ProQuest extends freeze on Continuing Service Fees through 2011 - April 15, 2009
ProQuest, part of Cambridge Information Group, US, has announced that it is extending its freeze on Continuing Service Fees, ongoing product support and access fees for perpetual archive agreements, through 2011. In addition, ProQuest is offering discounts on Continuing Service Fees to libraries that make new… Read More
Lexi-Comp and RPS Publishing partner to integrate Martindale into Lexi-Comp ONLINE - April 15, 2009
Medical information and clinical content solutions provider Lexi-Comp, Inc., US, has partnered with RPS Publishing to deliver the international pharmacology data found in Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference within Lexi-Comp ONLINE, Lexi-Comp's web-based application for hospitals and health-systems. RPS Publishing is the… Read More
Emerald to present eBook series collections at CONSAL XIV General Conference - April 15, 2009
Academic and professional literature publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, has announced that it is presenting its eBook series collections - the Business, Management and Economics collection and the Social Sciences Collection - at the forthcoming CONSAL XIV General Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam, April 20-24. Both these… Read More
Baker & Taylor enhances digital media distribution platform - April 15, 2009
Information services company Baker & Taylor, Inc., US, has announced a long-term agreement with LibreDigital to empower publishers to manage content distribution in multiple formats, to numerous digital devices and merchandising channels worldwide. LibreDigital is the leading provider of conversion, storage and secure distribution for digital… Read More
Official journal of the IUHPE changes name to Global Health Promotion - April 15, 2009
Academic publisher SAGE has announced that commencing this month, Promotion & Education, the official journal of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE), will change its name to Global Health Promotion. Published quarterly, Global Health Promotion is a multilingual journal publishing authoritative peer-reviewed articles… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - April 15, 2009
The Fourth edition of blogspeak is now online. Featured are Colin Smith (Concern about accepted manuscripts and the possibility of open access publishing); Gavin Baker (NIH Open-Access Policy Turns 1 Year Old); Kent Anderson (Are e-Books Already Mainstream?); David Clover (Online Research Papers Database - ORO); and Roddy MacLeod (Top… Read More
