EBSCO Publishing acquires niche databases provider NISC - October 31, 2008
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., US, has announced the acquisition of NISC, Inc. for an undisclosed amount. As NISC provides refined subject area databases, EBSCO expects the acquisition to augment its own database offerings. NISC databases include Family… Read More
Ingram Digital to re-sell Greenwood Publishing Group’s online databases - October 31, 2008
Digital content services provider Ingram Digital, US, has announced that it has entered into an agreement to re-sell Greenwood Publishing Group's online databases. The databases will be made available through MyiLibrary, Ingram Digital's next-generation e-content aggregation platform. MyiLibrary will also facilitate the integration of rich metadata… Read More
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Publisher Taylor & Francis in partnership with Committee on Publications Ethics - October 30, 2008
Publisher Taylor & Francis Group (T&F), LLC, US, has announced a partnership with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), under which all T&F journals will be supported by COPE. The committee works with scientific journal editors to help them improve their skills… Read More
IOS Press acquires Millpress Science Publishers from Ger Guijs - October 30, 2008
STM publisher IOS Press, Netherlands, has announced that it has acquired Millpress Science Publishers for an undisclosed amount. Millpress is focused on conference proceedings in the field of engineering, earth sciences and environmental sciences. Ger Guijs Publishers, which was the previous owner of Millpress, is now… Read More
University of Rome Tor Vergata signs license with ScienceDirect for electronic journal archive - October 30, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the University of Rome Tor Vergata have recently reached an agreement to provide the University library system with the fully digitalised copies of all the journals published by Elsevier since 1823, also known as External link ScienceDirect backfiles. Students and researchers… Read More
