Scope achieves yet another milestone in abstraction - September 30, 2013
Scope e-Knowledge Center (Scope), a leading provider of knowledge services and a Quatrro Global Services company, has announced that it has delivered 4 million abstracts of patents, book chapters, technical articles, standards etc, for information providers globally. Scope initiated the abstraction service in 2003 for English… Read More
Springer signs deal to provide NYU access to more than a century of scientific content - September 30, 2013
STM publisher Springer has entered into an agreement to provide New York University (NYU) with the entire English-language contents of its Springer Book Archives (SBA). This deal grants access to around 50,000 English-language titles to researchers, students and faculty at one of the nation's top-ranked universities.… Read More
ALPSP publishes report on the state of the publishing industry – Scholarly Journals Publishing Practice - September 30, 2013
The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) has published its report on the state of the publishing industry, Scholarly Journals Publishing Practice. Although the report shows that publishers are generally in good health, the ALPSP warned that the report should… Read More
EBSCO introduces 15 new EBSCO eBook Subject sets to help librarians build e-book collections - September 30, 2013
Library resources provider EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) has introduced 15 new EBSCO eBook Subject Sets to help librarians build their e-book collections. Subject sets are pre-packaged sets of titles from leading publishers in specific, high-interest topics designed to meet the needs of libraries while simplifying collection… Read More
SPARC and the World Bank announce speakers for Open Access Week 2013 kick-off event - September 30, 2013
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the World Bank have announced the speakers for the Open Access Week 2013 kick-off event to be held October 21, starting at 3:00 p.m. EDT in Washington, DC. Speakers include: Stefano Bertuzzi, Executive Director of the American… Read More
Hawaii Department of Education selects McGraw-Hill Education’s Reading Wonders program for state-wide use - September 30, 2013
Digital learning company McGraw-Hill Education, US, has announced that the Hawaii Department of Education has selected McGraw-Hill Reading Wonders – the first-to-market K-6 core reading program built from the ground up to address the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts – as the exclusive… Read More
