Allen Press releases 2012 Study of Subscription Prices for Scholarly Society Journals - August 15, 2012
Publishing services provider Allen Press, Inc., US, has released the 2012 Study of Subscription Prices for Scholarly Society Journals. The study, published regularly, has evolved as a result of the current economic climate and the changing nature of scholarly publishing. It… Read More
Fifty seven UK Academic Libraries now participating in Portico - August 15, 2012
Non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced the expansion of its digital preservation services to twenty more academic libraries in the UK. This brings the total number of UK participating institutions to fifty-seven. JISC has been providing consultation and guiding adoption of digital… Read More
Elsevier collaborates with Follett to expand access to digital offerings - August 14, 2012
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced a collaboration with Follett Higher Education Group, operator of more than 900 college and university stores across the US and Canada, to provide expanded access to more than 700 Pageburst digital titles through Follett's Digital Passcode Fulfillment (DPF) process. Follett… Read More
Springer and Breast Cancer Research Foundation announce publishing partnership - August 14, 2012
STM publisher Springer has announced that it will publish a series of books in cooperation with The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), starting 2013. Four books will be published annually, and will be included in the Springer series Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. The scope… Read More
WK Health and American Academy of Neurology renew partnership to publish five AAN publications - August 14, 2012
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health (WK Health), US, and the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) have signed an agreement to renew their partnership to publish Neurology, Continuum: Lifelong Learning in Neurology, Neurology Today, Neurology Now and Neurology Clinical Practice. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part… Read More
Wiley to sell travel assets to Google to focus on core publishing areas - August 14, 2012
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has entered into a definitive agreement to sell all of its travel assets, including all of its interests in the Frommer's brand, to Google. Proceeds from this sale, and others that may arise from the sale of other consumer… Read More
