EC opens formal proceedings to investigate sales of e-books by five publishers - December 7, 2011
The European Commission (EC) has opened formal antitrust proceedings to investigate whether five international publishers have, possibly with the help of Apple, engaged in anti-competitive practices affecting the sale of e-books in the European Economic Area (EEA)1, in breach of EU antitrust rules. The opening of… Read More
Elsevier collaborates with A.S.P.E.N. to review skills related to nutrition care in Mosby’s Nursing Skills - December 7, 2011
E-learning solutions provider Elsevier/MC Strategies, US, has announced its collaboration with the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) to review and amend the nutrition-related skills in Mosby's Nursing Skills. Mosby's Nursing Skills is a comprehensive, combined reference product and competency management system. Designed… Read More
EBSCO Publishing and OpenEdition in deal to bring OA content in humanities and social sciences to EDS - December 7, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that content from the French open access publishing platform openedition.org (OpenEdition) will now be searchable through EBSCO Discovery Service. OpenEdition is made up of three community publishing platforms dedicated to the humanities and social sciences. The… Read More
IOP Publishing joins GakuNin Japanese Shibboleth Federation - December 7, 2011
Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has expanded its Shibboleth compliance to include the Japanese Federation GakuNin. Users in Japanese institutions who are members of GakuNin can now access subscribed content from multiple resources using just one ID and password, whether they are… Read More
Unbound Medicine partners with Johns Hopkins POC-IT Center to launch the La Guía del VIH de Johns Hopkins web service - December 7, 2011
Unbound Medicine, a US-based provider of knowledge management solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced the launch of La Guía del VIH de Johns Hopkins, a web service developed in partnership with the Johns Hopkins POC-IT Center. The service, a Spanish-language adaptation of the Johns… Read More
Portico in deal with Cambridge University Press to preserve Cambridge Books Online content - December 7, 2011
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced that Cambridge University Press will preserve its Cambridge Books Online content with Portico. Through this agreement, Cambridge extends its relationship with Portico, which began in 2006 with the publisher's commitment to deposit its entire list of e-journals… Read More
