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Welcome to the fifth issue of the Taylor & Francis Group’s Librarians’ Newsletter and also to a new and improved format.
Through the Librarians’ Newsletter we keep you up to date with new initiatives, developments, products and services from Taylor & Francis, including the exciting launch of our new online platform, informaworld™.
In this issue you will find the very latest information on the proposed acquisition of Lawrence Erlbaum Associates and our new co-publishing agreement with the University of South Africa Press. We also have news of the introduction of iOpenAccess, giving authors the option to make their articles freely available to all via the journals website in 175 journals from T&F’s chemistry, mathematics and physics portfolios, one behavioural science journal from Psychology Press, and medical and bioscience journals from Informa Healthcare.
We review the 232nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society held in San Francisco between the 10th and 14th of September. The success of Routledge journals is highlighted in our article on the 2005 Social Sciences Journal Citation Reports®. We keep you up to date with the latest on e-books.
Catch up on the latest librarian news by accessing a free one month trial of our journal, New Review of Academic Librarianship.
Take some time out from being a librarian and have a look at our article on speed dating!
I hope you enjoy reading this newsletter and welcome any feedback.
Jennifer McMillan
Library Marketing Manager
Company News
informaworld™
The launch of Taylor & Francis Group's new electronic publishing platform which offers enhanced searching capabilities and access to journals, eBooks and encyclopaedias from Taylor & Francis, Routledge, Psychology Press and Informa Healthcare.
iOpenAccess
Taylor & Francis announce the introduction of an iOpenAccess option for authors publishing in 175 journals from T&F’s chemistry, mathematics and physics portfolios, one behavioural science journal from Psychology Press, and medical and bioscience journals from Informa Healthcare.
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Taylor & Francis Group announces the proposed acquisition of LEA which publishes more than 100 journal titles and 200 new books a year under the imprints of Lawrence Erlbaum Associates and The Analytic Press.
UNISA
Taylor & Francis Group announce that from the 2007 subscription year it will be co-publishing with the University of South Africa (UNISA) Press, under its Routledge imprint. See those UNISA journals that will be available to purchase in print and online format.
Thomson Scientific 2005 Impact Factors
Routledge, part of Taylor & Francis Group added more journals to the Social Sciences Journal Citation Reports® (JCRs®) in 2005 than any other publisher.
Special Topics of Interest
Speed dating
Read the social science experiment that claims women are better at speed-dating and are more likely than men to find a compatible life partner.
eBooks
The advantages of eBooks and the eSubscribe Library Services are explored. We also take a look at the Social Science & Humanities online eCollections for 2006.
Conference Review
ACS conference
Colin Bulpitt, Managing Editor reviews the 232nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society held on 11th-14th September 2006 in San Francisco.
Free one month trial
To access your free one month trial of New Review of Academic Librarianship, simply visit:
www.informaworld.com, click on 'Got a voucher?' and enter the following code:
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And finally...
As a final thought here are some quotes to brighten up your day:
Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.
Samuel Butler (1835-1902)
I must say that I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a book.
Groucho Marx
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