SAGE acquires Vathek Publishing - September 4, 2014
Academic publisher SAGE has announced the purchase of legal journal publisher, Vathek Publishing. The sale was announced jointly by Lilli Waterford, founder of Vathek Publishing and Ziyad Marar, SAGE's Global Publishing Director. Vathek Publishing, incorporated in the Isle of Man in 2000 by Lilli Waterford,… Read More
Ingram and ProQuest expand ebook collaboration - September 4, 2014
Ingram Content Group Inc. and ProQuest LLC have announced an expanded e-book collaboration that benefits libraries worldwide. Earlier this year, the companies teamed to make titles from Ebook Library (EBL) available through Ingram's OASIS® content platform. Ingram has now added ebrary's… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health announces endorsement of NCLEX preparation product by CNSA - September 4, 2014
Healthcare information provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that Lippincott NCLEX-RN® PassPoint has been selected as the only NCLEX Exam preparation solution officially endorsed by the Canadian Nursing Students' Association (CNSA). Lippincott PassPoint is a prominent NCLEX-preparation learning tool in the US, and is now poised… Read More
International Journal of Epidemiology tops the impact factor ratings - September 4, 2014
The official journal of the IEA, the International Journal of Epidemiology (IJE) has been placed at the top of its field in the ISI Web of Science Journal Citation Reports, published by Thomson Reuters. The 2013 impact factor ratings place the IJE… Read More
Shanghai Library adds 2 million records to WorldCat - September 4, 2014
Shanghai Library, the largest public library in China and one of the largest in the world, has contributed 2 million holdings to WorldCat, including some 770,000 unique bibliographic records, to share its collection worldwide. These records, which represent books and journals… Read More
Elsevier to market innovative patient data collection platform from Tonic Health - September 3, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier has agreed to market and help further to develop Tonic Health's simple, fun and intuitive patient data collection platform. Using its deep experience serving the healthcare provider market, Elsevier will employ its sales force to offer Tonic's highly engaging, tablet-and web-based, EHR-integrated data… Read More