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