The Bibliothek am Guisanplatz in Switzerland goes live with Ex Libris Alma and Primo - January 29, 2014
Library automation solutions provider Ex Libris Group has announced that the Bibliothek am Guisanplatz (BiG) in Switzerland has gone live with the Primo discovery and delivery solution and the next-generation Alma resource management service. Bibliothek am Guisanplatz - the leading library of the Alexandria Library Network… Read More
Affordable, open access publishing now available to biological and medical science researchers - January 29, 2014
UK universities will now be able to centrally fund their researchers' publication plans for biological and medical sciences journal PeerJ following an agreement with Jisc. This will allow authors to publish articles in the journal for free, for life. PeerJ is… Read More
GEN Grupo Editorial Nacional selects Ingram’s Vital Source for e-content distribution and support - January 29, 2014
Ingram Content Group Inc. has announced that GEN Grupo Editorial Nacional (Grupo GEN), a scientific, technical and professional publisher group in Brazil, has selected its Vital Source solution for e-textbook and digital content production, management and distribution. Grupo GEN has plans to make more than… Read More
Oxford University Press partners with ISHAM to publish Medical Mycology journal - January 28, 2014
Academic publisher Oxford University Press has announced a new partnership with the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM). Beginning in January 2014, OUP and ISHAM will be working together to publish the journal Medical Mycology. Medical Mycology is a… Read More
Palgrave Macmillan launches open and transparent peer review trial for academic books in the humanities and social sciences - January 28, 2014
Academic publisher Palgrave Macmillan has launched an open and transparent peer review trial for academic books in the humanities and social sciences. The trial, which is live at www.palgraveopenreview.com, will run for six weeks and is the first open peer review… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health and Laerdal Medical unveil virtual simulation learning tool for nursing students, vSim for Nursing - January 28, 2014
Wolters Kluwer Health, a global provider of information and point-of-care solutions for the healthcare industry, and Laerdal Medical, a provider of simulation solutions for healthcare, have introduced vSim for Nursing™, an online learning solution. Co-developed by Wolters Kluwer Health and Laerdal Medical, vSim for Nursing… Read More