The Max Planck Society secures access to 110,000 books from almost 170 years of publishing history for its researchers - February 11, 2014
STM publisher Springer has announced that the Max Planck Society has bought the entire Springer Book Archives (SBA) consisting of 110,000 individual titles. The purchase gives staff in 82 Max Planck institutes in Germany direct online access to the retro-digitised books via the SpringerLink platform (
World Bank unveils new eLibrary website powered by Atypon’s Literatum - February 11, 2014
Atypon, a provider of software to the scientific and scholarly publishing industry, announced the recent launch of the World Bank's new and redesigned eLibrary website. Driven by Atypon's Literatum, the new eLibrary website delivers enhanced online services so researchers can more easily discover and engage with… Read More
Over 600 public research and higher education institutions in France gain access to ScienceDirect Freedom Collection - February 11, 2014
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, and the Couperin Consortium have come to a new agreement that provides researchers at over 600 public research and higher education institutions in France access to the ScienceDirect Freedom Collection content for five years. ScienceDirect is Elsevier' full-text database of more than… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health and American Society for Dermatologic Surgery announce publishing agreement - February 11, 2014
Wolters Kluwer Health, a global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, and the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery have announced an agreement to publish the Society's official journal, Dermatologic Surgery, in print, online and digital formats effective with the June 2014 issue. Dermatologic… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health ranked third in 2013 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report - February 10, 2014
Wolters Kluwer Health, a global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, ranked third overall among 24 software vendors in the 2013 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report. Only Athena Health and Epic outranked the company in the report's overall software vendor ranking. KLAS… Read More
European Archival Records and Knowledge Preservation project awarded £6 million to save digital data - February 10, 2014
The European Commission has awarded £6M to archiving and digital preservation specialists to create E-ARK (European Archival Records and Knowledge Preservation), a method of archiving data that is set to become the gold standard across Europe. The system will ensure current digital archives, including 'big data,'… Read More
