From: "Tony O'Rourke" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 20:00:06 +1100


Database and aggregation arrangements for RCN Publishing journals come to an end

PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

London, 16th October 2014: RCN Publishing announced today that it is
ending its long standing arrangements to provide access to current
full text journal content via third party database and aggregation
services.  The decision to end these arrangements is in keeping with
RCN Publishing’s policy to serve users directly, providing access via
its own journals platform, Literatum from Atypon.

The arrangement with OVID ended earlier in 2014 and access via EBSCO’s
database services finishes in November 2014.  Agreements with both
Cengage Learning and ProQuest ended in 2012 and 2013 respectively.
Current full text content in RCN Publishing journals will only be
available via RCN Publishing’s own journal site at:
www.rcnpublishing.com. Users will however still able to access back
file content using their existing database subscriptions.

Speaking of the agreement, Tony O’Rourke, Commercial Director, said
“We want to give our users the best possible experience, regardless of
where or how they may be working with our content; in the library, the
classroom, the hospital ward or using our mobile enabled platform in
the community.  Our journal service provides the functionality
required to support learning and further research such as HTML and PDF
versions of articles, article level DOIs, reference linking and so
much more. Library administrators can access COUNTER-compliant usage
statistics and authenticate usage in their organisations using
Shibboleth and other open authentication systems. Even though we have
ended our full text arrangements with these organisations, we are
committed to ensuring that our content remains as discoverable as
possible and we will continue to work with any database, abstracting
and indexing services which support learning, practice and research in
nursing, healthcare and beyond.”

Tony O’Rourke adds: “In a constantly changing environment, RCN
Publishing recognises the need to be able to respond quickly to new
technologies and new ways of accessing content. As aggregation
agreements with EBSCO and Ovid were coming to an end, we took the
opportunity to focus our energy on providing our own service.  Over
the coming months we will be announcing several new initiatives,
currently in development, to further enhance our users’ experience.”

RCN Publishing produces ten journals such as Nursing Standard, Nursing
Management, Nurse Researcher and Nursing Children and Young People.
For further information about access to RCN Publishing journals,
please contact Tony O’Rourke, Commercial Director, RCN Publishing at
[log in to unmask] or visit www.rcnpublishing.com.
Customers outside the UK can also contact RCN Publishing’s
international business partners at BMJ ([log in to unmask]).

About RCN Publishing

RCN Publishing is a leading provider of clinical research and practice
orientated content for the whole nursing team and associated health
professionals.  It is part of the Royal College of Nursing group, one
of the world’s largest organisations for nurses. RCN Publishing
produces 10 publications covering all specialist areas of nursing.
For a full list of nursing titles from RCN Publishing, please click
here: http://rcnpublishing.com/page/publications.yal College of
Nursing group, one of the world’s largest organisations for nurses.
RCN Publishing produces 10 publications covering all specialist areas
of nursing.  For a full list of nursing titles from RCN Publishing,
please click here: http://rcnpublishing.com/page/publications