Corwin sells Chinese translation rights of Best of Corwin series to ECNUP - April 19, 2012
East China Normal University Press (ECNUP), a Chinese teacher training university, has signed an agreement to translate all eight books in the 'Best of Corwin' series, at the London Book Fair. The series is published by Corwin, the K-12 professional division of international academic publisher
Anne Prestamo elected Vice President/President-Elect of OCLC Global Council - April 19, 2012
Global library cooperative OCLC, US, has announced that Anne Prestamo, Associate Dean/Collection and Technology Services, Oklahoma State University, University Libraries (Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA), has been elected Vice President/President-Elect of OCLC Global Council. Her term as Vice President will commence on July 1, 2012, followed by a… Read More
Pensoft Publishers to preserve e-journals in CLOCKSS Archive - April 19, 2012
The CLOCKSS Archive has partnered with Pensoft Publishers to preserve its e-journals in CLOCKSS's geographically and geopolitically distributed network of redundant archive nodes, located at 12 major research libraries around the world. By archiving with CLOCKSS, Pensoft seeks to ensure that an author's work will… Read More
Sheridan’s Electronic Content Services now feature POD, Journal Anthology support and batch product import - April 19, 2012
The Sheridan Group has expanded their Electronic Content Services (ECS) commerce platforms to allow integration with Sheridan's Print-on-Demand (POD) system, Journal Anthology support, and the ability to auto-import multiple titles into the system. Sheridan's ECS offering, launched over a year ago, enables publishers to sell… Read More
Elsevier and Tsinghua University Press sign co-publishing agreement - April 18, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has signed co-publishing agreements with Tsinghua University Press (TUP). The announcement marks another step in the expansion of Elsevier's publishing partnerships with leading Chinese academic institutions. The co-publishing agreements were signed at the London Book Fair by Jun Feng Zong, President of… Read More
FIZ Karlsruhe offers Chinese patent information on STN - April 18, 2012
FIZ Karlsruhe, Germany, is offering the Chinese full-text patent file CNFULL on online science and patent information service STN. This is projected to enable researchers and patent specialists to broaden their complex patent searches to Chinese patent full-texts in order to determine patentability, state of the… Read More
