological Society. For more information, visit the Web site.

About The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

For more information please contact: The Scholarly Publishers' Collaborative Network, 301-634-7305

Berg Wins Publishing Technology E-Publishing Award

March 10, 2008 - Berg Publishers is very pleased to announce that it has won the Publishing Technology E-Publishing Award at the 2008 Independent Publishing Awards. Berg was praised for its efforts to develop new digital strategies and partnerships and for increasing its sales from e-publishing activities. The judges commented: "Berg is making smart use of both technology and content to reach out to its customers. It is a shining example of a publisher previously limited to print but now making bold new moves into new mediums." The panel added that they were impressed by the high standard of entries in this category. "Independent publishers are clearly thinking very creatively about new technologies."

Commenting on the Awards, Berg's Managing Director Kathryn Earle said: "We are using our e-initiatives to exploit existing proprietary content from backlist books and journals and to showcase new IP. We are thrilled to have won the inaugural award in this important category - particularly amongst such stiff competition. Through this Independent Publishing Award, the IPG are at the forefront in recognizing the importance of new technologies to the publishing industry. Smaller publishers are nimble and can quickly embrace new channels to market. It's a very exciting time to be an independent publisher, now that we have a much more level playing field with the internet. We are extremely proud of this achievement."

Berg, an Oxford-based academic publisher, has a major online reference work on dress and fashion currently in development. It has a particularly strong backlist in fashion studies, having launched the pioneering journal Fashion Theory in 1997. At the end of 2002, Earle led a Management Buy-Out and attracted equity funding to build Berg's books and journals programmes. Post buy-out, turnover has more than doubled, with significant growth coming through e-publishing activities. Thirteen journals have been added to Berg's portfolio, up from two, and the books programme has diversified to include reference and textbook publishing. The company has also been awarded a BIC Product Data Excellence Gold Award for 2007-2008.

For further information please e-mail or phone Veruschka Selbach at the number below.

Berg, 1st Floor, Angel Court, 81 St Clements Street, Oxford OX4 1AW, Tel: 01865-245104, Fax: 01865-791165,

Sessions Science OnDemand^R Resuscitates Cardiovascular Knowledge

March 6, 2008 - Conference Archives, Inc. (CAI) releases Sessions Science OnDemand^R (SSOD) 2007 for those looking to get at the Heart of the latest cardiovascular science and research.

Sessions Science OnDemand^R (SSOD) 2007 is a digital archive of over 2700 oral presentations that were digitally captured at the American Heart Association's (AHA) 2007 annual Scientific Sessions conference. SSOD 2007 is designed to give global medical professionals access to the latest advancements and knowledge presented at the AHA's Scientific Sessions annual meeting.

"Sessions Science OnDemand enables me, at my convenience, to view presentations I could not attend at AHA Sessions and to review those I found especially important," notes Rubin S. Cooper, M.D., Director of Pediatric Cardiology and Associate Director of the Pediatric Cardiovascular Center at Weill Cornell Medical Center. "It is a valuable resource for clinicians and researchers who need to keep current on the latest developments presented each year at the premier meeting in cardiovascular medicine."

Nearly all oral presentations in SSOD 2007 are synchronized - audio and slides - to mimic the experience of an oral presentation's live delivery. Each oral presentation in SSOD 2007 is transcribed, and the transcription is synchronized to the audio and slides of a presentation. SSOD 2007 users can search for content either across the entire archive or within a presentation, thus yielding the most relevant search results.

This is the fourth year CAI has captured and released the oral presentations from the AHA's Scientific Sessions annual meeting. To date, CAI has captured nearly 25,000 oral presentations from AHA meetings, which represent over 3500 hours of content delivered.

SSOD is released annually within 60 days of the conclusion of the Scientific Sessions conference. To purchase SSOD 2007, call 814.536.3356 or visit the Web site.

About Conference Archives, Inc.

Conference Archives, Inc. (CAI) has provided innovative solutions for capturing event knowledge and distributing the results through various media since 2001. CAI has since become widely known for its contributions to the meetings industry through its ConferenceOnDemand^TM and ConferenceCompanion^R archiving products of annual conferences primarily in the association industry. CAI's archiving services and rich media products enhance an end-user's knowledge base by delivering the conference experience via the Internet or fixed media, thus creating a timely, post-conference environment conveniently view conference content.

American Diabetes Association Shines Additional Light on Diabetes Prevention and Treatment Worldwide

March 6, 2008 - The American Diabetes Association (ADA), a world-recognized nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy, has reached an agreement with Conference Archives, Inc. (CAI) to deliver the ADA's event knowledge to a global audience through Ekatius^TM.

The ADA event knowledge to be aggregated and disseminated through Ekatius^TM will include abstracts, posters, and oral presentations captured from the ADA's annual Scientific Sessions meeting held in June each year, as well as ADA Research Symposia and Postgraduate Courses held throughout the year.

