Ambassador books partners with ebrary for new e-book offering - June 19, 2008
E-book technology firm ebrary, US, has announced that it has been selected by Ambassador Books and Media, a provider of print and non-print materials to libraries of all types, to provide Ambassador's new e-book offering. Under the agreement, Ambassador will resell ebrary's e-books from leading publishers… Read More
Twelve BioMed journals to receive official JCR Impact Factors for first time - June 19, 2008
Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced that the 2007 edition of the Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports will include the first official Impact Factors for 12 BioMed Central journals as well as updated Impact Factors for 28 more. The reports will be released later… Read More
Platts Steel Markets Daily to report prices of iron ore delivered to china - June 19, 2008
Energy information provider Platts, part of the McGraw-Hill Companies, US, has announced that it has expanded its suite of daily spot price assessments to include seaborne iron ore delivered to China, iron ore's largest consuming market. The new daily iron ore price assessment is to be… Read More
SwetsWise Online Content signs six new publishers to its industry leading collection of e-journals - June 19, 2008
Subscription services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced that it recently signed agreements with six publishers to make their journals available via SwetsWise Online Content - Swets' e-journal gateway that provides a single point of access to the most extensive collection of e-journals currently available, all in… Read More
Attention Subscribers – Benefit now from the Content atomisation initiative from Knowledgespeak - June 19, 2008
Knowledgespeak is planning to atomise its content. A preliminary but significant initiative has already been taken in this direction. For an internationally esteemed association, we have repackaged and categorised our news under various topics to suit the information needs of its members. We are exploring other possibilities of bringing a… Read More
STM issues statements on digital copyright exceptions for education and research - June 18, 2008
The International Association of STM Publishers (STM) has released its position paper on digital copyright exceptions and limitations for education and research. It has also taken the opportunity to comment on the US Section 108 Study Group Report on digital library exceptions, which was released in… Read More
