‘Big deals’ overtaking single subscriptions, says ALPSP survey of librarians - October 9, 2009
The Association of Learning and Professional Society Publishing (ALPSP) has announced that, according to its recent survey of librarians, the average number of journals being made available by libraries more than doubled between 2000 and 2009. However, librarians are predicting that they will provide access to… Read More
Semantic Wiki website launched for AcaWiki users - October 9, 2009
Representatives of nonprofit project AcaWiki have announced the opening of a new semantic-Wiki based website (http://acawiki.org) that allows scholars, students and bloggers to easily post summaries and discuss academic papers online. All content posted to the site is licensed under a Creative… Read More
JISC Collections to acquire Content Complete Ltd - October 9, 2009
JISC Collections, an organisation that manages the acquisition and provision of digital resources for universities and colleges in the UK, has reached an agreement to acquire Oxfordshire-based Content Complete Ltd, effective January 1, 2010. Library clients, publishers and content providers are expected to benefit from this… Read More
World Scientific and SCPG to jointly launch the English translation of the ‘Developing China’ series - October 9, 2009
Scientific publisher World Scientific Publishing Company (WSPC), Singapore, and Shanghai Century Publishing Group (SCPG) will jointly launch the English translation of the ‘Developing China’ series with its first volume entitled China's Economy - Rural Reform and Agricultural Development, at the forthcoming Frankfurt Book Fair. Professor Deng… Read More
Publishing Technology launches new ICE Virtual Library for the Institution of Civil Engineers - October 9, 2009
Publishing-specific software solutions provider Publishing Technology plc, UK, recently launched a new and expanded ICE Virtual Library for the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and its publishing subsidiary Thomas Telford. The platform provides the first consolidated home for journal and book archives that date back to… Read More
American Physical Society selects Rightslink to automate author services programme - October 9, 2009
Copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), US, has announced that the American Physical Society (APS) has selected Rightslink to power its expanded author services programme. Rightslink is an online service from CCC that provides a content licensing solution for publishers. APS has been producing… Read More