The Ekatius^TM platform has advanced search functionalities that allow users to search for event knowledge - abstracts, posters, and oral presentations from a meeting - either within a specific event or across several events. Additionally, secure online workgroup functionalities in Ekatius^TM facilitate communication and collaboration.

David Sampson, CAI's EVP, Medical Content Division said: "We are pleased that the American Diabetes Association has decided to deliver their event knowledge through Ekatius, and we look forward to working with the ADA to ensure that their event knowledge is viewed by, and benefits, a global audience."

In combination with the cardiology event knowledge in Ekatius^TM, the addition of ADA event knowledge provides clinicians, researchers, and students around the globe with a cross-disciplinary view of latest advancements, science, and research focused on diabetes and cardiovascular disease. These two disease states are associated with a high incidence of morbidity and mortality affecting millions of people in both developed and developing countries.

About Ekatius^TM

The Ekatius^TM platform is an educational resource that aggregates and disseminates rich media, hard-to-find, event knowledge elements such as abstracts, posters, and oral presentations. The Ekatius^TM platform represents new event knowledge solutions for associations, institutions, and industry.

About Conference Archives, Inc.

Conference Archives, Inc. (CAI) has provided innovative solutions for capturing event knowledge and distributing the results through various media since 2001. CAI has since become widely known for its contributions to the meetings industry through its ConferenceOnDemand^TM and ConferenceCompanion^R archiving products of annual conferences primarily in the association industry. CAI's archiving services and rich media products enhance an end-user's knowledge base by delivering the conference experience via the Internet or fixed media, thus creating a timely, post-conference environment conveniently view conference content.

EMUG 2008 Registration Now Open

February 26, 2008 - Registration is now open for the 2008 U.S. Editorial Manager User Group meeting, which will be held June 12-13 at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The ever-popular Thursday night reception will be held this year in the hotel’s Charles View Ballroom, which offers spectacular views of the Charles River and Boston skyline from the sixteenth floor.

Breakout sessions will offer an in-depth look at the tools available in EM version 6.1 as well as other topics of interest, such as using EM to handle conference proceedings and other non-journal workflows, an introduction to Preprint Manager, and a session on CME credit for journals whose reviewers request it. New users of EM can also choose to attend an all-day EM "Bootcamp" on Thursday before they attend more specific feature sessions on Friday. To register or see a complete schedule, please visit the EMUG 08 Web site.

Charlesworth Sign Up 17 More Publishers for National Online Deal in China

January 31, 2008 - Charlesworth successfully negotiated individual contracts between the publishers and the National Science and Technology Library (NSTL) nationwide consortia in China. These agreements provide valuable new income from this emerging market, create strong online brand recognition, and promote online usage of the subscribed content by the Chinese.

Working as local agents in China, Charlesworth expands the reach of society and university scholarly publishers by providing access to their online journal and database content to NSTL’s end users, which total around 500 Chinese academic institutions, research institutes, and government departments.

Commenting on the successful conclusion of the NSTL contract negotiations, Sean O’Doherty, Vice President of Sales at The Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress), said, "Charlesworth staff provided a critical ingredient missing in our decision-making process: the cultural, political and technical context for doing business in China. Without their advice and conscientious efforts, I doubt we would have been successful in our first offering to a large library consortium in Mainland China."

Another publisher, the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB), signed with Charlesworth as its exclusive agent for online and print marketing in Mainland China. Charlesworth’s local expertise combined with US-based management and support will increase the exposure and sale of their two premier plant science journals in China.

"We are very excited about this development," says ASPB Executive Director Crispin Taylor. "Not only is our new arrangement with Charlesworth and NSTL bound to increase usage of Plant Physiology and The Plant Cell in China, but it is our expectation that it will also increase Chinese authorship and submissions to the journals."

The three-year renewable agency agreement combines a comprehensive marketing plan, sales support, targeted subscription marketing, translated promotional materials and a Chinese-language web site.

Throughout spring 2007, Charlesworth and NSTL worked with the publishers on a three-month trial that gauged interest in their online content among Chinese scholars. Contract negotiations with NSTL were concluded in the fall and have just been signed off.

Trials for the next round of National Online agreements will begin March/April 2008. STM publishers interested in entering or expanding their business in the Chinese market should email usa@charlesworth.com to avoid missing this opportunity for the coming year.

