Springer overhauls SpringerMaterials to make the new site more user friendly - October 9, 2014
STM publisher Springer's signature materials database - SpringerMaterials - has got a total overhaul to make the new site more nimble and user friendly. Changes are far more than cosmetic as the entire site has been migrated to the same technology as… Read More
Frankfurt Book Fair 2014 – Day 2 highlights - October 9, 2014
On the second day of the Frankfurt Book Fair, EDP Open, the Open access arm of EDP Sciences, released the results of a survey to appraise attitudes toward Open Access amongst learned society publishers. The survey was answered by 33 Learned societies and results were further… Read More
Wolters Kluwer Health, Thieme announce big wins at 2014 BMA Awards - October 9, 2014
Healthcare information solutions provider Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that its Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) textbooks and digital guides were honoured with 12 prizes at the 2014 BMA Medical Book Awards. The company's products took first place in five of 21 categories including Digital and… Read More
Gale signs new publishers, increases STEM content in Virtual Reference Library - October 9, 2014
New content covering popular healthcare and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) topics is now available on Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL), the e-book platform offered by Gale, part of Cengage Learning. The signing of publishers Taylor & Francis, Mitchell Lane, HCPro… Read More
Infotrieve and National Research Council of Canada extend information delivery and library services partnership - October 9, 2014
Infotrieve, Inc., a leader in global-enterprise SaaS software and business services for scientific, technical and medical ("STM") published content access and management, has announced that it will extend its current partnership with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) to exclusively provide information delivery and library… Read More
Maney set to publish Ship Technology Research - October 9, 2014
Academic publisher Maney Publishing has announced that it will publish Ship Technology Research – Schiffstechnik, on behalf of the University of Duisburg-Essen, from 2015. Established in 1952 as Schiffstechnik, Ship Technology Research publishes applied research on ships and offshore structures. The journal enables engineers and… Read More