For further information contact:

North America: Adrian Stanley, CEO, Tel: +1 215 922 1611; SiNae Pitts, PhD., Marketing & Business Development Manager, Tel: +1 215 310 9289, Email: usa@charlesworth.com, The Charlesworth Group (USA), Inc., 3264 Market Street 5E, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

Rest of the World: Richard Charlesworth, Market Development Manager, China, Telephone: +44 (0)1924 204 830, Email: r_charlesworth@charlesworth.com, The Charlesworth Group, Flanshaw Way, Flanshaw Lane, Wakefield, WF2 9LP

About The Charlesworth Group: Charlesworth has a sales and business development office based in Philadelphia, USA, promoting the services offered through Charlesworth China. The Group employs 180 in its wholly owned digital typesetting, production, print management, and rights & licensing office in Beijing, China, plus 100 staff in its UK printing and binding operation. Charlesworth’s deep relations and local expertise in China provide marketing, sales, and conference support to print and online publishers and scholarly societies looking to expand their presence and income in Mainland China. Charlesworth has developed cutting edge auto-proof generation solutions, competitive typesetting, and produces litho and digitally printed, perfect and case bound work. Clients include world leading publishers, government departments, not-for-profit and commercial organizations. For further details on the Group, visit our Web site.

Charlesworth U.S. Office Relocates to Philadelphia's Prestigious Science Center

January 16, 2008 - Charlesworth is now based in the Science Center, the oldest and largest urban incubator and science park in the world dedicated to the advancement of life science and technology companies. Owned and operated by area academic and medical research institutions, the Science Center is ideally situated in the heart of Philadelphia’s scientific research hub, alongside the Ivy League University of Pennsylvania and close to the main 30th Street train station.

Charlesworth, whose Group headquarters are in the UK, chose Philadelphia back in 2004 for its U.S. base due to its proximity to New York and Washington, D. C.

Since then the U.S. operation has expanded rapidly. Strong growth continued throughout 2007, with many new prominent publishing clients signing up to China Rights agreements and typesetting contracts, and the decision was taken to move to larger premises in this premier location.

CEO for The Charlesworth Group (USA), Adrian Stanley, comments, "As industry leaders for Auto-proof typesetting technology as well as China Rights and Licensing within the academic publishing field, it was key to be located within the science community. With our ever increasing list of high profile clients we felt the time was right to make the move to be even more accessible to the people we do business with."

The Science Center, originator and home to many well-known and successful companies, has excellent conference facilities, which will prove invaluable for future events being planned by Charlesworth.

For further information, contact Adrian Stanley, CEO, Cell: +1 215 922 1611.

SiNae Pitts, PhD., Marketing & Business Development Manager, Tel: +1 215-310-9289.

The Charlesworth Group (USA), Inc.,3264 Market Street 5E, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

About The Charlesworth Group: The Charlesworth Group has a sales and business development office based in Philadelphia, USA, promoting the services offered through Charlesworth China. The Group employs 180 in its wholly owned digital typesetting, production, print management, and rights & licensing office in Beijing, China, plus 100 staff in its UK printing and binding operation.

Charlesworth’s deep relations and local expertise in China provide marketing, sales, and conference support to print and online publishers and scholarly societies looking to expand their presence and income in mainland China. Charlesworth has developed cutting edge auto-proof generation solutions, competitive typesetting, and produces litho and digitally printed, perfect and case bound work. Clients include world-leading publishers, government departments, not-for-profit and commercial organizations. For further details on the Group visit our web site.

Knovel Expands Online Technical Reference Collection with Earth Science Titles

January 11, 2008 – Knovel, the leading online resource used by applied scientists and practicing engineers around the world to quickly locate relevant and reliable technical information, now provides access to 75 essential references for Earth Sciences as part of its online collection.

The new Earth Science subject area enables subscribers in infrastructure construction, oil and gas, civil engineering and many other fields to rely on Knovel as a single place to get reliable answers quickly.

The new titles span the following areas:

Climatology
Geochemistry
Geology
Geomechanics
Geophysics
Glaciology
Hydrology
Mineralogy
Oceanography
Paleontology
Petrology
Seismology
Soil science
Stratigraphy

Delores Meglio, VP for Content Development at Knovel, said: "Based on requests from our subscribers, we’ve introduced titles from prestigious publishers such as Elsevier, Cambridge University Press, Springer, and John Wiley & Sons. Engineers at our clients need access from remote locations, so adding these titles to our online collection gives them access anywhere they have an Internet connection. And our engineering-oriented search helps them to quickly pinpoint the data and background information they seek."

Titles of particular note that will be included in the collection are:

A Geology for Engineers (7th Edition)
Encyclopedia of Geology
Engineering Properties of Rocks
Ground Improvement - Case Histories
Handbook of Coal Analysis
Manual of Applied Field Hydrogeology

About Knovel

Knovel is an online resource used by applied scientists and practicing engineers around the world to quickly locate relevant and reliable technical information. Knovel’s thousands of customers include 74 of the Fortune 500 companies and 300 leading engineering and science universities worldwide.

Knovel has uniquely optimized content, search, and interactive tools for specific engineering disciplines. Knovel’s content includes material properties, process and design information, standard procedures, equations, and formulations. Close to 2,000 leading reference works and databases from over 40 international publishers and professional societies are integrated to provide a single source of answers to technical questions.